Why prisoner of azkaban is the best

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The second most popular film in the ranking is the final instalment - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - which sees Harry's final explosive showdown with Voldemort. Picture: Warner Bros. But in Prisoner of Azkaban , the characters are entering adolescence and thus are undergoing a significant evolution as they work to figure out just what kind of adults they want to become.

For Hermione Emma Watson , we see a young ambitious girl struggling to excel to the best of her abilities at school made possible by the possession of a time turner while also learning to bend the rules a bit to stand up to her friends see: when Hermione sucker punches Draco. Even the various other students at Hogwarts are exhibiting peak adolescence as their uniforms vary from tightly buttoned to untucked and unkempt. Indeed, the ways in which Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a joyful and satisfying viewing experience are innumerable.

But Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban goes above and beyond, and is artful and entertaining in such fascinating, unique ways, that it stands tall as the best Harry Potter movie of the series.

It's a shame we'll likely never get to see what Tarantino had in store for Star Trek. Adam Chitwood is the Managing Editor for Collider. He's been working for Collider for over a decade, and in addition to managing content also runs point on crafts interviews, awards coverage, and co-hosts The Collider Podcast with Matt Goldberg which has been running since However, there is no clear consensus on which Harry Potter film is the best of all of them. This Academy Award-winning director brought a unique style to the franchise with some of the best-directed sequences in the series.

We have scenes in which the camera enters reflective surfaces, long one-take sequences where the camera never cuts, and the blocking of every scene conveys every emotion perfectly, with stunning cinematography as the icing on the cake. The final installment of the series provides the most emotion out of any Harry Potter film. With Ron and Hermione falling in love for the first time and Neville finally finding the courage to stand up to Lord Voldemort, this film pulls at the heartstrings more than the other films.

Furthermore, this movie sees the deaths of many beloved characters such as Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Severus Snape. The film has the most tearjerking scenes of the series, which we will delve into later. Chris Columbus directed the first two films in the series, and these films were light in tone in both story and direction. However, Prisoner of Azkaban goes down a much darker path , introducing Dementors and werewolves. It introduces Sirius Black, a prisoner on the run widely believed to be after Harry.

As a result, we consistently feel that Harry is in danger throughout the entirety of the film. This is a step in a different direction from the first two, as Harry is in direct danger. The final film is where Harry finishes his story. The most touching scene of the film is when he uses the Resurrection Stone to speak to Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus after their deaths, telling them he never meant for anything that happened.

He soon walks to Lord Voldemort and sacrifices himself to destroy the final Horcrux inside him.