A good movie

Honestly, I have never been a huge fan of those Harry Potter flicks but my wife really loved them and my 2 oldest kids basically grew up watching those movies. Anyway, I have to admit it, among those 8 movies, there were 2 of them which I actually enjoyed and this installment was one of them, as a matter of fact, it is my personal favorite in this franchise. Indeed, in my opinion, Alfonso Cuaron pretty much saved the franchise with ‘Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban’ as he managed to give the whole thing a really nice dark edge, a signature style which was kept throughout the rest of the franchice. However, even though the plot was decidedly an improvement on the previous installments, there were still some rather underwhelming points (for example, the whole time travelling gimmick was rather lame). This time, they finally got it right though. Indeed, I thought it was by far the most compelling story involving Harry Potter and it was the only time that I was really entertained from the beginning until the end. Obviously, the whole thing was not flawless and Harry Potter’s first crush was seriously disappointing. Indeed, I’m not sure the actress should be blamed but it felt terribly random and there was no chemistry whatsoever between Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung (eventually, this romance was not half bad as, in the last installments, we would discover Harry’s true love which was even more anti-climatic, utterly disappointing and even more random). Anyway, to conclude, I still don’t think it is a masterpiece whatsoever but it is in my opinion the best installment in this massive franchise.

7/10