Why did Rowling allow this????

Rating: 1/10 (5 March 2006)

I couldn't believe how much I hated this movie. I'm not sure if I would have liked it more had I not read the books, but I have, so it is all I have to go off of.
Let me start off by saying that I love these books. LOVE them. I think they are one of the most terrific book series ever written. They are beautiful, sincere and unique. I absolutely cannot get enough of anything HP related--
Except for these flippin' movies.
What was JK Rowling thinking by approving the production of these movies?? I actually didn't mind the first couple, but the first couple of books were so simple to begin with that there seemed to be less to mess up. But considering the Goblet of Fire is one of the longest books in the series, I felt as the though the entire movie was a cheap fast forward of the entire book. It skipped important parts that make the story (and future books) make sense and come together fluidly, and despite the fact that I realize it is hard to fit hundreds upon hundreds of pages into a 2 hour movie, I felt that they could have at least attempted to touch on some of these things.
In addition to this, I question whether the actual descriptions (characters, places, etc) in the book were actually read. And if they were, how they somehow didn't make it halfway to the movie.
For example (and this is really only one example), Dumbledore's office is described to be a beautiful, large office on top of long extravagant staircases. The office is round and light and airy, silvery and whimsical with whirly gadgets and the beautiful Fawks near his desk with the portraits of past headmasters all about. In the movie his office is, essentially, a dungeon. On top of this, Dumbledore's demeanor itself is so extremely different than in the book. In Goblet of Fire he is aggressive, old and crusty. He gives little advice to Harry and no bond is apparent in their relationship: something that is a huge deal throughout the course of the book series. In the book he is Harry's mentor, confidant, and an extremely kind, gentle and incredible wizard. And why was everything in this movie so DARK?
I could go on for hours.
This movie was a complete sellout.