Review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Where the story gets lost

This is actually my favorite of the movie series so far. Though that is likely because it is also my favorite of the books. But even saying that, I have to admit--this is where the series began to fail.

Sorcerer's Stone is Harry discovering the world of magic. He's still a boy, and most of the world is Hogwarts. He knows no better.
Chamber of Secrets is Harry learning a bit about the magical world at large. That not everything is good and descent there any more than in the Muggle world.
Prisoner of Azkaban is where he truly begins to learn about his own past. And because of that, there are vital pieces to what is to come in the rest of the series. This movie fails, in several fundimental way, to show some of those pieces. And without those pieces, later pieces get lost, and fall to the wayside. A dangerous thing when you're telling a story as complex as Harry's.

Quick, anyone who has not read the books, but has seen the movie. Cold you tell me where the Map came from? Or why Harry's patronus is a Stag? Or how about what the prank on Snape was?

I loved the difference in tone in this one, but overall, it is slowly but surely leading to the downfall of the series. And that makes me very unhappy.

7/10

Comments

silent killer

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Sep 3 23:20

don't forget about the new broomstick that just suddenly arrives in the mail shortly before the movie ends.

Elfflame

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Sep 4 9:09

Yes. Not to mention the fact that they only ever show one Quidditch match, but this time, barely that. So we didn't get to see the infamous Potter/Malfoy match at the end with his new broom...

Added by Elfflame 1 year ago on 3 September 2008 03:34