Now that I've finished reading all 7 of the Harry Potter books, I am watching the movies. The first two weren't too bad. They could have been better, but overall, I quite enjoyed them. There's obviously NO WAY to follow the whole book in each movie; the movies would be too long, even for the most avid HP reader who would willingly sit through each movie, no matter how long it is!!!
The 4th movie isn't half bad. I feel that the transitions between scenes are awfully abrupt rather than smooth and flowing in a manner that makes sense to anyone who hasn't read the book.
The 3rd movie needs to be dumped in the trash, burned, and returned. What a resounding piece of C-R-A-P. That is NOT how Rowling describes Lupin as a werewolf. UGH! The movie as a whole was just plain AWFUL! Maybe it's because The Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favorites in the series that I feel the movie version of the story falls WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY short.....maybe it's been too soon since I read book 3 to watch the movie.......Whatever the reason is, I am SORELY disappointed in the 3rd movie. What makes it even worse is that there's no way to go back and make it right because the characters who play Harry, Ron, Hermoine, etc. are now too old and there's no way to make them look 13 again. They already look older than 13 in this movie......I couldn't even enjoy Hermoine punching Malfoy in the face!!!! Granted, that's a scene that would be difficult to ruin no matter what, but because the whole movie is just a horrible piece of screen-work, even that scene doesn't provide the sense of satisfaction that it should!!!! Thank goodness we don't have any of THE greatest scenes of the story in book 3--like Ron and Hermoine finally kissing!!!!
Soooooooo disappointing...........it made me REALLY ANGRY that the 3rd movie is SOOOOOOOO very BAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDD........
I've only gotten as far as the 4th movie......I'll watch the 4th one again, but NOT #3!!!!!! Hopefully, I'll have the next 2 to watch soon.........
I disagree, I think the third Harry Potter is the best one! Its directed by Alfonso Cueron, one of my favorite directors. He made Children of Men and Y tu Mama Tambien. I think if you try and ignore the changes from the book, you'll realize that it is actually a really good movie.
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