Book vs. Movie

Which is better?  Let's discuss. We've all done it.  Read a book, loved it, and then seen the movie and hated it.  Or vice versa.  I used to think the book was always better, but as movie technology improves and studios get both more prolific and more creative with the books they adapt for the screen, I'm finding that sometimes the movie is just as good - or better - than the source material. But how can that be, you ask?  Books let you use your imagination, allow for time to develop characters, give us rich descriptions of settings and [...]