Though I hate to sound like everyone else I HAVE to say that the book was better. There is rarely a movie that surpasses the book that it was based off of. The way that they did Goblet of Fire was GREAT. Truly, the digital affects were awsome and they sticked to the book better than PoA. Yet, as everyone said. Things WERE missing. If someone went to see the movies and never read the books AND didn't have a friend to tell them what's going on....they would be confused. They wouldn't get it as much as we do.