Originally posted by quanchi112
I haven't read any of the books but enjoyed the movies. What happens is people try to compare the books to the movies and are usually disappointed because the movie can't compare descriptively to what a book can. You'd lose the audience if you tried to fit in every detail you hope the director can pick and work in the best parts and make it come to life. I think the series was definitely awesome and got better as it went but I didn't care for it honestly until order of the phoenix and was instantly hooked from that moment on.
That's because David Yates started directing them, and he was the fourth director to handle the series. He knew how to shoot Harry Potter's universe, dark but quirky, homey but completely alien. He was the best thing that happened to the series.