Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

I love this new director! While Chris Columbus did an excellent job with HP:COS and HP:SS - the third installment of the Harry Potter dynasty is just RIGHT ON the money. Alfonso Cuarón has wonderfully portrayed the darkness of the third book ... Harry, Ron & Hermione are growing up and the actors are doing a wonderful job of portraying that slide into adolescence from childhood. Daniel Radcliffe has really grown into this larger-than-life character ... and your heart breaks for him as he is trying to make his way through.

A few thoughts

- The Dementors were scary $#@*. Great job with the special effects people on making them seem so spooky and flowy and ... those clawy fingers reaching around the door at the beginning ... eeeeeek!
- Draco is probably the least talented child actor in the group. He just doesn't quite portray Draco as I see him in the book?
- Hermione and Ron's romantic hintings were hilarious - the look on Ron's face when Hermione grabbed his hand was priceless.
- Richard Harris is greatly missed and he made a fantastic Dumbledore, but Michael Gambon has stepped into the role with no big "hiccups" - you just accept him as Dumbledore and move on.
- I originally didn't think Gary Oldman would be a good Sirius ... but he does have that mix of seeming evil and yet good at the same time. Thankfully we get two more books with Harry having some family that actually cares about him :)