Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanChoosing to care about wizards has often, but rightfully so, been irritating in the late 2010s, thanks in part to the new series of films based on the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, and the creator of the series, J.K. Rowling’s newest additions to the lore. However, today (June 4th) marks the 15th-anniversary ofHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, directed by Alfonso Cuarón — the lowest grossing but highest regarded installment of the Harry Potter film franchise — and, if I may say so, the only good Harry Potter movie. What makes this even better is how Guillermo del Toro called Alfonso Cuarón, the Oscar-winner, an arrogant bastard because Cuarón didn’t want to direct it at first. It gets a pass for a couple of reasons, the largest of which was that Prisoner of Azkaban sets the building blocks for J.K. Rowling’s most compelling story in the Wizarding world. One she mostly does not touch, The Marauders — the friend group of Harry’s parents — James Potter and Lily Evans. And that’s what I believe draws me to the Prisoner of Azkaban — this underlying story — the spark and implication of a bigger story in the background that you can spend your time theorizing about. - How My favorite J.K. Rowling Story is the One She Never Told via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2WdmC15
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