Quote Originally Posted by Silverlake_Punk
Doc, I have to disagree with you. The first two Potter movies are absolute abominations. On the other hand, the third is very well done, having shed all of the cutesy little-kid crap and instead focusing on the novel’s dark tone.
Steve,

I guess it gets down to a matter of opinion. But If you will think about it, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, are kids of 11 and 12 in the first two novels/movies. I'm not literature professor, but I didn't see much darkness in the first two novels. As you say, the tone of Prisoner of Azkaban is much darker than the preceding novels.

As the children get older, I think the story line will get darker, and more adult in nature. Quite frankly, I think that The Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix are a little too grown up to attract most younger readers.

Perhaps I've been overly excited to finally find a movie that has more in common with the novel on which it is based that the title and the names of a few characters. In any event, I've enjoyed all three of the Harry Potter movies, and all of the Harry Potter novels. In fact, I impatiently away the arrival of the next installment of both movie and novel.