Anything to improve over the terrible travasty that the films have been with the exception of 3, Cuaron's Azkaban.

Every other film, cinematically, story-wise and all around, have been steaming piles of poo.

Whatever. They're all entertaining. Average AT WORST.

#1 was nice because it captured the kiddy-wizardry nature of the first book. Great atmosphere and the best at capturing the school itself.

#2 was the weakest film and it made the second weakest movie. It was more of a #1 Redux.

#3 came and blew them both out of the water. Everything about it was superior as well as superior to the two that came after.

#4 - The maze eats people? WTF happened to the maze? It was neutered. The CGI was awful and the direction was even worse. OH and let's not make Daniel Radcliffe cry on camera any more.

#5 - Don't get me started on the amount they cut - crucial or not. As well as don't get me started on the battle they had in the ministry. Glass flying around to ooooo the audience instead of actually fighting with the statue like in the book. They were blurs in the huge brawl and Sirius's fate was horribly done. It was supposed to be a powerful moment and it was like "oops, character died, move along, nothing to see here"

The fact you think Azkaban was the best says a lot about how wrong you are.

I didn't understand it at all until I read the book a few months later.

I think that says more about you than it does me. ;)

No, not really. They butchered the clarity of the plot in the third one. A simple flashback sequence would have cleared it up.

How so? They were in real time, took the time turner and flew back in time and came back.

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snape kills dumbledore. Harry potter comes back to life., Kills Voldemort... then, He marries Ron's sister.

I'm not even talking about that part of the movie. I'm talking about all the Peter Pettigrew nonsense.

Anyway, I'm not even going to debate someone who thinks Asskaban was superior to Goblet. Especially when they bring up CGI as a point.

Are you saying the Dementors are worse CGI than his flipper feet in the water, the water scenes entirely and the maze? Are you crazy?

No. I'm saying people who bitch about CGI can't see the forest for the trees.

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as someone who read every book before the movies i think the 3rd and 5th movie were the most enjoyable. i really did not like the 4th near as much although it is still entertaining. the first and second movie i barely remember.