Good luck next time!

Rating: Null/10 (6 June 2004)

After viewing the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, myself along with my accompaniment were quite downcast. This was probably due to the fact that we have read the books and the movie did not display the content in an enjoyable fashion. However, seeing this movie without reading the books beforehand may allow a person to enjoy it more so. The new director made a great movie alone, but whilst being compared to the novel it was quite substandard. The setting was different than in the previous movies and there was barely any character personality development. If seeing this movie without reading the books or seeing the previous two films, the audience would have no idea as to who or what the characters were truly like. The sequencing of events was out of order and the major events were not displayed to be very important. For being only a 2 and some hour movie, I would think the director could have added 15 more minutes to expand upon the plot line. The film moved at a very quick pace, which took away from the characters and events in the story. All in all, if the reason the film hardly compared to the novel was because it was a larger book than the previous two, I am barely looking forward to how the Goblet of Fire shall be portrayed after being over 100 more pages. Good luck next time Harry Potter.