Comparison Of Sam Haysom's Books Versus The Harry Potter Films

Three younger men drink and argue and argue and drink until one of their servants tells that an old friend of theirs was murdered by a figure called death. They go off in search of Death to kill this so-called figure to avenge their dead friend. On their journey for Death, they meet a man who is ready for Death to take him, he seems to know where Death went, so they follow. They eventually come upon not Death, but a tree with gold in its roots. The smartest of the three friends tells one of the friends to go get food for the rest of the day, as they can’t travel through the town with all of the gold. The one who appeared to be dumb enough to go into town decides to poison two bottles of wine and keeps one untouched for himself. Upon his arrival,

Rachel begins by relating how she “secretly [wishes] she could switch schools and hang out with Harry, Hermione, and Ron.” Sam retorts by appreciating how the books also gave him the same escapism. Rachael also mentions the memorable “Hedwig's theme” which couldn’t have been possible without the films. Sam later discusses how important the descriptions brought him into the experience, Rachel argues that people don’t go to the movies to see “12 hours to live through JK Rowling’s intricate description of the taste of butterbeer.” I would argue on the side of Rachel and add that directors can get the characters to show the descriptions through emotions and expression (Mashable) . For example, hearing that Ron barfed banana slugs when a spell went wrong doesn’t have as much of an effect as seeing the poor wizard throw up on the big screen. In the end, the films did rise up to the bar that the books had set. They were nominated for 12 Oscars, but didn’t win any. The first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone earned $317 million and none of the other films beat this record until the release of of the final film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Part 2, at over $60 million more than the first. Then, to contrast, five years later, a film based on the setting of Harry Potter (but earlier in time), written by Rowling, came out and earned less than every single film in the Harry Potter series (The Numbers). It’s safe to say that the Harry Potter franchise was successful both in books and in films as no other writer has gotten close to the numbers JK Rowling