Thank you, Mr. Cuaron

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2004)

This is the best of the three Potter-Movies. Cuaron leaves out unimportant details and completely concentrates on the story. The Dursley-Sequence is filmed like an Independent-Movie with the hand-camera, while the scene when Sirius appears the first time as a wolf seems to be part of a Suspense-Horror-Movie. There are no more special effects than necessary - I don't wanna know what George Lucas would have made of it. Radcliffe, Grint and Watson get better and better, but the greatest attraction of the movie is David Thewlis as Professor Lupin - already now my favorite for the Supporting-Role-Oscar. The Soundtrack is another Williams-Masterpiece, which contains a waltz, freejazz, a choir, medieval sounds and a typical Williams-Theme (Buckbeak's Flight). Cuaron even makes references to "Titanic" and "The Hulk". A brilliant movie, which you can see several times without getting bored.