Butchered the Book

Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2004)

Oh dear, what a great disappointment.
Azkaban had the makings of a great film, but the glossing over of far to many minor details, the changing of storyline, and the seemingly never ending "Semi famous British Actor = Cameo Role" put me off big style.
My main bugbears are:
The lack of explanation for Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs; The Lack of Sir Cadogan from the entire film; The "attack" on Ron, and Neville losing the passwords is missing; The Firebolt not arriving half way through, rather at the end; Ron and Hermione fall out over Scabbers and is glossed over.
A major plus is the acting skills of Emma, Rupert and Dan. (Very well done).
I realise that the film would be very much longer to include every detail, but it gives an insight to how the Goblet of Fire will appear, and if its less than 180 minutes, then it will be a poor adaptation.