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Not even close to the book
Prisoner of Azcaban is my favorite Harry Poter book yet. Seeing this movie was an incredible disapointment even compared to the other movies that have come out. It strayed immensly from the book and I don't think that they should even attempt to make Goblet of Fire. To make a movie of a book that is so long and so brilliantly written when a decent one cannot be made of a book that is half it's length will crush any avid Harry Poter fan. The attempts to turn the Harry Poter books into box office hits like the Lord of the Rings is futile and a waste of time.

Don't waste your time
I was psyched to watch this movie. I watched it the day it came out. Twice. And i am a huge fan of movies. A movie has to be a real stinker for me to not like it but this one. Its missing a crucial element that many people would call a "plot" theres hardly any continuation in the story. It starts with him recieving a letter to go to Hogsmeade. Wheres Hogsmeade? Then Aunt Marge comes. Whos she? Us Harry Potter fan know, but someone who doesnt wouldnt have a clue.
I found myself wishing i could pause the film and fill in all the blanks it leaves.
Two huge things are left out of the book. One, the only quidditch final so far that Harry plays in and wins and the other, he is never told that Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs were his Dad and his friends, a HUGE revelation in the book.
The only reason i gave this movie two stars instead of the One it heartily deserves is because, it was Harry Potter and no matter how bad, that has to count for something. (Just not much)
Just read the book, the movie is so not worth a glance.

Dedicated fans of the BOOKS should turn away
It always annoys me when someone says they are a 'Harry Potter fan' but have never read the books. Why, you ask? For one, the books are what started the craze, and two, the movies are a complete injustice.

If you are a dedicated fan to the books, you know what I mean. The movies are horrible in comparison, and only the first movie can dare show it's face on my TV screen. This third movie, however, may be the worst of the three, and I tremble in my boots to think on how badly the forth book will be mutilated by the movies.

So, Harry Potter BOOK fans, here's why this new movie is so bad. Everything that is enjoyable about the book, Harry getting his broom, the Quittich Cup, the House Cup, Sirius Black, and especially Professor Lupin are extremely poorly done. The last quittich match, where Griffindor wins, is nonexistant. So is the House Cup. Sirius Balck is mediocre. Professor Lupin--- does he look poor and tattered and tired? I think not!

The characters never seem to wear their uniforms. They dress like "muggles' 24/7. Hermione is just plain dorky, and the dialogue sucks. Rons rather boring, and Harry is pathetically portrayed. For heaven's sake, he has to tell Professor Lupin all about what he imagines for his 'happy thought' against the Dementors.

So, more about what's so horrible? Blame it on the new director. Nothing looks the same. Does Hogwarts change in between the second and third book? NO, so it shouldn't between movies. Hagrids' hut is different, the grounds different, the lake different, the Whomping Willow different (and about the Willow, the werewolf and that entire scene is grotesque). Wise, old Dumbledore looks like a poor old man, his beard all skimpy and his clothes very un-Dumbledore like: they look like the clothes Lupin should have worn.

The bismal ending mad me want to puke. I can't believe I wasted money seeing it in theatres, and its defintely not worth buying on DVD or Video. Unless of course, you've never read the books, but even then, this third movie does injustice to the first two movies. Take my word for it.

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