This movie is delightful. We are introduced to three new characters, all friends of the father of Harry Potter, Professor Lupin (David Thewlis), who is actually a werewolf, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), escaped from Azkaban Prison, and Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), who was the fourth corner of the friendship. Peter is actually Ron's rat for most of the movie. While Sirius is blamed for betraying Harry's parents, it is actually Peter who did this. There is actually a fourth character, Buckbeat, the Hippogriff. Hagrid, who is now teaching magical creatures introduces the class to hippogriffs, who are wild and proud creatures. Draco Malfoy runs afoul of the hippogriff, and is injured. As a result the hippogriff is ordered to be set down. This is the only Harry Potter movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón. It may have been me, but it seemed the terrain was different than other harry Potter movies. Hagrid's home was down quite a hill. However the action is just as intense, and the plot twists are fun. This movie also showed less of the Quidditch play than some of the others. However harry gets his new broom at the end of the movie.
We are also presented Dementor's in this movie--faceless soul suckers who guard the Prison of Azkaban and are invited to guard the entrances to Hogwarts. Sometimes they get out of bound, and harry keeps fainting when he is close to them. However Lupin teaches him the Patronus spell, which he finally master by the end of the story.
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