Another great Harry Potter installment

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2011)

We now come to "year #3" of the "Harry Potter" films. After inflating his uncle's sister's with his anger and unconscious magical powers after she insults him and his parents. Harry runs away from the Dursleys, and is also afraid he might get expelled from Hogwarts for using magic outside the school.
Harry took the "Knight Bus" to the Leaky Cauldron pub/inn. There, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge tells Harry he will not be expelled. But he was a bit...miffed at Harry for running away, when a supposedly dangerous criminal named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison. Later on, Harry was also informed by Arthur Weasley that Black will likely come after him.
Harry journeys to Hogwarts with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. On the train they share a compartment with the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Remus Lupin, who is sleeping when they enter it. Abruptly, the Hogwarts Express has stopped and a phantom creature called a Dementor boards, searching for Black. The creature has a profound effect on Harry, causing him to faint. Lupin awakens and repels the Dementor. At school, Headmaster Dumbledore informs the Hogwarts students that because Black has escaped, Dementors have been set up around the school as a protection. In addition to Lupin's appointment, Hagrid was also to be the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher. As lessons begin, Hermione frequently arrives at their various classes by appearing out of nowhere. Lupin's lessons prove enjoyable, as he teaches useful spells and helps less confident students like Neville Longbottom. However Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class does not go as planned, and on the first day, Draco Malfoy deliberately provokes the Hippogriff Buckbeak into attacking him. His father successfully has Buckbeak sentenced to death; those Malfoys really p*** me off! So that's all I could say. You'll have to watch the film and see how it ends. I loved watching Hermione giving Malfoy a slug in the face, and I think Lupin has to be the funnest D.A.D.A teacher. Anyway, the "Prisoner of Azkaban" goes very well with the first two Harry Potter films; another great installment.