Anish Misra
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a film directed by Alfosno Cuaron. I was curious before watching this film as many critics have noted this film a turning point in the series. After watching the film, I can say that this is by far my most favorite film of this series.Plot: Harry Potter is warned about Sirius Black, a prisoner who just escaped Azkaban prison in order to kill him.Story and direction: Taking the reins from one director to another is a very risky thing sicne you have to match the expectations of the audience as well as find a way to say your voice in the film. But this film has excelled in that department. Alfonso Cuaron is successful in providing a change of tone in the film. From scene one, you know the film is going to be different from the previous two. This is very clearly known from the lighting and camera work which is just awesome. The images of certain things like the tree or the flowers depict the kind of silence this film wants to convey. But the film doesn't seem boring for even a single moment. It is never dull because it has the series comedy that defines it. The comedy is very subtle and that says how good a director Alfonso is. Also we get to some new characters in this film, which are very interesting. I especially liked the bond formed between Lupin and Potter. He was just like a mentor to him helping him out in various odd situations. The music is also great and I can just go on about it. The VFX has improved from the previous two and even today it is very much relevant. The VFX feels real and just immerses you into the fictional world that is created. And for the first time, the Quiddicth scene was just to look out for. It was gorgeous. Also to be noted is some of the animal designs in the film. They are so life-like. You feel scared by some of them and also you feel that you want to own some of them. I liked the fact that the film is shorter than the previous two since it was a good move and a long film I guess wouldn't have worked. Steve Kloves deserves a pat on the back for adapting another chapter of Harry Potter successfully. Performances: The regular cast does their job just perfectly and also adapt to the new settings. Michael Gambon is great as the new Dumbledore. Never for a moment do you miss Richard Harris. This character also has a change of characterization from the previous two which I very much liked. David Thewlis is also great in donning the role of Remus Lupin. He is the new character that I liked the most. And finally, Gary Oldman: He is just awesome. Although his scenes are lesser than the rest, but he just leaves an impact on the mind.Favorite Scene: It would be the one where the kids go to Hogsmeade and Hermione and Ron see some building. Then Malfoy and gang come and begin to tease them. After that, Harry with the help of his invisible cloak scares Malfoy and gang away. After all, who doesn't want to see Malfoy beat up!!Verdict: This film is by far the best of Harry Potter. The film did everything for me that I wanted to see in this series. And also, it makes me anxious as I can't wait to see what else it has got to offer. This goes on to prove that when you tap on to the right content and know what your audience wants, I think you can make sequels even more successful than the originals (story wise). Sequels are never cursed. It is just that the makers should know how to handle the characters and give them the respect that they deserve.I am going with a perfect 10/10.
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A change of direction helps bolster the film's darker tone, lending a slightly 'odd' feel to the piece, and a time-travel element introduced later on provides a refreshingly unique third act, but 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)' feels perhaps the least connected to the overall franchise, with its plot having little lasting impact aside from introducing some interesting new characters and concepts. It is an entertaining movie with several exciting, and occasionally somewhat scary, sequences, but it does feel slightly underwhelming on the whole. Still, it is a unique picture and an enjoyable experience that keeps up the quality of the series and sits comfortably among its peers. It also serves as a perfect transition from the earlier and generally lighter films to the heavier ones later on, though the transition is much smoother than you might remember and even the first flick has moments of proper grittiness in it. This film is the first in the series to properly capture the wistful tone associated with the character, too. Wonderfully inventive stuff. 7/10
Muskshark
In 2001, the first movie released by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson in the main character of Harry Potter's book, Harry Potter and JK Rowling's Sorcerer's Stone was released. The third series Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in May 2004. This is the first telegraph survey by David Gritten in May 2004. It must be said that the efforts so far are inadequate. The first two Harry Potter movies, The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets were more faithful than inspiration. America's director, Chris Columbus, was not an efficient and action-packed studio entertainment directed by oneself. They do conservative work and earn a lot of money. But I could not imagine that Harry Potter movies were not robbed by the audience and provided memories that changed them life. The symbol of the movie is attractive. Rowling oversees most of it, but Cuaron warns the audience of the emergency crisis and uses the symbol as a visual tool to maintain tension. Traditionally, all birds with black feathers, such as pike, crow, genocide, have a negative image associated with them. They are commonly used to represent slaughter, bloodshed, fighting. They are considered in terms of vacuum cleaners, messengers of the dead, evil. There are plenty of crows, but Cuaron takes over the traditional role and transforms it into a symbol of the size to fly around in dirty black clothes like feathers. Even if the dimensions disappear, you can feel its presence in the crow. Properly, this third movie in the Harry Potter series is mature with young stars. At first glance, the story itself is relatively simple. Sirius Black flees from Azkaban's prison, and young Harry is in the hit list. But in fact, this movie is a teenager, all the trials and hardships accompanying it. At a certain level, Harry seems to be a different child at school. He experienced hardships of bullying, abrasions with his teacher, playing with friends. But this is not any school. This is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Harry has all the other problems. Like an escaped madman, he just might want to kill him.
