Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

When the Harry Potter films first came out, I was absolutely ecstatic! I loved the idea of the wonderful world that J.K.Rowling created on the big screen and went to watch the first film. After that, I couldn’t stop jabbering on about it and how good it was. However, I didn’t go potter crazy and buy every electronic wand or t-shirt that was for sale, I just appreciated the movie and then went to watch the second one. The second was quite good, but ...
...in my DVD collection…… HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN ***ACTORS AND ACTRESSES*** Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rupert Grint - Thunderpants, and the first two Harry Potter films Emma Watson - First two Harry Potter films Gary Oldman - The Fifth Element, Lost in Space, Hannibal David Thewlis - Dragonheart, Engame, Timeline Sir Michael Gambon - Ghost Hunter, Being ...

LR_17 06.01.2005 · Read full review
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...by the reviewer! ------------------------------ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite book of the HP series (so far, I suppose but I doubt the last two will be it for me) and it was with a mixture of anticipation and dread I sat down in the cinema to watch it. Butchery of my favourite HP book might put me off altogether, but I have to say I go against the general opinion. I liked it. I really, really like it. Let me qualify ...
...good against evil struggle between Harry and Voldemort, it's about the wider community of wizards, and the way the fight against evil affects different people in different ways, and the sacrifices they make, not just a thirteen year old wizard. That's probably why I love the POA so much, by the end of the second film I was bored by Harry solving it all by himself, I like the fact he relies on others to help him! And there was an excellent cast. ...

linniestorm 07.07.2004 · Read full review
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...our romantic entertainment? Thunderbirds and Harry Potter 3. Ho hum. Proves we’re just kids at heart, I guess. While Thunderbirds was good (no category on Ciao yet, tut tut), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban excelled. To hubby and me, this was the best of the three Harry Potter films so far. We both loved it and sat enthralled. An increasingly insistent cry from the bladder meant I had to miss a bit, but – thanks to an Athens-like gold medal ...
...transfixed and once again, a Harry Potter film whizzed by in what felt like half the time. I have read the first three HP books, so I did have an idea of how the film was going to pan out, but I prefer the films to the books in this instance. Whereas I doubt I will bother reading HP4 and beyond, I will definitely be watching the movie versions. To me, the stories come alive in the cinema. I find J. K. Rowling’s novels somewhat lacking. So once ...

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...release of the DVD of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that I would review the previous four films and so this is my review of the third of the series Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). A slight aside before I start. When my husband and I first started dating we lived in London and quite often used to go the Prince Charles cinema just off Leicester Square - it used to be £1 to get in and you could take your beer in with you. ...
...The story is quite simple. Harry returns to Hogwarts amid panic in the wizarding world as Sirius Black a murderer known to be a supporter of You Know Who, has escaped from Azkaban prison and so the school is being guarded by the prison guards called Dementors - rather nasty and unmerciful creatures - to protect Harry from him. But why should he want to reach Harry and what other secrets will be revealed along the way? I just hoped that Cuaron would ...

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...think this is the best Harry Potter film yet, and some who seem really disappointed with it as an adaptation of the book. Recently my own opinion has swayed, leading me finally to write this review. I saw the film way back when it came out (I believe it was June 2004) with almost impossibly high expectations. As a complete and utter Harry Potter fan, and this being the first of the books that I'd read.... the one that started it all for me, the ...
...single kiss. This year Harry is battling on with his magic classes to fight worse foes, coming to terms with his parents past and learning more about himself in the process. Yet there is always tension all the way through the film as to the whereabouts of escaped Prisoner, Sirius Black, who seems to want Harry dead. Harry and the Dursleys: **************************** The first scene of the film perfectly captures the first chapter of the book. ...

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...movies for our young hero, Harry Potter and this time everything’s changing. Or is it? Following a rather unpleasant visit from his Auntie Marjorie, Harry Potter packs his bags, storms out of his Uncle Vernon’s house and sets off into the night. One rather manic bus ride later, and he finds himself in one of London’s secret hostels for witches and wizards. Once there, he meets up with his best friends Hermione and Ron and soon ...
...does Sirius Black want with Harry Potter? As the mystery unfolds, Harry must keep his wits about him if he is to avoid the clutches of Sirius Black, the Dementors AND the strange wolves that stalk the woods around Hogwarts. A new Harry Potter film has become something of a phenomenon and The Prisoner of Azkaban is no exception. Opening in UK cinemas on May 31st, I wandered along to see it on the premise of a free ticket, but when I got there I was ...

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...the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. A new director, new actors and growing children have given the film industry much to talk about. Will the film be as good (assuming you liked the first)? Will the formula tire? Will the change of director be accepted? All was revealed to me during a preview showing on Bank Holiday Monday. The usual pre-release hype doesn’t seem to have been generated ...
...who do not know who Harry Potter is. The creation of JK Rowling, the Harry Potter series has achieved world-wide acclaim with a total of 5 (out of a possible 7) books now in publication. ***The Plot*** I do not believe in plot spoilers, although as much of the nation has read the book I doubt I would be giving much away. The film follows the exploits of Harry Potter (played by Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert ...

