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Hooray for Harry Potter

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting my thoughts on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I have to say this one is by far my favorite of the three movies out so far. Emma, Dan, and Rupert gave wonderful performances as their respective characters as did the rest of the ensemble cast.

I loved the camera shots as they gave a whole different feel to the movie. Also, the little "in between" shots were great, especially the boys in Gryffindor goofing off their first night back. That scene, the one where Ron wakes up from his spider dream, and bluebirds that fly into the whomping willow just cracked me up!

Having said all that though, there were some scenes I thought were a bit rushed. I also would have liked to have Professor Lupin (or Sirius) explain to Harry about why his patronus is a stag and who Padfoot, Mooney, Prongs, and Wormtail were. I thought that was pretty important to the story and was sorry to see it left out.

All in all it was a great movie and I can't wait to see it again. We caught the movie twice and may possibly watch it a third time in the theatre, don't know yet. There are so many other interesting movies out right now too. For now though, it's back to the movies off the AFI top 100 list. Next up, Frankenstein.

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