HP&TPOA

Because Laura is special, she scored some sneak preview passes to Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Not really spoilers, but just in case.

I’ve read all the books, so it’s hard to review a single movie that is already two books behind.

At over two hours, this installment seems pretty long. It’s also much darker than the last two HP movies. The pace of the film seems slower, and less time is spent on reinforcing the ‘prettiness’ and ‘perfection’ of the Witches’ world. It seems that as Harry and his friends grow older, the dangers of their world are becoming more apparent.

The movie was pretty faithful to the book, only skipping character-building sections devoted to minor characters, such as the Weasley twins and Professor Trelawny

I do wonder how the director will handle the actors’ changing appearances as they age. The kids are supposed to be thirteen, and they look about sixteen now. By the time the sixth movie comes out, they’ll have grey hair.

If you’ve not read the book, you’ll probably find it more suspenseful than I did. In all, it’s a fun movie, well worth the cash you’ll spend to see it, and will undoubtably be the summer kids’ movie blockbuster.