Impressive

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2004)

I saw the prisoner of azkaban no less than a few hours ago and I must say I was was very impressed. Before viewing I had it clearly cemented in my mind that there will never be a movie to justify the greatness of the Harry Potter books. I simply went to see this movie as a Harry Potter fan and not to compare it (which in my opinion is the best book along with the goblet of fire). Having sat through the movie with this frame of mind I was well and truly entertained throughout! My frame of mind excusing the small details which were left out and the very ropey performance of the new Dumbledore (quirky old man, very unsure of himself). Instead I found that the whole cinematography of the film was far superior to Columbous's efforts, as was the general day to day aspect of Hogwarts. Everything felt much more 'real' and the misty, fantasy style camera work was superb.
I felt that attention was paid to detail, the small aspects of Harry Potter are the most warming. The vast aray of British actors was great as well (did anyone spot Ian Brown???). I read that Paul Whitehouse was going to play sir cadogan, other than the obvious missing details the prisoner of azkaban is a great film.