Harry Potter [3] and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

After a short break between part two and three we see a real difference in the three main characters' ages. The directing change to Alfonso Cuarón made for a change from the slapstick comedy of wizardry to the artistic shots of a tree changing with the seasons.

In this adventure we meet some pretty important characters Sirius Black [Gary Oldman] and we learn about dementors. We see the first signs of a potential romance between Hermine and Ron and Harry gets his Marauder's map and learns that the dark lord went to school at Hogworts.

The books start to get bigger with this movie, and the movies start to approach two and a half hours. Unlike the next few movies this one seems to leave out a lot of stuff from the book, I know this because my wife explained a lot of stuff while we were watching it. For that you have to blame the screenplay writer [Steve Kloves], and since they kept him around you can see how much better he did with the later films.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304141/

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