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Expecting the movie to be the book, or the book to be the movie, often times leads to disappointment. Let this expectation to fall by the wayside and differences between the two mediums tend to get more tolerable.
You imagine what a scene looks like in a book. In a movie the scene is right there in front of you, not much imagination is required. In a book you read what the character is thinking - in a movie you have to imagine that. Also, movies are more heavily edited IMHO. Most people have an expectation of how long a movie will last, and they are edited to meet that expectation usually. Not so much so for books.
That being said, generally if I like the book I expect the movie to suck. And visa versa. But I have been surprised in several cases and they have both been good.
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