Released on May 31, 2004, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third harry-potter film in the series, written by Ms. Jk Rowling, who has long been at the top of the world's highest-paid writer list, and tells the story of the adventures of Harry Potter and the godfather Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has a Douban score of 8.7, second only to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's 9.0 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:Part 2 of 8.8.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
However, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first film in the series, and once it came out in 2001, it was popular all over the world, and high ratings were normal. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" is the last film in the series, released in 2011, the end of the decade, many people rush to the finale, the rating is slightly higher and normal. Leaving aside the two factors of the opening and the finale, I think Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the best harry-potter film in the entire Harry Potter series.
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has the highest rating because few magic movies have been filmed before, and occasionally a few are not outstanding, and in 2001, suddenly a "Philosopher's Stone" came out, which suddenly surprised people all over the world, with a global box office of 975 million US dollars, ranking second in the entire series.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fast forward to 2004, after the release of the first two Harry Potter films, people no longer feel very novel about the colorful wizarding world, and even some aesthetic fatigue. At this time, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban happened to add a new element to the original wizarding world - time travel.
Time travel is originally a very popular theme in the movie, and it is the icing on the cake to put time travel into the wizarding world. In order to save the Hawk-headed Beast and Sirius Black, Little Harry and Hermione use Professor McGonagall's time-turner for Hermione to go back to the past, not only saving the Life of the Eagle-headed Beast, but also freeing Sirius Black from the Dementors. In the words of Principal Dumbledore, more than one life was saved.
Time converter
Unfortunately, although this time-turner appears several times in the novel, it only appears once in the entire series of movies, and it is neither Voldemort's Horcrux nor Deathly Hallows, and the role is not as good as Harry's invisibility cloak, and it plays too little role. However, it also shows the novelty and scarcity of the time-traveling elements in this film, which is unusual and enjoyable in the entire Harry Potter film series.
It is also in this film that in the divination class of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the mad Professor Trelawney makes a great prediction that Voldemort will return, but no one understands or believes it at the time. It turned out that Professor Trelawney was a true prophet, but unfortunately she had a very low status at Hogwarts and was almost expelled from Hogwarts by Umbridge.
Professor Trelawney
Although this movie is not the highest-grossing film in the entire series, it is the best word-of-mouth. The global box office of $796 million is also very good, and it still ranks 88th in the global film box office list, you must know that it was 800 million US dollars 16 years ago, and it is definitely more than today.
The Harry Potter series consists of seven novels, eight films, and four directors. The director of the first two Philosopher's Stones and Chambers of Secrets was Chris Columbus, the director of the fourth Goblet of Fire was Mike Neville, and the director from the fifth Order of the Phoenix to the final Deathly Hallows (Part 2) was David Yates.
The other directors will not talk about it, mainly talking about the director of this third part, Alfonso Cuarón. Alfonso Cuarón has won the Best Director Award at the 86th and 91st Academy Awards for "Gravity" and "Roma", respectively, and he has directed films such as "Son of Man" and "007: Quantum of Solitaire", which is one of the biggest directors in Hollywood.
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón, one of the "Three Masters of Mexican Cinema", has an outstanding talent, and he is good at shooting films using long shots and minimalist narrative style. Whether it is shooting realistic themes, or science fiction, magic can be at ease, he has made a breakthrough in Hollywood with his superb directing skills, and has been recognized by the Oscars.
So in the film "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", there is Alfonso Cuarón's directing, which also injects fresh blood into the Harry Potter series of films, and the new directing style makes the whole film refreshing. The plot of this film is tight and without any delay, and the suspense is full of vividness and clarity, which is one of the reasons why this movie has become the best in the series.
Coupled with the wonderful performance of Sirius played by British actor Gary Oldman in the film, it adds a lot to the film. Gary Oldman has also won two Academy Awards for Best Actor and is an absolutely great actor. In addition, the actor who played the principal Deng Bado in the first two films unfortunately passed away and was replaced by Michael Gangben, which also brought a different feeling to the movie.
Sirius Black
Although the main line of the Harry Potter series of movies is the story of the righteous magician led by Harry Potter against the dark magician Voldemort, almost every one of them also has a small theme. The theme of the first Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was faith, and Harry Jr. had the belief in victory to get the Philosopher's Stone; the theme of the second Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was loyalty, and Harry Jr.'s absolute loyalty to Dumbledore summoned the Gryffindor Sword.
