Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Review by Jennie A. Levine, June 7, 2004. ***. I still think everyone needs to read the book. Harry Potter and the ...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Review by Jennie A. Levine, June 7, 2004 *** I still think everyone needs to read the book. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban hits closer to the mark than the previous two films in the Harry Potter series, but it is still far from satisfying for a true fan of the books. The plot is simple on one level: Evil villain Voldemorts most loyal servant, convicted murderer Sirius Black, has escaped from Azkaban (the wizard prison) and is out to get Harry. Because of this, the Ministry of Magic has ordered that the Dementors (the soul-sucking Azkaban guards) patrol the entrances to the Hogwarts grounds. Harry spends the year bonding with the understanding new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, going to classes, dealing with puberty, and following sightings of Black. It all ends, of course, with a showdown when Sirius Black manages to trap Harry, who has, of course, been wandering the school grounds when expressly told not to do so. But its not that simple. Things are not always what they seem in the Harry Potter universe, and there is a time travel element that adds to the complexity of the plot. Prisoner of Azkaban is the book where Harry receives a significant information dump regarding the lives of his parents, and trying to fit all of that into the confines of a movie must have been difficult for screenwriter Steve Kloves. He does a decent job of combining some of the scenes and drawing out the really important facts. At the same time, one has to wonder why he felt the need to use his own dialogue in places where Rowlings is more appropriate. Would a thirteen-year-old boy really ramble on to a friend about his dream house in the country? Why does random Gryffindor boy #1 have more speaking lines than a more familiar secondary character? And at times, it seems like Kloves is writing his own series, entitled Hermione Granger: Super Witch! And someone who hasnt read the books might wonder why Harry and best ...
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