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The third installment was indeed a pleasant one. A new director,Alfonso Cuarón, handled the performances perfectly. Daniel Radcliffe ...Harry Potter is becoming a fine actor and he is great in this movie. He loses his temper with his Aunt and he plays the scene brilliantly.
Gary Oldman ...Sirius Black is always so great that you don't know it is him until the credits.
Rupert Grint ...Ron Weasley is very funny.
Emma Watson ...Hermione Granger has become a fantastic young actress and her character is strong and confident and also caring which makes her a great role model.
Alan Rickman ...Professor Severus Snape, Robbie Coltrane ...Rubeus Hagrid, and the new Dumbledore were superb as well. (I was sad to learn that the original Dumbledore, who was wonderful, has died.)

The visuals of Hogwarts and it's grounds were beautiful and for me the high point was flight of the Hippogriff with Harry. The Hippogriff was an amazing creation.

I reccomend the movie even if you are a total muggle.

Potter and his patronus shine at the box-office!
The boy wizard has not lost his powers! Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban has always been my favourite HP book and I'm happy to know that now it'll be my favourite HP flick! This entertaining epic is by far the best HP movie in the series! It's the first one that actually comes close to the book and has the mysteriousness and the thrilling adventures that the book offers but the first two movie instalments failed to offer. What makes this movie better than the first two? It's the director, Alfonso Cuaron. Thanks to him, the movie is sinister, deeper and meaningful, thought provoking, scarier, and more visually stunning. The special effects are amazing. They are a thousand times better than what the first two movies came up with. I mean give me a break; in the 2nd movie they made the basilisk into a pathetic mechanical snake! Cuaron has managed to create a wizarding world similar to the one imagined by Harry Potter fans. In all the movies the cinematography has been great, so no complaints there but once again the third film's cinematography is a lot better!

The story revolves around Harry Potter, the infamous boy-wizard who's attending his third year at Hogwarts: School of Wizardry. As the wizarding world and muggle world search for the whereabouts of Sirius Black, the evil escaped prisoner, Harry finds himself in the middle of another annual adventure figuring out that he is the reason Black escaped from Azkaban. This time the adventure is as good as it gets. To add to his usual troubles (Snape, Malfoy, etc.), dementors roam the lands sucking out the hopefulness and cheerful memories that make people joyful by replacing them with forgotten depressing recollections and frightening images from their past.

Some of the best things: more Quidditch, this time the matches are extremely exciting! Harry, Ron, and Hermione are grown up now, the story's better, as is the overall movie. The movie marks a great accomplishment in production design!

In short, Alfred Cuaron should be praised for this brilliant creation! At a time of great expectations, Cuaron succeeds. He passes with flying colors. And let's not forget JK Rowling, the gifted author. Her unique coming-of-age story is the main reason this movie is so spectacular! I highly recommend you watch it on the big-screen. The dazzling special effects, the breathtaking cinematography, the talented cast's acting performances, and the tremendous job done by the make-up artists in the creation of the magical creatures should not be missed on the cinema screen! In 3 words, it's dark, daring, and dazzling!