Saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban last night at the IMAX in San Antonio. This wasn't simply a 35mm film projected onto the IMAX screen--it was an actual IMAX print. Wow. Talk about dazzling. The picture envelops you, and the digital sound was superb. I felt like I could count the feathers on Buckbeak.
I thought the book was the best of the series--Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix suffering from a severe case of bloat--and this film is the best of the three Potter movies filmed thus far. It's more fluid. Cuaron isn't afraid to jettison major sections rather than shoehorn them in, and rearranges things for dramatic effect. The pacing moves along at a good clip. Time passage is effectively conveyed via clever use of the Whomping Willow. And the kids are much more proactive in this one, as opposed to the last two films, in which they sat around waiting for stuff to happen. All in all, quite the enjoyable fantasy film.
But seriously, see it on IMAX if you get the chance.
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