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I would agree. I have seen #3 several times. I never miss it when it comes on tv and it probably is my favorite book - the book is TIGHT. Plotting and everything.
Prior to last year, I would have said that #2 was the worst, but I think #6 is. #5 is a pretty good movie so I suppose my expectations were too high.
I love the Half Blood Prince movie. It does introduce some of the worst continuity problems of the movie series, as it's among the most different from the novel, but I think it manages to become one of the best movies of the bunch. It's one of my favorites to watch, as it reminds me why I actually LIKE the characters in the book. I like that it actually managed to be consistently funny and entertaining.
The only lasting complaint I have about the movie is that they rather ruined the entire Ginny storyline, but I think that's partly casting. Bonnie Wright is lovely, but her portrayal of Ginny has almost none of the spirit that character brings to the book. The moment when she yells at the Quidditch team is one of the most unbelievable scenes in the movie - her control there feel completely unearned, and I'm not sure why Harry likes her version of Ginny. I do wish they had included more of the Snape backstory and Voldemort flashbacks, as it's going to be remarkably difficult to ret-con all of the Lily materials, but I believe they can find a way to reach the same conclusions. And honestly, after the thoroughly overstuffed and completely unsatisfying mess that is the fourth movie (and the first movie, for that matter) I'm willing to let them make plot-cutting decisions in exchange for a more enjoyable movie-going experience.
What happens in #3?
#3 is Prisoner of Azkaban! Did you read the books?
It's one of my favorites, in style and tone. The movie as well as the book, I mean.
I have to look at the movies very differently from the books, otherwise I just spend 3 hours yelling, "WRONG!" at the screen and really? Joe will kill me.
That being said, I'm still pissed off that they have basically taken all of Hermione's awesome things and given them to Ron. Who is, mostly, a doofus.
I have too much of a lag between reading the books and seeing the movies. I rarely notice all the wrong things and I can never keep them straight.
#3 is the Sirius/Remus fest.
It's festival that should be celebrated daily. It's the one relationship I forget isn't "really" canon.
#3 is Prisoner of Azkaban! Did you read the books?
A very long time ago. But what Dana says brings it back. Those FX I do remember.
There was a pretty big lag for me between the books and the movies and I even I remember how badly they fucked up #6.
I can't cite chapter and verse of the changes in #3, but #6 was off-putting. They added a scene that wasn't in the book!