Originally posted by 98 SE:
Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
Here's a hint: Read the book. It makes much more sense.


Yes. The movie didn't nearly touch upon the issues as I had hoped it would. It was entertaining to see it acted out finally, but disappointing to note its lack of answering questions or incorporating minute details that would have made the entirety so much more sense.

In the story, the general public believed Sirius was after Harry because he kept repeating "He's at Hogwarts" in his sleep while at Azkaban, and he was believed to be a Voldemort supporter. This was partly explained in the beginning of the movie between Mr. Weasley and Harry's conversation in Diagon Alley, that Harry was the only thing in the way of Voldemort's return presently. (In reality Sirius was referring to Wormtail who indeed was at Hogwarts, and Wormtail framed him in the mass murder Sirius 'committed', hence plot twists abound.) He knew the rat was alive because Ron and his family won a bunch of money and were pictured on the front page of the Daily Prophet (the wizarding newspaper) complete with rat on Ron's shoulder. The rat is missing a toe, hence the "Sirius decimated him, all they found was a finger" because Wormtail cut it off. Sirius noticed the rat missing a toe in the picture and from then on knew it was Wormtail.

Make sense? If not, read the book. J.K. Rowling describes the plot twists much better in 500 pages than I could ever do in 1/2 of one.

All in all, I enjoyed the movie for what it was. I was disappointed in the lack of detail given to the plots at stake, and the random changes in scenery (since when were there bridges going over valleys, did Hagrid suddenly build a second room to his hut, and when was the Whomping Willow moved from a huge field by the forest over to the cliff's edge?, etc....), clearly influenced from the new producer(s). The movie had a sudden shift from indoors theme to outdoors as well. I had a very strong "The Secret Garden" feeling when watching the new scenery and hearing the shift in soundtrack style. Had it been that way in the first two movies it would have been fine but with this being a third following the other two it didn't maintain the flow as well as it could have. Otherwise, if you read the book, it was a good movie giving images to what you know already.



The reviews stated that they had gotten away from the book moreso than in the first two movies..and go back and check book 2 and movie 2..they mention moving the whomping willow.

(% I liked it.

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