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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:15 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> +1 on the best one yet. In fact, the movie reviewer here in Orlando
> +posits
> that this one is so well done, he wonders how they could
> possibly do better in the remaining films.
>
> I _loved_ the new direction, and I was worried that I
> wouldn't. Much better use of camera angles and music, IMO. I
> too enjoyed the dementors, I thought that the effects were
> excellent (the sucking of the soul was top notch). I would
> have preferred more Quidditch, but the scene that was used
> was remarkable.
>
> As to Michael Gambol as the new Dumbledore... No, he was not
> Richard Harris, and in such lost some of the "regalness", but
> in time he grew on me.
>
> Major props to the casting department... they have
> consistently hit home runs here (Snape, McGonagal, shoot,
> everyone) and kept it up with Gary Oldman as Sirius Black,
> Emma Thompson as Trelawney, and the guy that they got for
> Professor Lupin.
>
> All in all... very well done!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:13 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> I saw the new Harry Potter movie.
> I think it was the best movie yet; definitely a must see
> for fans of the
> series.
>
> While it touched on all the important plot points of the
> book, it felt
> like a lot of the little details were left out. In many ways
> the movie
> flowed better than the previous two. The dementors were very
> well done; as
> was the Maurader's map. The scenery and backgrounds were
> fantastic to watch
>
> My two complaints (spoilers below if you care)
>
> A) Magic without wands: It appeared to be happening all over
> the place,
> from Lupin opening the Boggart chest to Harry blowing up Aunt Marge.
> In the books, the only time we have magic w/o a wand is in
> book 5 when
> Harry casts a Lumos after (during) the Dementor attack. That
> is an anomaly
> and people don't know yet if it was a mistake or has some
> great significant
> meaning we'll find out in later books.
>
> B) Hogwarts was hilly. It appeared that everyone was going
> up (or down) a
> hill, especially on the way to Hagrid's cottage. Everything
> appeared more
> natural in the first two movies.
>
> The kids spent half their time in normal clothes, not magic
> robes. It
> bothered me in the trailers, although I didn't even notice
> while watching
> the movie.
>
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