Better than the rest

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2004)

I went to the midnight showing of HP and I thought it was fantastic! The special effects left the other movies far behind. I thought Michael Gambone did a very good Dumbledore, though it was different. The pace of the movie seemed faster, and it was shorter, yet it still managed to capture the main points of the book. I had high expectations for this movie, b/c Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the books, and I'm happy to say that it met them. I wasn't sure if I could see Gary Oldman as Sirius, but he played it well. Oh, and if I hear one more person say this was a "darker" movie, I will scream! The book itself was darker than the others before it, and all of the books become increasingly darker as Harry grows up. By making the film have a darker tone, the filmmakers have tried to be true to the books and I feel they succeeded.