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13:41 I meant “Ron and Hermione” not “Harry and Hermione” but it doesn’t take a genius to realize that, I’m sure you don’t have to be told but I’m going to put it here anyway lol
I agree with you on harry potter order of the phoenix and prisoner of Azkaban and i hope you do Deathly Hallows part 2 and i really hope you do more mcu videos morgan and please do Balto cause it had professor sprout actress in it and you should do your thoughts on marvel phase 4
All of the "old" casting (with exception of dumbledore and maybe minerva) is too old for the characters they are playing. Lupin and Sirius are supposed to be in their early 30s and they look at least 50. Same with snape and Harry's parents.
Sometimes I wish Alfonso directed at least the fourth movie too. The reason he did not do the Goblet of Fire is because he said he wouldn't finish the Prisoner of Azkaban in time to start the next one. This just shows the effort he put in the movie and quality over quantity. I could have waited a little bit longer though.
Genuinely one of my favourite films and I’m not a massive harry potter fan but i enjoy them, all the other harry potter films ill turn on my phone at some points. this one is just magical whimsical and entertaining goes though all the emotions, is visually stunning in every scene it has the star-wars treatment of overwhelming the audience with stuff the characters find totally normal. Its pretty unusual that such a big family friendly film would be this good.
That's an excellent point. But it's easily my least favorite movie adaptation. I still say Chris Columbus' first 2 movies were the best and most book accurate. It was Prisoner onward that the movies strayed heavily from the books. And that bothers me, as I'm a hardcore book loyalist.
Tyler Messer I believe Umbridge had the main focus in Order of the Phoenix! Im the reason for everything that has happened in all of the books and movies! I am just the canvas for everything, not the main focus.
Let’s be honest: this film refined and defined the Harry Potter aesthetic and approximately 50% of all Harry Potter iconography is lifted straight from this movie.
Harry Martin it literally was shown, Harry’s description of it was merely to inform hermione to what was going on lol. At the start u only see a dark haired man in the distance, it could’ve easily been james/ his spirit etc. It’s only once they travel back in time that u realise it IS harry. Hence Both shown and told
I kinda liked how Dumbledore was portrayed It really made me love him more knowing he is the smartest and post powerful wizard but also prone to funny moments. I felt he was doing it on purpose to show his more soft and sweet side
Ikr, at least GoF. I really wonder what his take would have been. Alfonso did cut out a lot about the Mauraders, but I am pretty sure he wouldn't have changed the First task to a Horntail chasing Harry around Hogwarts... From a visual standpoint, the return of Voldemort might have been even more dark and menacing. And from a story standpoint, I think he would have kept Crouch Jr as a secret until the end, unlike Newell, who destroyed that plot point when we saw Crouch's face in the aftermath of the World Cup. Cause tbh, GoF was a mess story-wise because its director literally had next to no respect for the books and their content, and went about making the film he desired, and not a good adaptation.
His Goblet of Fire would've been amazing, but I'm still happy with what Newell did. But the others? Why they got David Yates to direct 4 of them I have no idea. They were all good and well made, but so lackluster compared to the books. I loved Deathly Hallows Part 2, but the other three were poorly edited (especially in the "wand fight scenes") and I could barely see what was happening in Half-Blood Prince, the screen was so dark. Cuaron would have done an infinitely better job
9:57 that shot of Harry by himself is one of my favourite moments in the entire franchise. The way Alfonso was able to capture the loneliness Harry was feeling is sheer brilliance
This was the start of the HP movies' dark tone and becoming serious instead of a bit goofy with the kid actors. That's why it's so good, it set the bar for the rest of the series.
Yeah true, but with the actors still being kids, it was a good choice to make it darker only when they got and looked older. I dunno for sure but I think that kids who grew up watching the first Harry Potter loved it, as they grow up with the characters at the same time and getting older. At least, that is how it went for me
the dark aspects were there in terms of story, but physically goblet of fire is when stuff got bloody and dark. the rating went from pg to pg-13 and it stayed like that after year 4.
