Question for Pre-Nov 2001 HP Fans

[Taykimson at yahoo.com]

My introduction to HP was the SS movie.  I saw it on HBO I believe.  
I was hooked and stopped whatever I was doing if the movie was on.  
Finally I got fed up with trying to catch the movie on TV and I 
bought the DVD.  

The timing worked out well, because CoS was released a few weeks 
later - again I enjoyed the movie and watched it a second time in 
the theater...and finally (again ;-) ) I wised up and said hey - 
there are books out there that I can read for more information.

I was amazed at how closely the first movie followed the book...the 
second movie as well (but the first one was about as literal as one 
can get).  Of course I read books 3 and 4 and was pleased when a few 
weeks later the announcement for book 5 was made.

Anyway...the movies introduced me to the books.  Azakaban is the 
first movie in which I had read the book prior to seeing the 
movie...and I was quite dissapointed.  For those who had read PS/SS 
and CoS before seeing the movie, how did you feel initially - where 
you happy with the adaptation?