The plot contains the necessary amount of twist and rotation. The focus is in the past of Harry - Sirius Black is his great-grandfather, but he cannot mention he just entered the league with his name. The use of Rolling's most obvious symbolism is in giving the prisoner Sirius Black that she ran away. Sirius is the star of the starry sky, Canis Majoris which in mythology, is the one of Orion's hunting dogs or the Greater Dog, the brightest star in the sky. So, Sirius is also called a dog star. Everyone knows that a dog is superior to other lower animals for intelligence, obedience and affection for humans. But she will hand it to the magician who is more likely to turn into a dog.
Summer is slow. Harry is at Dursleys of Privet Drive and is preparing for Hogwarts in the third year. Unpleasant relatives hurt his father's memory and let Harry let his feelings get lost. As a result, Harry violates student witches and wizard rules, an aunt who is under attack ridges and appears in the night sky. This is a convenient opening for movies that explore obstacles to overcome and have dreadfully serious problems. In Harry's parents' murder case, Sirius Black who was imprisoned in Azkaban ran away and is looking for Harry. A security guard in a prison robbing the soul called "Dimensa" is looking for blacks anywhere, but when Harry and Harry meet, there is a revelation that changes everything.
Among the new visual images are animal ghosts which wander the halls of Hogwarts's Castle and the film's realization of Buck beak the Hippogriff, like Sirius, falsely accused and condemned. Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and all the established characters come back. Under the guidance of Harry, as the children of 13 years expect, all the students are quite mature. They are more independent, confident, emotionally developed, less reactive, accepting children. Michael Gambon is new and effective as Aldus Dumbledore, following the death of Richard Harris.Emma Thompson is wonderfully wacky as Divination Professor Sybil Treelawney; who leaps from the pages of the book and onto the screen as if Rowling had written the character specifically for Thompson. Also new is Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Remus Lupin (David Thewles), who comes to Harry's aid in ways that might befit his Latin name. Remus was the brother of the founder of Rome. In mythology, he was nursed by a she-wolf; Lupin means wolf-like (wolf is Canis Lupis).
In regular, we will decide really bad characters; Alan Rickman is a wonderful achievement as Professor Snape and one of the best things between quality and evil. Snape continues to be content with making student life difficult, but she again shows that she has the greatest interest in her heart like a good teacher. Other plot quarks were going well - as the angle of movement of time worked, the map showing all the positions of Hogwarts was fun.
Remove magic and monsters, what you have is the movie of the next era. Harry grew up and faced both the past and the future. I agree with the reality that he is not an ordinary wizard. The actors grew a bit and I was able to bring more natural performance than the first two movies, but I think that is a very important part of filming and editing of this movie. This gives you a more attractive composition and allows interesting foreground / background interactions on the left and right of the screen. In order to establish a more important moment and shot, the camera is centered and focuses only subjectivity on the subject Since the subject is often photographed on one side from the center by visually framing the subject using sets or props, unbalance is not felt in the resultant image.
I also love how time is becoming a visual flow of movies. There is reference of time everywhere. It is appropriate to think of a story line. From the shot of the cuckoo clock of the Dursley family up to the awesome shot through the huge pendulum which dominates the entrance of the astronomical tower and Hogwarts. Take the beat from the story and return to whooping willow and show the change of the season. However, the shots are slightly different, making them visually interesting. I approached Harry and I feel that I am talking to him. When Harry goes out, the whole screen turns black and we get out of the story with him. Transitions from scene to scene aren't jarring, but fade in/outs, vignettes closing in, soft at the edges, like how one might remember a memory. Finally, the lighting is different from us, it is more suitable for creating a more natural, spooky and unbelievable world than the first two movies. However, filming makes movies very beautiful. There are few shots of movies that are not quite luxurious. The dementors floating outside Hogwarts, the moonlight scene after the return from Shrieking Shack, the flight scene by Buck beak, the first Dementor scene of the train, all beautifully caught, Columbus is the cleanest vanilla in the first two movies.
