Saturday, 26 January 2008

Film #25: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)


Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron


Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon


The third book-turned-film in the series, this one follows Harry in his third year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry when something goes terribly wrong (again!). This time, Sirius Black has escaped from the wizard prison, Azkaban, and is apparently after Harry Potter.

The prison guards are some weird creatures called Dementors and they suck all the happiness out of the inmates. They have come out of the prison to look for the escapee.

Lots of stuff happens and I'm sure everyone has either read the books, seen the films or are not bothered in the least so I won't go into all the details.

When I saw this film at the cinema, I felt as if it was better directed than the previous two (possibly due to the new director) and that it had a much darker feel to it. This is the pivotal film/book where we find out that Harry and his friends are growing up and finding out that Voldemort is the shit. (Although we never see Voldemort in any form in this film which is weird since he is in the rest).

This time, Harry and his friends (ginger Ron and hot Hermione) deal with Hippogriffs, Werewolves and Time-travel (Doctor Who has his lawyers on the phone).

It's a good film and good book, better than the previous two but not as good as it's successors.


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