The Scene That the Harry Potter Movies Did Better Than the Books

The first two Harry Potter films — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — were directed by Christoper Columbus, who created the foundation of the Harry Potter series and rendered the first two films in childlike wonder and inspiration. But when Alfonso Cuarón took the reins to direct the third movie in the series — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — he contoured the film with a darker edge, painting the scenes with a gray/blue lens and adding more mature elements to the film. These techniques were used to illustrate the growth of the three main heroes: Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson).