Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [VHS]

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [VHS]
by Alfonso Cuar?n

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [VHS]

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Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint
Director: Alfonso Cuar?n
Brand: RANDLESGIFTS
Producer: Callum McDougall
Producer: Chris Carreras
Producer: Chris Columbus
Producer: David Heyman
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Writer: J.K. Rowling
Writer: Steve Kloves
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 141 minutes
Release Date: 2004-11-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

VHS Movie Reviews of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [VHS]

Movie Review: Sad Installation To the Saga
Summary: 2 Stars

I will keep this brief. I tolerate this movie because it is part of the Saga but in my opinion the director fouled up horribly. The movie is relate to the book but it skips and omits in an unbelievable fashion. The entire time thing just does not make sense. The complete overhaul of the castle is horrifying. The alteration of the movie so as to remove Quiditch entirely from the plot line is abhorrent. Please don't get me wrong - I enjoy the movie but as I said - only because its apart of the series. But in my opinion the director did not really care much about the storyline or the book. He had an idea - he had never read the book - he altered, cut, mutilated and destroyed. So. Thats all I have to say. Just dissapointed that this movie could have been so much more... and it wasn't.

Movie Review: good but not the best
Summary: 4 Stars

I like widescreen stuff and Only Purchased this to finish my collection of Widescreen HP movies. its not as good as the rest HP films and im sure that the Director could have given us more movie and less Fading/tree sequences

Movie Review: It's has an artistic feel to it.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of my favorite harry potter movies. I like hoe the director made the movie feel and look darker than the second one. I'm also glad that I bought this DVD because they don't sell the double disk one. I try looking for it in stores but they only sell the single disk. And this one is the original released DVD with the two disk.

Movie Review: A very good movie.
Summary: 4 Stars

The movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", was a very good movie and I did enjoy it. Soon after the beginning, there is an odd bus ride that I did not enjoy as much as I did in reading about it in the book. Also, the movie overdoes the warnings of potential dangers from Sirius Black. Finally, there are some serious changes from the book that appear in the movie. And, there is a bunch of things in the book that do not make it to the movie.

However, once we are past the first quarter of the movie, it really got much better in my estimation. The movie is less confusing than is the book for the last three quarters of the story. There is a serious exception. We get to the Shreeking Shack and, just when we need clarity, the movie is confusing. Nevertheless, at the end, I appreciated the story that J. K. Rowling had created more than I had at the end of the book. On the other hand, I think I would have been totally lost if I had not read the book first.

I recommend this movie but read the book before going.

Movie Review: My Favorite Of The Harry Potter Film
Summary: 5 Stars

I thought this was excellent....better than the first two Harry Potter movies combined and better than what has followed.. That's my feeling, and I'm still sticking to it.....especially now that it's available with a great Blu-Ray transfer.

This was just great fun, right from the opening. In fact, the early bus scene is the best in the film. Overall, the movie didn't have as mean an edge to it as the others, although it has a number of scary moments (which might have warranted a PG-13 rating). That was fine with me. I got tired of the dark and annoying characters of the first two films, and especially the irritating blonde wise-guy kid. I give this major points for cutting his role down. Even Alan Rickman's character softens.

In other words, there is no despicable villain to hate throughout the film, which I thought was refreshing. Instead, we just go through one adventure after another until the final surprise ending.

Along the way are a lot of fun special effects and scenery, some humor (Emma Thompson is a hoot as an eccentric tea-leaf reader) and some fantastic 5.1 surround sound to go along with this new high-definitiion disc. I wish all the Harry Potter films were like this one.

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Summary of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [VHS]

Some movie-loving wizards must have cast a magic spell on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because it's another grand slam for the Harry Potter franchise. Demonstrating remarkable versatility after the arthouse success of Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n, director Alfonso Cuar?n proves a perfect choice to guide Harry, Hermione, and Ron into treacherous puberty as the now 13-year-old students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry face a new and daunting challenge: Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison, and for reasons yet unknown (unless, of course, you've read J.K. Rowling's book, considered by many to be the best in the series), he's after Harry in a bid for revenge. This dark and dangerous mystery drives the action while Harry (the fast-growing Daniel Radcliffe) and his third-year Hogwarts classmates discover the flying hippogriff Buckbeak (a marvelous CGI creature), the benevolent but enigmatic Professor Lupin (David Thewlis), horrifying black-robed Dementors, sneaky Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), and the wonderful advantage of having a Time-Turner just when you need one. The familiar Hogwarts staff returns in fine form (including the delightful Michael Gambon, replacing the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and Emma Thompson as the goggle-eyed Sybil Trelawney), and even Julie Christie joins this prestigious production for a brief but welcome cameo. Technically dazzling, fast-paced, and chock-full of Rowling's boundless imagination (loyally adapted by ace screenwriter Steve Kloves), The Prisoner of Azkaban is a Potter-movie classic. --Jeff Shannon

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