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The error is in part (2). In sentences with "neither...nor," the verb should agree with the subject closest to it. Since "the book" is singular, the verb should be singular as well. Therefore, "were" should be changed to "was."
The corrected sentence is:
"Neither the movie nor the book was as interesting as I had expected."
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