Comments on: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – A review from the clueless.

By: Anthony van Westreenen

Anthony van Westreenen — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 07:18:51 +0000

I found it horriable i love the books and the first two movies we awesome but the thing that realy killed it for me was the scenary changed the whole hogwarts grounds were trurned upside donw the whopming willow is in the wrong play hargirds cabbin is no in a ditch when it ust to be on pegs and near a brilliantly green flowing lawn this realy annoyed me and as a result i couldnt enjoy the movie also the hogwarts ghosts and teachsr like nearly headless nick , prof dumbldoor , ect ect didnt appear more then once and finaly the quiddich was anbismale with no actualy quidditch shown just a few seconds of the snitch all in all i think the director should be fired this was by far worse then the matrix revolutions which i thought was the worst ever on a not to whats was up with the name calling betwee ron and hermione calling him ronald and calling harry harold i mean what the hell that never happened in the books

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By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:54:45 +0000

I went to see the prisoner of azkaban last night. I agree, it extremely disappointing. I have read all five of the books and watched the last two movies, and after all they hype about the third movie, i was looking forward to it. After seeing it, I regret having gone to the cinema for it. I would have preferred to have waited till it was out on dvd and watched it at a friends house. It would have saved me wasting my money. I saw the movie with my fiance, and had to spend an hour after viewing it to explain what everything meant and how it tied in. What is the point of having a movie if you have to read the book to understand it? They missed too much important information and kept in too much stupid stuff. All in all, i think i would give it a 3 out of 10.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 23:08:18 +0000

LOTR was beautifully laid out. Not once was I lost or confused about who a character was or what they were supposed to be doing.

I read the books so long ago that I have forgotten more than I recall. They offered no help to me. I went in blind and was lead like a child throught this wonderous world Tolkien crafted, and never once stumbled to remember what was going on.

Havent seen Potter yet, but my 6 year old keeps begging me!!

By: Scruff

Scruff — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:04:01 +0000

What you’re saying is essentially one of the problems I have with the LOTR trilogy.
No one seems to acknowledge this with respect to LOTR though…

By: neop

neop — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 09:19:15 +0000

I just saw the movie today too, and I can say that I don’t understand how can anyone like it. I’ve read all of the Harry Potter books, and I did understand everything that was going on in the movie, but I also know about a lot of stuff which should have been in the movie, and wasn’t. The people who have read the books will probably think that the movie lacks a lot of stuff. And the people who haven’t read the books won’t understand the movie. The movie could have been very good, it’s got some very clever shots, some decent maybe even good acting, and good special effects. It just lacked the proper flow of events.

Also the world of Harry Potter seems completely different in this movie than in the previous one (I know that the first two movies were made by a different director, but still, it should feel like the same world). For example, Hagrid’s cabin is now lost around some sort of mountains, while it was clearly not there in the previous movies. The whole scenery around Hogwarts looks different too. The movie also has many plot holes not found in the book. For example, no one explains why Sirus is an animagus or how does he and Loopin know about the map.

Also, many of the scenes in the movie could have been cut out, and replaced with other scenes which are needed and are not there. I appreciate Cuaron‚Äôs touch, but he should have been more careful; the movie should make sense to everyone, not only those of us who read the books.