I didn't think Rowling had the tight writing style in her as she showed with the current tome. Unlike most of the series -- especially the last couple of books, where the last chapter or two was sitting around and explaining what had been going on over the course of the book -- this one moved forward strongly and relentlessly. I feel much better about the series after this.

I'm downright giddy. And I'm hoping the fourth movie takes it's cues from the third one, rather than the first and second. The first two were very much "Here's the book, on the big screen". Not much cinematic pop to it: everything was center screen and sorta "forced" - also looked like they cared about effects. The third was more of a movie... more care to direction and "watchability". And they take the effect for granted - you forget how good they are, much like what Spidey, X2 and LotR did. I guess they'll continue to develope a style in the movies like they have been in the books.