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Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Michael Gambon
Gary Oldman
David Thewlis

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In his third year at Hogwarts, Harry has to deal with the escape of Sirius Black from the wizard prison of Azkaban, the man said to have betrayed his parents to Voldemort.

09/14/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban review

Clearly much better than the first installment. A more mature cast and roles which were portrayed well by Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe. Amazing visual effects though some I thought were obviously mechanical in nature. One will be in awe for certain scenes that entail remarkable effects. The score and cinematography was just gorgeous and pleasant to look at. Its plot was like a mystery and had revealed certain backgrounds of certain characters such as Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. The screenplay was well executed based on the few lines from the film: Albus Dumbldore - "The consequences of our actions are always so diverse, so complex, that it makes predicting the future very difficult, indeed." Sirius Black - "You should have died! Died rather than betray your...

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3.5/4 

08/01/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A pretty good movie

I have never read the "Harry Potter" novels, so I was unaware of the story presented in this movie. With that said, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" to me is a dark movie with comical elements thrown in.

The special effects are very well done, there are only a few that didn't have the feel of reality to me. You could pick out which are puppets, and which are CGI. In my opinion, the CGI could have been better in a few scenes.

The acting is probably the best part of the movie. All the actors appeared to be comfortable in their roles. Those who uttered the nonsensical "magic words" to cast spells made you believe that the words were able to conjure up a magical spell.

One problem that stuck out like a sore thumb to me is the over-the-top performances of the actors in th...

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3/4 

07/24/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Getting better with each new film

Now that they are getting older, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint are showing that they are finally achiving a higher understanding of acting ability. They have become much better as they have gotten older. I was thrilled with the addition of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black. It was strange to see Michael Gambon as Dumbledore, while the resemblance to Richard Harris's version of Dumbledore is close, the personality and the mannerisms are completely new. Gambon decided not to do an impression of Harris's Dumbledore instead he decided to just recreate the character as his own. I accept Gambon as the new Dumbledore even though it really seems to change the tone of the films if you watch the second and then the 3rd back to back. Over all I really enjoyed this film.

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3.5/4