pmw
07-09-2004, 07:36 PM
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The third film in the JK Rowlings series is the most complex and impressive so far. The usual sheen of Harry & Co's Hogwarts morality, while still an endless beam of brilliant light, is played across a much darker backdrop - namely murder and revenge, and this is a nice contrast to the cutesy-magic aesthetic of the first films. Fans of the latter need not worry though. There are enough tricks and gadgets to satisfy, and the cast sports smashingly stylish digs to accompany their newly "tweened" bodies. Emma Thompson is a show stopper as Sybil Trelawney a bumbling, New Agey professor of divination whose classroom resembles the cluttered apartment of a raw foods enthusiast. Most important in The Prisoner of Akbahn is Harry's depth of interest in discovering the truth about his parents and reconciling that with his own life. A new found maturity and deep conviction are reminiscent of that of another young rebel, in a faraway land, not so long ago.
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The third film in the JK Rowlings series is the most complex and impressive so far. The usual sheen of Harry & Co's Hogwarts morality, while still an endless beam of brilliant light, is played across a much darker backdrop - namely murder and revenge, and this is a nice contrast to the cutesy-magic aesthetic of the first films. Fans of the latter need not worry though. There are enough tricks and gadgets to satisfy, and the cast sports smashingly stylish digs to accompany their newly "tweened" bodies. Emma Thompson is a show stopper as Sybil Trelawney a bumbling, New Agey professor of divination whose classroom resembles the cluttered apartment of a raw foods enthusiast. Most important in The Prisoner of Akbahn is Harry's depth of interest in discovering the truth about his parents and reconciling that with his own life. A new found maturity and deep conviction are reminiscent of that of another young rebel, in a faraway land, not so long ago.
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