The third book was great, cuz I am hardcore over Lupin, baby. And I thought the third movie was a great movie but it was a horrid book adaptation. If you had never read the books, it was easy to follow, well shot and edited - but having read the books, I didn't get so much of the characters that made the book, and the books that followed it, so good. Yes, they cut out so much of the human emotion. I know that is hard to convey from book to movie, but I felt like they lost a lot in movie three. But it was still easier to follow, much better put together than either 2 or 4, which felt like they had chunks missing. Unfortunately the chunks missing in three, were the character elements.