Best Harry POtter Film

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2004)

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I saw the movie for the first time the day after it came out and I'll probably see it again multiple times. The movie itself is not an epic but it didn't need to be. It wasn't as good as Return of the King (or any of LOTR for that matter) but it was far and away better that the first two movies. It left out a couple of things that HP Geeks like myself found important (like Lupin explaining who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were, and introducing Cho Chang as a character) but the filmmakers obviously didn't want to drag the movie out longer than it needed to be especially with having to push the release date back due to the passing of Richard Harris. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban accomplishes what it needed to in order to appeal to the geeks, the casual readers and the non-readers all at the same time. It's not Best Picture material but a Harry Potter movie shouldn't be. It should just be a fun movie that the whole family can enjoy and thats what this is. 8/10