Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
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Something wicked this way comes.
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for a third adventure-and-magic-filled year in this follow-up to the first two Potter blockbusters. Harry comes face-to-face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict Sirius Black. In a bid for help, Harry turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin -- but will it be enough?
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While the last two films weren't nearly as good as I remembered them being as a kid, I actually forgot just how good this one really was. It's actually excellent.
I think we can all agree that the best thing that happened in the Potter franchise was replacing the director Chris Colombus with Alfonso Cuaron. Kinda interesting how you'd expect a guy like Colombus to make a family film based on previous efforts before this series (like Home Alone) but the guy who made a better film was Cuaron, the last guy you'd expect to see take over a family franchise (he previously made Y tu mamá también, a far from kid-friendly erotic piece). Cuaron brings forth a pulse that…
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Come now, Harry! The Ministry doesn't send people off to Azkaban for blowing up their aunts!
aka 'The One Where Everyone Gets Mildly Attractive'.
One of the best feelings in the world has got to be when you would go see the new Harry Potter film, you'd watched the 'Behind the Scenes' show on ITV the week before, you'd watched the red carpet in London and then you're finally sat in your seat at the cinema and that tune starts and the excitement is crackling in everyone around you. TEN MORE HARRY POTTER FILMS PLZ.
From the outset this feels like more of a Harry Potter film than the previous two, where as the others concentrate more on the authenticity,…
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By far the best in the series. It's funny, quirky and has the best script-adaption of all the books.
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This is my favourite of the Harry Potter films. Chris Columbus did a great job starting the franchise but after seeing Alfonso Cuaron's more grown up approach to the world of Potter I was very impressed. Not only do we see a accessible film to all ages but also we see maturity in all the characters that was previously missing. A darker, wittier more intelligent film with an emotional depth that really made it difficult to match.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Prisoner of Azkaban is one of the best in the series, beautifully directed by alfonso-cuaron- this really is a joy to watch, a feast for the eyes. Potter at its peak. Gary Oldman is superb in his few scenes too.
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effects are horrible but the direction is much improved
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Better than I remembered.
Of the 8 films in the series, this is perhaps the best in every sense.
I WANT to say I'm not just thinking that because Alfonso Cuaron directed it. But the difference between what Chris Columbus was doing with this world and what Cuaron did with it is truly staggering.
The first 2 movies might as well have BEEN the "Home Alone versions" of Harry Potter.
More on this film later. It warrants a full review.
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This film blows the first two out of the water. Not only is it true to the book, but even if you knew nothing about J.K. Rowling and her books, you'd probably like this.
This is my second favorite film in the series and for good reason. It's true to the book, it's much darker, the kids have grown up and are doing much better at acting, it's much deeper and visually stunning compared to it's predecessors and it's emotionally satisfying.
Remus Lupin is one of my favorite characters, he's a big part of my love for this film. Loved him in the books, and it's an added bonus that he's played by David Thewlis, my homeboy from Naked. Gary Oldman's portrayal of Sirius Black ain't bad either. Solid get right there.
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A part of my Harry Potter challenge.
Finally pulled myself together and moved on to the third instalment in the franchise. While some of you have been requesting that I continued this series asap, I find it really hard to gather the right kind of motivation.
Nonetheless, I did watch it, and I don't think I liked it all that much.
It's definitely the weakest so far, and got so unbelievably trivial after a very short amount of time.
I really have nothing against Daniel Radcliffe, but both Rupert Grint and especially Emma Watson makes me want to grit my teeth in an agonizing attempt to control the massive overflow of high-pitched screaming and moaning, it's really rather unnecessary, I… -
This is the highest point in the series, the kids are finally starting to really act and the story is interesting, has time travel, which is always nice, and some actual emotional depth to it, seems like a landmark on the series, it really set the tone for the rest of the series in terms of landing the fantasy a bit so it wouldn't be as quirky and also balanced emotion with action to great effect.
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Easily the best HP movie that I've seen so far (only seen the first three). Cuaron establishes a much more serious tone in this one and elevates the series from light kids adventure to a much more mature-themed fantasy. LOVE LOVE LOVED it.
Cannot wait to see where it goes next, although I fear that Cuaron has set the bar a little too high for others to follow.
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This is my favourite of the Harry Potter films. Chris Columbus did a great job starting the franchise but after seeing Alfonso Cuaron's more grown up approach to the world of Potter I was very impressed. Not only do we see a accessible film to all ages but also we see maturity in all the characters that was previously missing. A darker, wittier more intelligent film with an emotional depth that really made it difficult to match.
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