Anything but That !

Rating: 4/10 (3 June 2004)

First of all, I apologize for my English, I'm a French girl so be kind..
The Prisoner of Azkaban was a GREAT DECEPTION when I saw it.
Yes, this tome is darker than the others, but I didn't really find the book's "magical atmosphere". Sure, the movie takes place in the magical world, but the little thing that would make the atmosphere similar to the book, that I found in the two first movies, is not here. It felt empty.
There are several parallel stories in the book, the film follow one and when an element is needed which is part of another, it's put there, just for the spectator to understand the one story, and who does care with the chronological order ? I'm sorry, but I do !
And did Lupin really have to chase Harry and Hermione for so long, when he has transformed ? He doesn't even see them in the book !! I agree that the book is too long to tell all the story in the film but where is the need to add that ? Why do not take those 5-6 minutes to, for example, take the time to explain the "Fidelitas charm" rather than "Sirius knew where James & Lily were hiding and he went tell Voldemort"... for someone who have read the book, it's an infamy !
I spend all the movie thinking "no it's not like that", and i heard a little girl besides me saying more than once "but mum, it's not like that in the book"...
I soo enjoyed the two others and this once was so different !!
I hope the next ones will be more close to the books.... !!!