^ YES!!!! IT'S A CONSPIRACY AGAINST BOOK FANS!!!
I was joking for those of you that didn't pick that up. But they are, I agree about the movies being for fans of movies.....

I think they try and make the films for the mass audience. I don't think they should do it solely to please fans, especially since we're not a collective group who think and feel the same.

But at the same time the last three movies left out HUGE pieces of storyline that at least IMHO were not just filler, but essential to the overall plot. The entire origins of the Marauder's Map and the friendships between Harry's dad, Lupin & Sirius, how Dumbledore & the Ministry split, the ENTIRE backstory of the Prophecy and how Neville might factor in, the attack on McGonagall, almost all of Hagrid's storyline in OOTP, Cho & Harry's meltdown, the fallout from Draco's father being captured, even Ginny's romances factor heavily into plotlines. I realize that the books are getting longer and there are some extemporaneous bits that have to be cut out, but it's like they're cutting away too much of the meat and leaving a few bits hanging onto bones

ohhhhhhh that's so sad