Nothing's hotter than Harry Potter

To top a peaceful Bank Holiday Monday we went to see one of the first previews of Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban. Our hopes were high on this one as all the reviews have praised this movie to high heaven - and the third book is Dragon's favourite in the series.

And for once, the hype was all worth it. This was a charming, well made, well acted movie. The new director Alfonso Cuarón had taken a slightly different approach to the story, and it's darker and more adult. Of course all that comes naturally when the all young actors have grown up - and I think they all did wonderful jobs this time. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry actually managed not to annoy me with his "scared face" look that really used to drive me up the walls, and Emma Watson as Hermione was positively lovely and reminded me constantly of my sister who's also a charming pretty little thing. Of course the adult actors were great as always - but I would have to give a special mentioning to always charming Alan Rickman as Snape (that voice), Gary Oldman was perfect fit as Sirius Black and David Thewlis was absolutely brilliant as Remus Lupin. And Dawn French was excellent Fat Lady.

But not only was it well acted, it was also stunningly beautiful. Cuarón had chosen a totally different setting for Hogwarts - it is now in beautiful barren valley which suited the mood of the movie perfectly. The cgi (by Industrial Light and Magic) was also great - especially Buckbeak was beautifully animated, but dementors were suitably scary too.

Ah, you can probably see that I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I would imagine this movie should also entertain non-diehard Potter fans, as it also deals with important and difficult themes that do deeper than the surface. Highly recommended.

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