Tbh in my opinion the dark tone of the series starts in goblet of fire.. the whole book is about a game, but in the end voldemort comes back, harry watches someone dies, it shows that jk really took a sirius (sorry lol) turn with the series and that she was really going to make it more dark and mature. And this book led us so ootp, which is.. dark. And mature. Lol. Also that's the book where harry (and all the other kids) start acting more like teenagers instead of like kids in my opinions.. with the whole yule ball thing, ron and harry's fight, ron and hermione's fight (which was the first one that wasn't about something silly like hermione's cat) and the first time they realized they like each other, and harry's crush on cho. Prisoner of azkaban is more mature then the first 2, but still not "the darker tone of the series".
You forgot the most important one. Alfonso let the characters with casual clothes to show their teenage part of them in comparison with the Hogwarts robes in the first two films 😉
I hated that, wearing Hogwarts robes is part of the Hogwarts experience! You can be a teenager and wear school uniform and still have your own style, I know I did and everyone else in my school did too while using the same boring uniform.
Marina Romanelli they weren’t casual the entire time, just parts of it, and I think it really added to the book. You get to see more of the character’s personalities through what they wore
Another cool transition: during that train sound transition mentioned in this video, it goes right from talking about Sirius and how he's suspected to kill Harry to Ron holding the rat, who as we all know, was the real killer.
This film also has the best score. I think it’s telling because John Williams wrote two previous Harry Potter scores but this one is just so much more complex and heart wrenchingly beautiful… usually the writer of a film score will receive an almost finished product and write music over what they see, so the visual aspect and cinematic mastery can DEFINITELY have an effect on the quality of the soundtrack if the composer feels especially inspired… I personally think Williams was especially inspired by the mastery of this film.
I agree. I think this was John Williams best work. the soundtrack just feels so alive and integral to the experience of the film. I wish that was mentioned in this video.
This movie felt like the book itself, especially Harry’s character in the movie was like himself in the book. If the director did half blood prince my god it would have been amazing
He does msis some important points though, especially the marauders scene. It could have been shortened to just half a minute but could have worked. I fear he may have similarly cut important points from hbp
In all honesty he should have directed all the remaining movies esp GoF, OOTP and HBP . I feel like Alfonso could've been more faithful to the books and had better adaptation of them. Hands down the best director of the franchise
Adil GOF Director didnt even read the book cause he said it was to big. Please I finish that book in a week after I got it back in 2000 and I was only 9. At least Alfonso not only read Prisoner of Azkaban he had Dan Emma and Rupert write essays about their characters.
@@megandunklin6147 yep ikr and that was so ignorant of him to not read the source material. Plus same , I read the entire book in a week , it's my second favourite one along with HBP being the first. Needed better screenplay n directors for the films.
for me this is the movie that felt the most true to the books. not in terms of plot, but with feeling, and how harry is feeling, as he is the character we go on this journey with. it truly feels like you are inside harry’s brain
I think order of the Phoenix is the best about the emotions of he characters and what’s going on with Harry he gets so much development they definitely cut a lot but I think it’s my favourite
This movie will forever give me goosebumps on several occasions. I was first amazed by this masterpiece at age of 8 and now, as a grown-up, I still feel a weirdly strong admiration towards it. I love the whole franchise (books and movies in different ways) but I haven't rewatched any movie as often as the third. I believe this one makes you feel like you are part of this fictional world the most.
There was some great foreshadowing in this, The boggart changing to a full moon when Lupin throws himself infront of Harry and Snape asking was he “on a midnight stroll”
One of my favorite bits in this film is when Snape comes out of the Whomping Willow and begins yelling at Harry, Ron, and Hermione, but then protectively sweeps them behind himself when Lupin snarls. Snape was a "right git," but he was still a brave man, selflessly putting the safety of the student he despised the most above his own.
I think it was also a nice subtle tell that he wasn't a completely bad guy and there was more to him then what he presented. It really adds depth to the story when you go back to watch the series as a whole. At the time JK would let the directors or some actors like Alan Rickman in on key information, without giving too much away, she thought might be important for the overall story.
spacegoat I liked the instinctive protectiveness that Snape displayed in that scene, too. I wish the movie had made it plainer that, after he was disarmed at the shrieking shack, one of the other characters carried his wand back to the place where they emerged from the tunnel underneath the whomping willow. And that is why Snape did not have a wand with which to defend the kids from the werewolf at that moment.
