POA - Book vrs movie

[Damit Lazarus]

No: HPFGUIDX 100232

Greetings,

Having just seen the movie POA, I must say I was quite disappointed. 
The move was just an outline (threadbare at best) of the book.  I 
know it hit the major storyline items (mostly) but there was so many 
details missing.  Lupin's relationship with Harry wasn't even close 
to the depth of the relationship in the book.  My question and 
concern is:  As the Books get longer and more detailed, will Warner 
Brothers turn Harry into a cartoonish character and make the 
remaining movies look like highlight news reels.  The reason for me 
posting this here instead of the movie group is I would like to know 
what you, the fans of the books, think about adapting the stories to 
screen.  The first two books were "reproduced" on film to satisfy 
most "book" fans.  The two remaining books are too complicated to 
put in a simple 2 hour 20 minute film.  An example is LOTR and how 
Peter Jackson faithfully told the story of the ring (Minus Tom 
Bombadil and what happened to the SHIRE after the ring was 
destroyed).  As fans of the books, should the movies capture the 
story of the books or would "poetic license" with the story upset 
book fans?

Larry