I haven't seen the movie (shock, disbelief, are the words I'm hearing), so I cannot pass judgement on his review. But I do agree with him that movie adaptations are generally different from the books. When I saw the Chamber of Secrets, there were alot of thing that didn't make sense to me. I read the book later and hoped it would help clear up some of my questions. I did not. On the contrary, it was a faithful recreation of the novel. As an adult I have found books three through five more interesting than the first two. I think if I had read books one and two first, I would never had read the other one. I do agree with him that the movie should be judge on its own merits. The future movies probably won't be faithful recreation of those books either. Thank you, Dumbledore for giving us an unbiased review of the movie and thank you to your friend for taking the time to write it.