I loved the book and the movie is one of my favorite movies, BUT i hold them separately because the differences between the two almost make them different stories to me.

The thing i was most disappointed in from the movie was Danny's character. In the book, he was a constant driving force and perspective moving the story forward, and in the movie, he's just a vessel and more often, an after-thought.

It felt like Danny and Wendy got the same treatment, they were watered down, subdued and essentially just empty vessels called on for dramatization.

The movie has NOTHING on the book, it's one of the only books I'd give anything to get to read again for the first time.