The theme of the film is friendship and affection, including the friendship between Sirius Black, Professor Lupin the Werewolf and Harry's father, Jaime Potter, as well as the relationship between Harry Potter and Sirius. Of course, the friendship between Harry Potter and Ron and Hermione was eternal and needless to say.
Harry's trio
Beginning with the fourth harry potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort was reborn in blood and the Death Eaters resurrected, and the entire series moved towards a darker style. And this is the last film to feel warm, the last warmth before the darkness comes, little Harry felt the care from his relatives for the first time after the death of his parents, which made him cherish it extraordinarily.
By the way, this film also tells about the betrayal of friendship. James Potter formed a small group of four with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew while attending Hogwarts, but when the threat of the dark forces came, some of them could not resist the test, and Peter Pettigrew defected to Voldemort and betrayed the Potter family, resulting in the tragic death of the Potters. He also married Sirius, but he cheated into becoming a rat and hid in weasley's house for 12 years.
Peter Pettigrew
Both family and friendship are the most effective weapons against Voldemort. Harry Jr. was the only one to survive Voldemort's Killing Curse because of his mother's love; Sirius died under the spell to protect Harry because of his affection for Harry; and Professor Snape always secretly protected Harry because of his almost crazy love for Harry's mother, Lily.
And this kind of feeling is exactly what Voldemort lacks and cannot understand, he always believes that the strong are respected, and he habitually uses violence to solve all problems. He only knew how to kill and kill, and he couldn't understand why some people would be willing to die for others. It is precisely because he does not understand this most precious feeling between people, so no matter how powerful he is, he is doomed to failure, which is the fundamental reason for his eventual destruction.
Voldemort
In addition to telling the importance of family and friendship, this film also allows little Harry to unleash his maximum potential at key moments and gain divine power - the Guardian of the Gods. The Guardian of the Gods is a defensive spell taught to Harry by Professor Lupin, a third-year defence against the New Dark Arts at Hogwarts School, and is very effective against Dementors.
The Dementor is a very terrifying magical creature, dressed in a black cloak, with a rotting body, wandering in the sky, and is Azkaban's guard. Everywhere the Dementors pass, everything loses its vitality, and if you look at them empty eyes, you will be sucked away from your soul until you die. Known as the "Kiss of the Dementor", it is the Dementor's deadliest weapon.
Dementors
Harry didn't know how to deal with the Dementors at first, and almost sucked his soul away, and the Dementors became the most feared shadow in Harry's heart, until Professor Lupin taught him the Guardian Of the Gods spell. The Guardian Of the Gods mantra is the most powerful weapon against dementors, and when chanting the spell, you need to think of the happiest things in your heart, and the better and happier the things you think, the more powerful the spells are.
At first, Harry was unable to exert the maximum power of the Guardian of the Gods, until the critical moment when the Dementors found the trail of Sirius and wanted to kill them, Harry was finally activated to the maximum potential in his body, summoning a powerful guardian charm that only an adult magician could summon, driving away the Dementors.
Call god to guard
Because Harry thought of his parents when he cast the spell, and the love of parents is the greatest and most beautiful love in the world, he can summon the most powerful patron saint. And before he went back in time, he seemed to see his father's patron saint, a stag, and he thought it was his father who summoned the patron saint, but he didn't know that it was himself after the time flow.
Since then, Little Harry's heart has been filled with the belief of victory, which has greatly enhanced the courage and confidence in fighting Voldemort, which is very important. Moreover, the spell of the Guardian of the Gods has also become Harry's must-kill skill against Dementors, and has been used several times in subsequent series, and has also saved the life of his cousin Dudley.
Harry's patron saint: the stag
Summary: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was filmed in 2003, with several minor stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time, which was a good time of youth. The brilliance of the original novel, Jk Rowling's personal participation in the screenwriting, coupled with the joint efforts of these excellent directors and actors, makes this film an irreplaceable classic in film history, and it is also the most wonderful Harry Potter series of movies in my heart.
Compared to the fear of Voldemort's rebirth in "Goblet of Fire", the inaction of the Ministry of Magic in "Order of the Phoenix", the dark style of "The Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows", the prisoners of Azkaban can not only bring the audience a new wonder movie experience of magic and time travel, but also make people feel the warmth of family and friendship in the movie, which is an important factor that a successful movie should have.
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