Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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A few years ago I had never even heard of the name Harry Potter that was; at that time, a best selling series of children's books that had the younger generation reading something with the same sophistication that Roald Dahl had brought to my ...

Pros: Cast. Buckbeak.
Cons: Things left out or not explained enough. Some characters not used enough.

In 2001, Ha rry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was released and became a hit movie. It was based on a book by the same name. The book was the first in a series about the life of Harry Potter. The following year, the ...

Pros: Darkening tone, maturing actors, adult cameos, fantastic visuals
Cons: Harry's plastic smile

I love seeing movies with kids. As an adult, I sometimes come in to a film feeling kind of jaded, unappreciative of the magic that movies were when I was a child. All the special effects lose their charm after a while, leaving me cynical and weary. ...

Pros: acting, special effects, soundtrack
Cons: strayed too far from the novel, many unintentionally funny things

Harry Potter. The magical boy wizard that everyone must have at least heard of by now. J.K. Rowling made her character famous through her lovely, spellbinding series of books, which there are currently 5 of (but will eventually be 7). Rowling’s ...

Pros: Nice magical environment.
Cons: Acting sometimes.

When Potter mania hit the world I resisted it. I loved The Lord of the Rings and thought anything else had to be second grade when compared to it. The massive hype around the book was also jarring to me. I did not read Harry Potter books for a ...

Pros: New director, same cast as the first two, Hermione Power...better editing of source material.
Cons: Ron's got some problems, some loose ends that are unavoidable.

Last night we saw the new Harry Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I’ve read mostly positive reviews for the movie, and most people seem to feel that it’s better than the previous two installments. I tend to agree with ...

Pros: Direction. I mean that in at least four senses. Oldman.
Cons: There is something to miss from the book for everyone.

I have serious doubts about Daniel Radcliffe’s non-Potter acting future, but as my wife pointed out at the end of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’, he’s already been in a scene with Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, and David Thewlis, where he got ...

Pros: special effects, story is great
Cons: school redesign, Michael Gambon as the new Dumbledore

The first two Harry Potter movies captured the "magic" of the first two books with flying colors, which led the two movies to an overall combined gross of over 600 million dollars. That's some pretty fat cash. It has been two years since Harry ...

Pros: Wonderful scenery, sets, and cinematography...
Cons: ...cover a goodly number of errors in execution and acting.

Harry Potter, in The Prisoner of Azkaban, is approaching adolescence. Though it certainly does not seem that way at the time, this period in one’s life (in retrospect, at least) is distinguished primarily by surging hormones, ...

Pros: Dark atmosphere, lots of action, suspense and humor. Oh yeah and time travel!?
Cons: Much ado about inconsistencies...

I haven't seen a theater that packed since Attack of the Clones. There's something about having people all around you, feeling it all along with you. Although I'd give the movie five stars, I'd have to give the crowd five stars just as much! ...

Pros: The acting, the story, the dark themes, the great Directing
Cons: That now I am already looking forward to Part 4

I should preface this review by saying that I am not a big fan of Harry Potter and the series of books that have given birth to him. When I say I am not a big fan, I mean that I have never even picked up one of the books by J. K. Rowling, nor do I ...

Pros: The movie captured the Potter Magic... finally.
Cons: Still a little too safe and too sweet.

The Harry Potter books have encouraged millions to have fun reading again. ( Note: I wasn’t going to write a review on the movie because there’s already 80 reviews on record here. I usually don’t read reviews before writing my own ...

Pros: Fantastic casting, new character depth, better filmmaking
Cons: Perhaps not as obviously magical as the first two, nor as true to the books

As of Saturday, June 5, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban seems almost certain to shatter the first-weekend box-office record set by Spider-Man This goes to show what I've been saying all along: Kids love Alfonso Cuaron. Goodbye ...

Pros: Thewlis, impressive visuals
Cons: 2-dimensional kiddie actors, underused adult actors, not for the uninitiated

He was kind. He was gentle. And he was very forgiving. I thought he'd be rough and rowdy, but Harry was actually quite sweet. He made me feel right at home. He made me feel safe, and warm, and secure. And he made the whole evening, well, ...

Pros: Cuaron's Directing, Cinematography, Script, Visual Effects, Cast, Score, Everything.
Cons: Some Ommitted Scenes from the Book & Lack of Background on a Few Objects.

When British novelist J.K. Rowling became a huge success with her children's story on the boy-wizard Harry Potter, Warner Brothers knew that a film franchise was born. After consulting with Rowling to turn her books into movies, Warner Brothers finally ...