 Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys, this is my review for the prisoner of Azkaban This is the third film in Harry Potter series and this was the one that actually Divided me from a lot of my friends and fellow fans of the Harry Potter series alike because I did not enjoy this film as much When I watched it as a kid because I thought I was too much of a divergent from the first two films But watching it now. Oh my god, this series needed it The first two films are basically the peak the end of what was the late 90s style of cinema And the prisoner of Azkaban is a very very Welcome breath of fresh air in terms of the visual perspective Allowing the kids to have much more dynamic range as well as just a visual Representation of J. K. Rawlings world if I'm correct this is the closest that they ever got to her representation of the world and Basically what this world has is a lot more quirkiness to it. It has a lot more range There's a lot more dramaticism in terms of the dynamic lighting instead of the theatricality of the characters kind of making up for the lacking cinematography The cinematography is doing the visual storytelling and that's because of Alfonso Caron a very Very well decorated director one of the best in the industry I could definitely pretty much say he does what this series needed his influences into the series the film series anyways Carried over all the way to the end. It's even carried over into the Fantastic Beasts series in terms of visually Representing the world instead of kind of going for gimmicks. It's showing off the quirkiness and the creativity and The spontaneousness of the world. There's a lot more humor in this film that is not lowbrow or Grown-inducing. It's actually pretty on the spot and it's very well done Chris Columbus give the guy credit He set up the world. He took on the task of doing the first two films but Alfonso just does what needs to be done and that's just Update and mature the series before the fourth book did most people would say that the first three books are still very young Adult novels and it's after the fourth one particularly the ending of the fourth one that the series grows up However with the film series it happens in the third one and to be honest It's a very much needed breath of fresh air We see Harry is going through a much more Dramatic and a much more relatable sort of story in terms of being afraid of something and it being related to his own Grief his own misery and the Dementors While I kind of thought it was a little weird that these were floating cloaks with a dick hole in them I thought they kind of looked a little bit more like Nazgals But a mixture of the two floating demons Nazgals hoods these things are probably the scariest thing that Harry Potter introduces And that's something else that this film did a lot better The horror of the first two films was kind of like has kitty this one It spooks you not only with the Dementors But also the representation of the werewolves when Lupin turns into a werewolf It's kind of a mix of the traditional style of werewolf as well as the Wendigo the American Wendigo It's lanky. It's thin. It's gauntly yet. It's still scary But in a teenager sort of way I just think that this film does all the beats right the relationship between Harry and Lupin is just as good as I remember it being in the book their relationship is something that was Very much needed because everyone's either addressing Harry as the chosen one or he's just being addressed as Yeah, Harry Potter. You're gonna do great things Whereas Lupin addresses him like a human or addresses him like a regular person and also he has this connection with Harry's parents I've always found the Lupin character to be one of my favorite characters in the entire Harry Potter series and the actor who takes on the Role does a fantastic job with him as well as serious black serious black. I never really got Connected to as much in the books as most people did However, obviously in the fifth one I was still rereading that page over and over again because I was wondering what had happened But I think that Gary Oldman was a great choice. He looks like crap Gary Oldman's done a bunch of different roles the mystery with this one too They this one again took a little bit of a risk and I think that this one does a better job at Establishing sort of a mystery than the second one did as well as also introducing a time loop aspect Which yes people have torn apart the time reverse time bell thing aspect to death However, I do like this element because you think you've got the climax and there are moments that you wish you could take back And the book or at least in this narrative you do get that chance in a sense You're not able to fully correct everything But it still hits all of the emotional notes that you got when you read the book when Lupin turns back into a werewolf. I remember feeling that dread when pedigree gets away. I remember feeling that anger when Harry saves himself With the expector patronum. I remember feeling this this victory this Accomplishment for the character. I feel that this book is Definitely one of the most important books. It's one that does upgrade itself a little bit But I feel that Alfonso Crohn's Directing is what takes it just another step higher. It's undeniably one of the best ones in the series I can't deny that it's very well put together the cinematography is Alive it has a pulse Whereas the other ones were limited due to the young age of the actors and then it just Changes things. I was angry that Hagrid's house was at the bottom of a hill But really in retrospect if it's much better to have this kind of real landscape rather than Hagrid's house being in front of a Forest and then looking back. It's a terrible green screen I understand the changes that they made if you want a very interesting retrospective comparison Alfonso basically took what Columbus had done Tossed out everything that had been established for him did it himself and made it better That's what rain Johnson thinks he did with the last Jedi But he did it half right because he also brought in a lot of his own garbage whereas Alfonso I don't think he puts in anything. That's bad. I don't think there's anything that's in this film that Wasn't Replaced wasn't taken away. Maybe the clothes but they were off and on they were kind of went back and forth between them being in civvies Then going back to school uniforms I can definitely say that the costume and hair department is much better than this one because in the fourth one things get Bushy it gets out of control But in the end I'm going to give the prisoner of Azkaban a six out of seven. It's not one of my favorite ones in the Series. It's just not one of my favorite stories. I understand why people enjoy it Maybe it's because everyone About it that gives me that kind of Kind of notion towards it, but I'm not going to deny that it's one of the best movies of the entire series I'm very interested to see if anything beats it I'm dead serious. Anyways guys, that's all for me. I hope you enjoyed this review If you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe. Otherwise, I'll see you guys next time Thanks for watching the video My name is Nits and you might remember me from the animated cult classic TV show Undergrads it's been a while But I'm happy to say the click is finally getting back together in an all-new movie thanks to a successful kickstarter campaign But we are still asking for your support to see any and all updates about the upcoming undergrads movie Be sure to check out and like the bring back undergrads Facebook page and with any luck. We'll see you guys soon