Alfonso Cuaron should be sacked for his slaughtering of HP&PoA

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 2004)

I just saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP&PoA) tonight. Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed.
When I first heard that Alfonso Cuaron would be directing HP&PoA I was nervous because I was afraid he would damage the franchise by putting his own personal "spin" on the movie. Unfortunately, those fears were well-founded.
Unlike the first 2 movies, the storyline for HP&PoA jumped around all over the place. Events did not occur in the proper order--example: Harry receiving his Firebolt at the very end of the movie/school year. Worst of all, Cuauron decided to add content to the film that wasn't in the book in the first place--example: the total re-write of how Peter Pettigrew's existence comes to light.
Additionally, he did a terrible job of developing the story and plot and left out tons of important information and events, but decided to waste time (film) by including content not in the book (eating candies that make animal sounds, Malfoy passing flying notes, etc.).
Also, what gives with making this the shortest movie of the HP series? Book 3 was longer than both books 1 & 2, yet they decided to cut back the time. Given the fact that a movie now costs $10/person, I would rather see a 3 hour movie that does justice to the book than see a shortened movie that does a hack job on the story. (sorry guys, the movie really suffered by how much you left out).
I suspect HP&PoA will perform poorly in the theaters compared to the first 2 movies. I sincerely hope JK Rowling puts the Directors, Producers, and Writers feet to the fire and restores the magic for the 4th movie (here's an idea...FOLLOW THE STORY AS SHE ALREADY WROTE IT!!!). Otherwise, I think they should just terminate any future movies. Better to have no movies for books 5-7 than to have crappy ones that only disappoint loyal fans.