Mischief managed!

[vovat]

So, I just got back from seeing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Beth. Oddly enough, we were the only ones in the theater. That also happened when we saw House of 1000 Corpses, but that was considerably later in the movie's run, and it wasn't anywhere near as popular a movie, either. I would have expected there to have been some parents with young kids.

Overall, I thought it was great. The cuts didn't really bother me, aside from the fact that they never revealed who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs were. According to Beth, everyone who's seen it and read the book has said pretty much the same thing. I also think tacking on the scene of Harry receiving the Firebolt near the end of the movie seemed kind of awkward. For some reason, what they cut out bothered me the most with the second movie. I'm not sure if that's because they cut out more important parts, or simply because that was the shortest gap I had in between reading the book and seeing the movie.

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were cast and played quite well, I thought. I also appreciated how much the human Peter Pettigrew still looked like a rat. Visually, I liked Buckbeak, the inflation of Aunt Marge, and the Knight Bus ride. On the other hand, I didn't much care for Lupin's wolf form. Was he not supposed to look like a real wolf, or what? The shrunken heads were kind of an odd addition, but I think they fit in pretty well.

So, anyway, it was definitely worth seeing. I'm not sure how I'd compare it to the other two Harry Potter movies, but all three were excellent.

Comments

[bethje.livejournal.com]

I figure that the Firebolt scene was put on there as an attempt to end the movie on a happy note. So as not to end on a sad your-godfather-had-to-leave-you-and-Peter-Pettigrew-got-away-and-things-are-really-starting-to-go-to-hell-at-this-point kind of way, even though it's true. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?

Can you fix me up with Lupin?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you're saying, but wasn't the end of the book pretty happy, too? It's been years since I read the book, but I think it ended with Harry telling the Dursleys how his godfather was a convicted murderer, which worked pretty well. Actually, they've never shown the Dursleys at the end of one of the movies, have they? And I'm pretty sure Lupin is fictional. {g}