Professor, just so you know I don't think that map always works. Earlier it showed someone in the castle... someone I know to be dead.
No 471 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Director - Alfonso Cuarón So, I didn't have to sit through the first two films, I could move straight to book 3. This is the only Harry Potter film to appear in the top 500 and I think the main reason it does so is because it changes the films. It is not a massive revolutionary change. After all Cuarón was going into a filmic universe which had been set up for two films, and the world of Harry Potter is defined by J.K Rowling and defended by legions of frankly terrifying fans. However there were some important changes. The main one is that this is the film where the series started focusing on the characters rather than the magic. I always felt that Chris Columbus was trying to razzle dazzle us with his view of Harry Potter's world, that each moment of the film had to feel like a set piece full of spectacle and wonder and well... magic. Here is all feels considerably more understated. People use magic to quietly stir their co...