THIS. Snape has issues, he acts like a prick, and he needs some serious therapy; but he's not a bad person at heart. I hate how people make him out to be a villain. Sure, he's a jerk to these kids a lot of the time; but he will also literally throw himself between them and a werewolf WITH NO WAND to keep them safe. And, even though that werewolf was part of a group of people who treated him horribly during his formative years - something that many real world adults spend the rest of their lives completely unable to forgive - he was still willing to HELP that werewolf avoid harming anyone else by making him a potion every month so that he could be employed at the school.
I disagree. Snape was vile, and a few good things he did doesn’t make up for the bad. At the end of the day, he was a creep who was obsessed with a woman who constantly told him no but he didn’t listen. And he continued this behavior onto adulthood. He’s still obsessed with lily even after she married another man, and he’s fixated on her child. He bullied a CHILD when he was an adult. *He only protect Harry here and all the others times for Lily, not for Harry. He didn’t give a shit about Harry. He said so himself in the 6th book.* And he probably protected them here to not get fired by dumbledore. His obsession with Lily shows he’s arrogant, refusing her rejecting telling him to back off even 17 years after she died. It’s not romantic, it’s crossing a line. It’s not love, because if you truly loved someone you would respect their boundaries and want them to be happy even if it’s not with you. And you certainly wouldn’t torment their child. He’s narcissistic, a “nice guy” who thinks he’s entitled to Lily’s attention when he treated her badly. One could argue he was brave, but he’s still an awful person. No adult who bullies children and doesn’t know what the word “no” means deserves any respect.
Exactly. I don't know how to describe it, but the atmosphere of this film reminds me of a rainy autumn afternoon spent at my crip. Maybe because this movie is on school grounds in the most scenes? Or focuses on the more "human" side of the characters?
This is the one that made me feel like I was a student there too. It’s so full and alive and the mood is perfect. The talent of his directing shines here
I would argue the first three felt like home the most out of the series, though Prisoner of Azkaban felt at home for very different reasons than Columbus's movies
It's film dialog (as in not fancy English or properly written quotable lines) and yet somehow manages to elevate the tension far more than the books did in this part.
Excluding the Maruaders backstory had a severe result, which we didn't think of. Added to that, Snape had his back story, where he described his childhood and teenage misery. As a result, the Marauders have been thought of as a very cruel and evil gang
@Sam Look at it this way: those people u mentioned (except the writer) are like mechanics, using their skills and abilities on something big. The director is the engineer who instructs everyone on what to do exactly and how to do it. The director makes the creative choices to best fit the story, and all the creative people involved follow these choices in their work. So an editor for example will use his knowledge and skills to aid the creative choices of the director
5:53 I always point this out to people and they never notice it was one long shot. Getting both actors to hit all the beats at the right times while things are going on around them, and nailing every reaction in the sequence is super impressive
Blossom Gamer I thought it was going to look more furry and animal-like, but in the video it explained why Lupins werewolf form actually makes sense and adds to the movie, you should go watch it first.
One of my absolute favourite scenes in this movie was when they were eating those sweets in their dorms together. I don’t know what it is but I just love the entirety of it
Yes!!! I think it’s a very “sweet” scene (i don’t really know what word to use). Like, it adds nothing to the story, but it adds to the characters. I get the feeling of that scene of friendship and home, which is essentially what Hogwarts is to Harry. To see him and the others have fun and just fool around is something so nice and makes me want to be there having fun with them.
I just realized that the whistling noise that you hear when the steam comes out of Harry’s ears after eating the sweet is the exact same train noise that occurs at the end of the long sequence in which Mr. Weasley warms Harry that he’s in danger. The exact same sound. So even when the kids are all having fun in the dorm, there is some foreshadowing that all is not quite right.
This movie isn't just the best HP movie by far, come to think of it, every freaking scene is so beautiful, so well toned, so well narrated - this is actually one of the best directions of ALL TIME
I feel the same, when I feel like my world is falling appart I flow back to this movie and for a while... Everything its fine. Nothing makes me feel at ease as this movie...it is my happy place
@sabrina Joanne Mine, too. None of the other films in the franchise make me feel this way (Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone & Chamber Of Secrets come pretty close, but yeah POA is definitely #1 for me, in terms of mental comfort).
I love this film because they stay at hogwarts for majority of it, and there's no one trying to kill Harry, he's just trying to get to the bottom what he thought was going on, but then become a completely different turn of events.
