Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Expecto Patronum!

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2011)

Chapter 3 of the Harry Potter series, "The Prisoner of Azkaban" takes place where Harry learns about a wizarding criminal named Sirius Black who escaped Azkaban prison, sent his parents to Voldemort, and is actually Harry Potter's godfather. But it turns out that not everything is actually the same as it looks. Actually, Sirius Black was really innocent, and framed by Peter Pettigrew who actually betrayed Harry's parents, and who was in disguise all along as Ron's pet rat, Scabbers. Then other stories start to happen like the new teacher is actually a werewolf, and there are these guards of Azkaban who take away souls called Dementors. But enough of the spoilers, and let's start the real review. Now, there were some moments of charming cleverness in the script, and the movie felt new, unique, and smart. There were even funny scenes in the film that included my favorite scene involving the giant Knight Bus with a Shrunken Head in control. Now although those moments were enjoying, this particular movie in the series didn't feel epic, amazing, excellent, or surprising like the first two movies were. But even though the movie wasn't that stunning like I thought it was, the movie was smart with story and characters. But still, the movie was kind of charming and magical just like the first two movies were. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", in my review, "smart and clever, but nothing epic".