Rowling makes some withering observations on government. She also has some fascinating commentary on the nature of evil, and the willingness of many to form a treaty with evil in exchange for momentary comfort.
You have got to be kidding me. I read the first and second book begrudingly, hoping I missed something in the movie and the general story was not as vapid as it appeared on screen (unfortunately it was). The characters from Potter are completely two dimensional.
In Tolkien's work, depending on how you read the novels from time to time, the reader can discover something new about each one of them and see the character in a different light. Granted, I will agree it is not to the standard of the classics, however it is very close