thats so true. i said that at the end of 5, i wouldn't have cared if it was 2 hours longer. think about pirates of the carribean and lord of the rings, those 3 films were each well over 3 hours? (from what i remember) and harry potter i think extends to a much much wider fan base.

one of the reasons i think this is because for my friends who haven't read the books, and only see the movies - i feel like the miss out on so much of the tiny details. the whole house elf 'world', and a lot of the conversation harry, ron and hermione have with each other, which always seem to be figuring out some sort of mystery..

anyway, i think i would even be happy with a mini series. So many things happen in chapters of the book, which need to be concentrated on one at a time. i think a mini series - or even a tv show - would do it justice.
having said that though i dont want them to start one, i couldn't think of another harry potter other than daniel radcliffe - the visualisation you have of characters whilst your reading is so important. I think even JK would have had daniel's face in her mind while she wrote the last couple of books.