I saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban the other day, and I've decided that I didn't really like it. Or, to be more accurate, I didn't like it as much as the first two movies, and certainly not as much as the book.
Apparently some people are complaining about how much the movie left out. Personally, I think they should've cut out more, and concentrated on the whole story around Prof Lupin, Sirius Black, Peter whatever, and Harry's father, as well as Harry's confontation with the Dementors. The former because it's central to the plot of the series, and the latter because it exemplifies Harry's development and growth. The first 15 minutes or so of the movie certainly could've been cut since it wasn't tied to anything else later on. Quiddich certainly could've been cut out as well, since it was thrown in there and not tied to anything else (and no longer has the novelty effect it had before). The whole Harry vs Malfoy conflict also could've been cut out, since it wasn't as well developed as it was in the first two movies, and besides, it's kind of old news now anyway.
And even though it didn't bother me so much in the trailers, the new actor for Dumbledore simply doesn't cut it (*shakes fist at actors dying before they're done*). Oh well, I'm still looking forward to the next book, and I hope they'll redeem themselves in future movie adaptations (even though I have little faith in Hollywood's abilities to adapt 800-page books for film).
Posted Sun, June 20, 2004 22:51 by dirvish
Harry Potter without quiddich and the Malfoy conflict? WTF? That is a bummer about the Dumbledore actor, that was my favorite character.
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