Don't see if you haven't read the books

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2004)

I am an admitted Potter-phile....however, my boyfriend is not. He has not read the books, but enjoyed the first two movies. The third however, is another story. The first two movies took the extra couple of minutes to explain a new concept, so that when it would be referred to later in the movie, the audience would be able to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. In the Prisoner of Azkaban, however, much of the information was skipped over.
Spoiler alert: Example, in the books, Professor McGonagall takes the time to explain the concept of an Animagus in her classroom. In the movie, it is skipped. At the end when we find out that Sirius is an unregistered animagus, we understand why he was so difficult to find. However, in the movie, it is never explained to the audience members who did not read the books about registering or how James, Peter, & Sirius became Animagi....or for that matter WHY they learned to become Animagi in the first place. Then the movie even skips over the explanation of who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are and the true significance of the Marauders Map....To the non Potter reader, it was an ending that left way too many questions unanswered.