Hercules Hades Compare And Contrast

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Hercules movie and book are the same and very different in ways.
Like in the movie Hercules , Hades is the bad guy, But in the book Hercules There is no general bad guy except Hydra. So as you can see there are many bad guys. In the book there is lots of detail about what the gods are giving as temporary gifts but in the movie there is less detail. In the movie it has an adrenalin rush that goes through your body but, in the book you have no adrenalin rush maybe but not lots. Heres some of the parts were the book and the movie were the same. Like in the book and movie he is very very strong. And in the movie and story he is fighting terrible monsters, but in the book there is no mentioning about his trainer Philoctetes, And his so called friend

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