I've just seen the first 2 movies, never read the books but books are usually better. I read all the Harry Potter books before watching the movies and the books are way better than the movies, same with the twilight saga. Some interesting things happen in books which they leave out when they make movies of them. They only got the vampire diaries tv series right, there are so many books that go one forever that I got bored and gave up on them but the tv series was great, I haven't watched it all but know what happens at the end.