Just re-watched this film and noticed that at 4:33 when Lupin is reminiscing about Harry's parents its nearly an identical in staging to the earlier scene where Aunt Marge is telling lies about Harry's parents
My favorite part is the lighting. In Privet Drive, the lights are all rather bright, too bright. It makes me feel tense, which might fit Harry’s feelings about the place. This is not a good place for him. But then in areas like Leaky Cauldron, the grounds of Hogwarts, and Hogsmeade, the lighting is really warm, soft, and makes me feel secure, which is definitely how Harry would feel in those places.
One thing I deeply regret is that we didn’t get to see Cuaron’s approach to Voldemort. Even the Dementors pale in comparison to the horror Voldemort is capable of evoking in the books, and yet Cuaron made them THIS creepy. His Voldy would’ve probably looked and felt like a demon straight out of Hell.
I think this is helped the most by the gorgeous scenery shots all throughout the film. They're amazing and really make you feel like it's a real location more than the previous 2 movies did. They continue the nice establishing shots in the next few movies too, so this director really left his mark I feel like
yes yes totally. i feel like the films would have held more depth. the change from movies 1 and 2 to number 3 always bothered me a bit. the first two films, while i find totally awesome, were just done too childish for me. the books are more deep and even slightly darker. like in the Chamber of Secrets when he fights the Basilisk, it had me more on edge and intrigued than the scene in the movie. but i'm just blabbering. meh. ;)
I really wonder why he didn't direct Goblet of Fire, Prisoner of Azkaban deviated from the book quite a bit but Cuaron still had way more respect for the source material than the pleb that directed Goblet of Fire did.
Acdragonrider Videos I agree, and it’s because Chris Columbus really wanted the job and already loved the books. Loved what Cuaron did but I would’ve been interested to see Columbus direct the entire series.
I was never much of a Harry Potter fan. Even the films I only casually enjoyed. But I always LOVED 'Prisoner Of Azkaban' and watched it quite a bit, even though I only saw the other films once or twice each. I was happy to find out later that it was one of the fans' favorites in the series as well.
@@brendan9868 Well, back in mediveal times, people actually believed in such supernatural things like werewolves, vampires, wizards and witches (and magic itself), and naturally they feared only the mention of it. It is no doubt that mediveal times were the most dark times in human history, and especially history of Christianity. Independent people claiming they can cure diseases and mend wounds (often using natural resources, like weeds - not to confuse with canabinoids, weeds are plants that have healing factors, often called herbs), those were often called as witches or wizards (though witches were much more often because mostly women had such healing abilities), having them prosecuted and eventually executed, sentenced to death by burning alive, simply because people believed that what they did was magic, something religion strictly feared and prohibited. Getting someone disposed of was super easy back then, especially if you had connections, the only thing needed was to call someone a witch and the rest of people carried on. What actually really intrigues me is that the supernatural things may not be so unnatural as it may seem. Surely, dark magical creatures and supernatural halfbreeds are as silly as it sounds, but the rumours actually have their own very real origin. Wolves were treated as badly as their "human" counterparts, so called "werewolves". Though those counterparts were never real, people actually believed in that and also believed that if a human was attacked eighter by a wolf, or by another werewolf, they would turn into one, too. It eventually led to such rumours that wolves were dark creatures that people need to get rid of in order to keep themselves safe. Not to mention that wolves actually did harm humans, though not physically on them, but rather their possesions - sheeps. Wolves are known for their vicious taste of easy victims, which in this case are domestic animals, mostly sheeps. Those animals were bred for serving humans with their products (including meat). Wolves often attacked large groups of sheeps for fun, only few of them actually served as an actual food for wolves, leaving huge damage on one's property and possibly putting him out of bussiness. People then had to learn to defend their herds by sheppard dogs. Their vicious nature towards sheeps, something close to human, as part of one's property, may actually lead to the believes people had about wolves, being vicious towards humans, and word by word spreading it turned into rumours and eventually people made up the entire rumours about werewolves and other dark creatures, including the possesion of magic by people whose were eventually called witches or wizards. What today seems rather silly and more like fantasy, was in past considered real and very much frightening.
I LOVE the transition at 14:58 "No one was screaming, Harry". Slow zoom on Harry's face in the train window , which turns into a rain puddle, splashed by carriages and we see Hogwarts and hear the choir before it actually shows them. It feels so eerie and mysterious.
Absolutely and the music of the choir builds up and then finally ends with a toad. It's unreal. Cuaron could actually save fantastic beasts if he wanted to.
The Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite Harry Potter movie because, as you mentioned, the shots are so beautiful. I feel like you could take a moment from any scene and take a picture and it’ll look nice. ( My two personal favorite shots are when Harry is on his broomstick facing the wolf-shaped clouds during a quidditch match and when Harry is in front of the pendulum in the clock tower )
the music was amazing, the scenes were perfect and i liked how natural the characters were behaving. They fooled around like the teenagers they were it's kind of refreshing 😄 Hermoine checking her hair during time travel, Harry being stubborn going to hogsmeade with a smile even tough dementors could sense him under the cloak and Draco howling during werwolf lesson xD
I’m blind too. I also appreciated the breakdown of the movie. At the time this movie came out I still had vision but I never saw it back then until later on when I was blind, and I read all of the books and watched all the movies audio described.
Something really interesting that you missed, was that very transition between Mr Weasley telling him no to look for Black (AKA the "apparent" villain, to which Harry says "Why would I go look for somebody who wants to kill me") and the next scene, in which we see Scabbers (AKA Pettigrew, or the one who is the real villain). That was a magnificent foreshadowing that is hard to see, but gives lots of cinematography and symbolism to the film. Great video!
exactly!! it took out the sort of mystery behind it, when you’re wondering for half the book who sent it and you realize it was sirius all along! it showed sirius really caring about harry and doing what he could to help while he was in hiding! that’s my only major fault with the movie, otherwise it’d be near perfect
POA is by far the best of the films. I think it’s an objectively good film even if you don’t otherwise like HP. The plot was so tight from a narrative standpoint and everything ties together so neatly and effortlessly. Only one of the films I would actually go out of my way to rewatch.
I actually was a little disappointed with lupin. The actor was great, but his character lacked warmth and kindness. In the book, lupin was probably the most patient and kind character ever.
@@anneclough7064 Thank you! I thought I was the only one. There were a lot of things I liked in this film, of course (a couple of the little added scenes were nice, and Buckbeak was a highlight), but I just found it really jarring overall, and I hated the stupid noises he put on when spells were cast, and the changes to certain characters were not for me either (Flitwick/Tom). It's a shame, because PoA is my favourite book by far, and the film could have been so much more, preferably without some of the "twiddly bits".
@@bigboredthing yes everybody seems to rave over this film but I hated it. There are little things I did like. I agree about Buckbeak. I love the scene with Harry flying on him but that is because of the music. The soundtrack is wonderful except for the Knight Bus theme. I do not like it. The main thing I hate about this movie is the changes to the characters of Ron and Hermione. I hate them both in this but especially Hermione. It is as if she is the star of the show and not Harry. I hate how she steals Ron's and Harry's lines in the Shack and I loathe the way she takes charge during the Time-Turner sequence. This movie turns Hermione into Girl Power and Ron into a wimp and an idiot. That stupid scene with Dumbledore hitting Ron's leg which is done up in Muggle plaster. I mean, in Chamber Madame Pomp rey announces that she can "Mend broken bones in a trice!" This scene was another excuse to make Ron look silly. I also hate pointless scenes like the Fat Lady singing, the bird in the Whomping Willow, Ron and the Tap dancing spiders and the toad choir! I cannot stand that kid with the dumb lines who came out of nowhere but had more lines than Neville, Dean, Seamus, Ginny or Percy. I also hate that they left out so much concerning who the Marauders were and that James was an Animagus and that Harry's stag Patronus represented how his father still lived within him.
@@anneclough7064 Sure, you may not like the choices made in direction of the movie, but, objectively it is undeniably the most well made Harry Potter movie.
It was the first time I've ever felt like hogwarts was a real place on earth because you could see the geography, the water, just... everything. It sets the atmosphere so wonderfully
This is one of my favourite movies in general, it’s special. The music is a major part of it too, it gives me a feeling of home but also loneliness and sadness. It’s one movie I can’t get out of my head.
Is it just me, or was everyone at their most attractive in this movie 😂 especially Harry & Draco LMAO EVERYONE COMING AT ME IN THE COMMENTS LIKE I’VE SAID SOMETHING WRONG I’M LITERALLY 13
I hope you eventually make a film essay for every film including the fantastic beast series and all the books. Tall order I know but I'd love to see it
A small detail you might've missed in the scene where Harry enters the leaky cauldron, a waiter can be seen cleaning up the clutter on the table and vanishing the used tableware with his bare hands. And in order to achieve the vanishing illusion, the extra had to perform actual prestidigitation...