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...few as possible though. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the much-awaited film of JK Rowling’s third Harry Potter (HP) book. Released on 31 May, just in time for half term across most of the UK, it’s PG rated due to some scary scenes and (very) mild language, and runs for just over 2 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cast and performance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The old favourites are out in force, naturally, with Daniel Radcliffe getting ...
...beginning of the film, with Harry part way through his summer holiday at the Dursley’s does seem rushed. Too much is being glossed over rather than given its full weight, which makes things unclear. To my mind, it’s either worth ignoring something completely, or giving it its due. In fact, my main gripe with this film is that there is just so much in the book that is never mentioned in the film – and some of that is information ...

xalala 02.06.2004 (22.03.2005) · Read full review
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...too old for kids movies. Harry Potter in particular. The books are a different kettle of onions, because they require a certain amount of interaction between the writer’s and your own imagination. When a vision of something you had pictured one way turns out to be completely at odds with your perception, disappointment sets in fast. As I'm sure you know. Which brings me to the latest in the Harry Potter series. ***THE PLOT*** Harry is being picked ...
...design to create the interest. Harry just isn’t enough of anything to be a hero – he just sort of stumbles through the plot as in the other stories, discovering things through coincidence or dumb luck. The fact that it requires little effort his part to unravel mysteries or defeat foes hardly endears him to me – plus he seems to be getting a mite cocky. This may set things up for future instalments, but here it’s just tiresome. He’s a lead character ...

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...J. K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful Harry Potter series. Director Chris Columbus, who was responsible for the first two adaptations, has stepped down for this one, wanting to spend more time with his family, and Alfonso Cuaron has stepped in to fill his shoes. I had heard mixed reports about the film, and, as a big fan of the books who had been disappointed by Harry’s first two outings on the big screen, I was in two minds about whether to go ...
...pleasantly surprised. Teenage wizard Harry Potter is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, but an unfortunate incident with his Aunt Marge during the summer holidays gets him thrown out of his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia’s home, facing expulsion for having used magic in the holidays. But help is on the way, in the form of the Knight Bus, a triple decker purple bus that comes to the aid of witches and wizards ...

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...we come to the latest Harry Potter film. Alfonso Cuarón (director) and Steven Kloves (screenplay) are luckier than Jackson in that about half of the fans of the book they’re adapting are children, and as such probably won’t notice any omissions as long as there are enough cool special effects. Unfortunately, the other half are adults, and it seems as if, from reading a few reviews around and about the web, they aren’t quite so easily beguiled by ...
...incident involving his Aunt Marge, Harry is forced to run away from his Muggle guardians before the end of the school holidays. He stays at the Leaky Cauldron, the wizarding pub in London; finally back in the wizard world, he discovers a dangerous murderer called Sirius Black has become the first ever escapee from the infamous Azkaban prison. Before leaving for Hogwarts, Mr Weasley (Harry’s best friend Ron’s father) explains to Harry that Sirius ...

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...caught up in the whole Harry Potter phenomenon. This cynical soul feels no great desire to ride the broomstick, wear the boxer shorts or play the game and fortunately for me this has transferred to my teenage son. Yes he wants to read the books and see the films, but he has never wanted to wear the T-shirt. This means my son was quite happy to wait for Christmas to own and indeed see “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” so it was after the ...
...the third of the Harry Potter movies. Setting the scene ******************** “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” centres around Harry Potter, a bespectacled teenager who, just so happens to be a student wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, Harry is no ordinary wizard, indeed he is the one person to survive an attack by the evil Lord Voldemort. On learning that Harry’s Godfather, murderer and servant of Voldemort ...

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...the sole purpose of destroying Harry Potter. Its finally arrived, with as much anticipation and excitement as the coming of Book 5, Harry Potter has been launched at the cinemas amidst rave reviews, but what’s it really like………… If anybody hasn’t heard of Harry Potter, the boy wizard fighting against the all powerful Lord Voldemort yet, where have you been for the last 5 years? So for that reason I am going to assume that you all know what has ...
...him getting his hands on Harry (Now is it just me or are Dementors just another name for Ringwraiths from the Lord of the Rings?). Dementors are the worst thing a man or wizard can meet. They suck every ounce of happiness out of you and eventually send you mad and their ultimate weapon is in the form of a kiss which sucks out your soul. They were brilliantly portrayed in the film and really gave out the coldness and fear perfectly and it was the ...

MHam 02.06.2004 (03.06.2004) · Read full review
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...(she’s 21) sister also loves Harry Potter and needed someone to drag along to the latest movie. Enter Moi. Yes I’m the ever so accommodating older sister and so once we settled down my darling daughter off we jolly well went. Well here’s the thing. I don’t really like Harry Potter. I’ve never read one single book but somehow I managed to watch the films. The first I thought was ok, the second I thought was a complete pile of tosh (you only have to ...
...Also another complaint was form Harry Potter book readers and this was that the film cut and chopped the book about too much. Too be honest this didn’t bother me as I’ve never read a book so how am I going to know if there’s any difference anyway? Harry Potter (the now obviously teenage Daniel Radcliffe) is back at home with the ever so offensive Dursley’s for the summer holidays and is trying his best to endure a visit by Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge ...

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...is of course the 3rd Harry Potter film, taken from the series by JK Rowling about the exploits of a boy wizard. The film really ahs been made for people who've at least seen the other two, and I think assumes you've read the books. Consequently, it isn't going to stand alone because it doesn't give you all the background information. If you don't know what Quidditch is, or who the Weasley twins are, or where that invisible cape came from, or what ...
...have a good time. Harry Potter runs away from his vile muggle family, and, via a few scrapes and troubled moments, makes his way back to Hogwarts. But all is not well, there's an escaped killer on the loose and everyone thinks he wants Harry dead. There's a mystery to solve, monsters to fight, other monsters to make friends with, strange furry books that try and bite you, and all the usual adventure and action. On the whole, its good fun. Its not ...

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