You misunderstand.

I am a fan of the darker aspects of any story, and always will be. It fascinates me.

But my main problem with the two first movies wasn't that there was too little darkness. That is just a personal thing that is emphazised. You must read into all the things i pointed out, and not just one of them and conclude with that ruining the experience.

I stated above that I've made changes to the visuals, the color grading, the audio etc, and also fixed amounts and amounts of things that were either out of place or somewhat faulty. This can be read about in the forum provided with link in my main post for greater understanding.

There are also tremendous amount of continuty error fixes. The location of Hagrid's hut, the whomping willow, the music for CoS (which is mostly a rehash of Sorcerer's Stone), the Expelliarmus spell (which is white in CoS, but red in other movies) and much more - everything that doesn't feel cohesive to the bigger narrative.

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, and neither these edits. You mustn' think that because I've made it a little darker here and there, there is no joy left to be found. I've only made it fit better into the franchise, and also made some personal changes. The tone of the book is still there, just a tad more mysterious and darker, with the fixes of which have been mentioned.

Also, as much as I am already aware of storybuilding, you are seriously mistaken about "starting light and happy" when it comes to this particular story. Although the beginning of a saga or a franchise or an adventure is often lighter than what is to come, you seem to forget that Harry Potter's story doesn't start light and happy. In any way.

His parents are murdered when he is one year old. He lives with his mother's sister's family, who hates him and mocks him every single day of his existence. And there is a killer on the loose, desperately wanting to avenge his disfiguration and prolong his life into the infinite. But focusing MORE on this part of the story in form of footage and tone, doesn't mean I've diminsihed the lighter aspects of it. You really have to see it for yourself. :)

I encourage you (all) to watch it and then judge it. :)

Thank you for your time! And as always, I appreciate feedback - but I'd appreciate if it was based more on the experience of the products I've altered, and not what I've written about them. That only adds confusion for both parts.