I literally can agree with this so much If they had given this line and made Ron stand on his broken leg, then that may have changed the way people think of him. I’m not going to lie, but the movies did the Weasley *Family* dirty
Michael Goldenberg: Wrote the best Harry Potter film Alfonso Cuaron: Directed the most cinematic Harry Potter film In a perfect world, these two would have made all of the films together.
Right off the top I have to give you major kudos for your opening explanation. I think it's sad how far removed fandoms and critics are from that mode of thinking. You can praise a film whilst still maintaining your opinion on it. People either completely rely on their opinions to determine the value of a film or the opposite of that when they only try to be "objective" and forget that opinions and objectivity are both crucial in the process of criticizing a film or anything. You can have your views and still appreciate a work of art.
This video perfectly captures why Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite HP movie. It's the first time we really get to see the wizarding world that we all imagined in our heads and the directing is just phenomenal.
Alfonso nailed dementors. I’m genuinely, to this day, still unnerved by the dementors in this film. I don’t get that feeling for the others at all. I don’t why but the raspy noise, the clock being more wavy so when they breathe in or they move it just feels awful to look at. It’s just always affected me a lot and I can’t put my finger on why exactly. He is the king of long-shots and does them amazingly well when they can sometimes come off badly.
maybe because other movies after this have moved on from dementors. this was the movie when they introduced dementors and it really focuses on them as the movie progresses. and i think after this one the only time they make a threatening return in deathly hollows pt 2
i agree with you but this film is meant to show Harry conquering his fear of the dementors. At the end he does that, and because of that he no longer fears them so in the other films the dementors aren't that horrifying as in the third book as harry has mastered his fear over them.
Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite film and book in the series. I love the darker, more vivid deep colours and scenery/sets used in the film, because they match the change in story from childlike wonder to the more angsty reality. The score is also the first one with more sombre, haunting or melancholic music. All the films that followed the Prisoner of Azkaban seem to try to imitate the dark scenes that this film made so iconic, but none of them do it like Alfonso does.
this is actually my favorite hp movie, and i really really like it, but i can’t believe he didn’t include the ending frame 💀 the iconic broom ride and then harry’s face lmao-
ive spent yeaaars trying to understand what about this movie made me like it so much (to the point where is my favorite) but after you said it, it just clicked: it was the first time the locations made more sense and the first time i could feel i could walk around hogwarts without gettting lost. Even after watching every movie -more than once- it still makes me feel more at home than the others and choose this movie as my favorite from the franchise.
agreed. this movie (out of all the HP film series) actually makes me feel like i’m part of the story/in the scenes with the characters, rather than just a member of the audience.
I figured it out on the first watch, but it was still very mindblowing to me. For the first time, it didn't feel like they were going to random doors and hallways to eventually get to their classes. You actually knew where each single place was, almost like the movie is indirectly showing you a map of hogwarts. It's also interesting how they showed the natural landscapes around hogwarts in more detail because it grounds you more into the universe.
I agree! This was my favourite of the series. It made you feel apart of the world. Seeing the castle, hallways. You felts like you were with them. Beautiful done. I watch them over and over. Still my favourite of the series.
When Harry blacks out on the train, the camera zooms into his eye and we hear a distant high pitched Lily scream, then the scream melts with the sound of the train, leaving the spectator wondering if it was real or not, we hear exactly what Harry hears. I think it's brillant
I wish he did camera shots. It would feel really intense. I don't know if that's already how deathly hallows is. Sorry if it already is because I'm not allowed to watch movies like that
I think in the first two movies, it is very clear that they wanted Hogwarts to have this mysterious, ancient and enchanted look, showing it as if it was some sort of a dream, a spell or a fantasy. The really gave this vibe of some dark and magic place, but in this movie, you can tell Alfonso went backwards, wanting to show Hogwarts as a real, livable and alive place. Not just this kind of blurry midnight medieval fantasy, but an actual and real place, with real people and real action happening there. I think that´s why he wanted to focus so much on the geography, the climate, the seasons, the architecture of the Castle, and the experience of living there. Maybe this was intended to be kind of a transition from the first part of the saga, which is more focused on the fantasy of discovering you are a wizard and suddenly being surrounded by a dark and mysterious world of legends, fantastic creatures and mysteries, to the rest of the saga which is more focused on the main problem, the fight against Voldemort, the war between good and evil and Harry´s arch to defeat the antagonist. I think in that sense Cuarón really made a great job, he was very clever managing this transition, because I think this is one of the main ideas on this moive: transition. From exciting and magical to dark and obscure, going from a child to a teenager, from being hidden from your past to embrace it. Maybe this is also why it os so focused around time. PD:As a curiosity, this is the only movie of the entire saga, where Voldemort never appears, he is only mentioned but you never see him, as if this was a premonitory of his complete return in the next movie.
