Oh my DS9 was SO disappointed in the lightening thief. But honestly, it would have required a 6 hour movie to make him happy. My 5 year old DD loved it! (has not read the book!)
We've enjoyed the HP movies a lot. But they really aren't as good as the books. We just listened to the audio book of HP 7 on vacation and fell in love with it again. Glad they're doing that one in 2 movies. Another fine way to make more money! But we'll be there. I think it's also hard just working it into a 2 hour time frame that I assume they want to appeal as a stand alone movie. I think the HP movies could have been much better with about 1/2 hour more detail in each one.