A good darker take on these films

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2016)

I have now seen the third film in the harry potter franchise the prisoner of Azkaban and this is another pretty good film. The premise sees harry back at Hogwarts when an old ally of he who should not be named escapes the prison of Azkaban looking for harry. Daniel Radcliffe seems to really mature into the role of harry potter in this film and I really thought he did a great job in this film. His character really develops allot in this film and you really grow to care about him in this series so far. Ron and Hermione aren't as important in this film in my opinion but they both are fun characters and the three wizards chemistry is great. Gary oldman plays Sirius black and he does a good job in this film I just wish his character had more time to be developed because he wasn't in the film that much. David thewlis plays the new professor of defence against the dark arts lupin and I really liked his relationship with harry throughout this film. Alan rickman has slightly more to do as snape and I like his interesting character and think he can do more in these films. Michael gambon is the new Dumbledore and I thought he did a really good job in the film. The story has harry looking into the darker parts of magic and I found his development as a character was great. However, I feel like this film takes too long to get to it's most interesting story. Also the film takes some cheap ways to solve some of its problems. The script has some good drama in it especially with Harry's situation. The humour is better in this film, however, the conflicting tone of the dialogue comes across as messy. The style has a much darker tone to it and I liked it quite allot especially the addition of the dementers. However, like the previous two films I just feel the pacing of the film is messy. These films seem to want to include everything from the books and it comes across as overly bloated. Overall I think this is a decent film and it is a worthy addition to the franchise.