A Dark Turn, but a good turn

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2005)

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is a new dark turn for the Harry Potter series. This movie focuses on emotions of Harry and his friends, rather more than what is going around the castle. In this movie there are many new elements that are quite exciting. The whomping willow is explained, the night bus is introduced, we meet 2 new main characters for the first time, we see Harry, Ron and Hermione start coming into their own - having romantic feelings, realizing who they are as people, having more to say about what goes around them.
The aspect of time plays a very big part in this movie, and it was done brilliantly.
There is only 2 faults I found in the movie. 1) It wasn't long enough, and 2) A few important things in the movie were introduced, but not explained.
However, this movie is very good, and does J.K. Rowling's book justice. People of all could like this movie.