it does such a great job of bridging the gap between the childlike lighter tone of Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets to the much darker tone of the later entries
Costume also played a part in it. In the dvd special features Dan said that Alfonse told the cast to wear the costume naturally with looser ties, untucked shirt, etc. I think that that really adds to the lived in feel of the film
I always thought they finally showed Fred and George Weasley at their best in this film. The first two had them so flat. Harry also seemed more like the Harry in the book in this one.
Anyone who watched the reunion special will know how important this movie and Alfonso's direction were in transitioning the franchise into the movies that were to come. Also loved your breakdown of the Harry and Remus scenes and the more technical aspects of what makes the movie great!
They seriously should have thrown money at Cuaron to do the other 5 films IMO. Yates was very hit and miss. I think I only liked Order of the Phoenix and Hallows 2 of his.
Exactly. I always felt like Yates overstayed his welcome. His style has gotten a bit stale lately. Really wish Cuaron could have stayed for at least Goblet of Fire.
No! He isn’t bland, he’s brilliant! David has such a beautiful technique of mixing the fantastical elements with reality and magical realism is what draws everyone to the series! He did emotion so well, and he did political style so well and he cut what he needed within the confines of film, which J.K.Rowling was all on board for. As much as HP is sacred to all of us, it’s totally sensical that we truly can’t have 12 hour films and I think his direction and eye for what needed to stay and what needed to go is so wonderful! He’s a brilliant director!
Each to his (or her) own I guess. I feel that Cuaron would have made the HP movies epic if he continued. He would have had the strength to control the actors to be in their character. Yate's take on the movies were "Fuddy-Duddy". He was weak in controlling the actors and his idea of darker meant toning down the lighting in the films. Could have done so much more if they just stuck to the books.
The Time Turner and the Clock Tower used at the beginning and end of the time-travel sequence was major movie magic for me. It was and remains my favorite Harry Potter film.
This is the most perfect hp film because the characters self is perfect, music, the colour, the darkness and all the reason you told makes the most perfect hp film
One of my favorite additions to this film that became a major standpoint in the series was the wand/spell sound effect. That swooshing, magical/mystical sound that sounds during lumos, Lupin opening his chest, or anyone casting a spell to move things, you begin to hear this distinct sound that is satisfying and adds to the spells. Really loved that.
@@edienandy Then Alejandro González Iñárritu also comes into picture...but out of all I like AC's works the best. And I also copied and pasted AGI's name lol.
@@sandippaul468 the dude who did 1917, is legit the master, the whole movie is bassicaly just one huge cut lmao just tiny cuts every now and then that you can’t even notice
Order of the Phoenix is definitely my favorite book in the series, but Prisoner of Azkaban is just such a great film, and it stands out the most, definitely my favorite film in the series.
The only problem with POAskaban is the s tory that which is the constant problem with all other films as well the only thing is order of the Pheonix has adapted the books better
I just find it ironic that the spell needs to be from a place of peace and happiness (by definition) and the line is from urgency, panic and yelled out. I would have gone with a shot of him realizing that it was he who cast it before (a more subdued/natural version of the Chris Pratt Gif surprise face because, hey "WHOA IIIIIII DID IT! That was ME!"), thereby bringing the peace and joy that he gets to be the one to save Sirius and restore his family which both fits the narrative & fulfills the requirement for the spell to be effective
I don't know why, but 7:44 shows one of my favorite scenes in the whole serise, idk, something about that shot always gets me, like the foreshowing that at the end of the day, it will always be harry, alone, against it all
As someone who basically knows nothing about film and director, I love your videos. It is awesome to learn about all of the choices that were made when making a film.
