On Saturday, June 25th, 2022, at 1 P.M. Hogwarts time, James and Lily were in Lily's room to record another video for Lily Luna's World.

"Hello, all," greeted Lily cheerfully as the recording began, "My name is Lily Luna Potter and welcome back to Lily Luna's World. I am once again joined by my favorite brother James Sirius Potter and today we are going to be reviewing the third Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."

"Let's cut to the chase," said James briskly, "This may be the most popular Harry Potter movie, but it is not the best."

"In fact," agreed Lily, "It might be the worst. The filmmakers did a terrible job at the book to movie transition, especially in the back third of the movie."

"How the hell do you NOT include the Marauders backstory in the movie?" growled James, "The movie never reveals that the Marauders are the map makers and never reveals which nicknames go with who. The movie also never explains that James, Sirius, and Peter became animagi to help Remus during his transformations into a werewolf during the full moon."

"There's no question that the Marauders got the short end of the stick in this movie," snarled Lily, "There's also no way for non book readers to understand the plot. The movie never tells its viewers what motivated Sirius to escape from Azkaban and nor does it reveal how he pulled it off."

"Here's the thing," said James seriously, "I call bullshit on the pressure of time and space in film excuse. Sorcerer's Stone was ten minutes longer and Chamber of Secrets was nineteen minutes and the extended version even longer still. There is NO reason that this movie couldn't have been ten to fifteen minutes longer to explain these things to its viewers."

"They also could have removed the unnecessary and irrelevant scene of the animal noise candy in the dorm, which wasn't in the book and added nothing of value to the film," added Lily, "And they could have cut back on the bat shots."

"I expected the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Quidditch match to get the boot during the book to movie transition," admitted James, "It would have been nice to see the Quidditch Final between Gryffindor and Slytherin because it was one of dad's rare happy moments in his Hogwarts days. It wasn't important to the plot of the story, and I won't bitch about that too much. But I do think a lot of people would have liked to have seen that match on screen, especially since dad got the better of Draco on that day. But with all the missing content about the Marauders towards the end, I don't know how this became the most popular Harry Potter movie."

"A lot of people love the visuals and entertainment value of this movie and don't consider the story and plot are incoherent for non book readers and that book readers would be disappointed about significant missing content," said Lily sadly.

"In a good book to movie transition," said James firmly, "Filmmakers will operate on the assumption that many viewers will not have read the book and thus need to be told the full story."

"They also need to understand that book readers who look forward to seeing certain things on screen will be very disappointed and bummed out if those things are not there," said Lily staunchly, "There are some cuts that work. I doubt many people cared that the Chamber of Secrets movie didn't include the Deathday Party. Not telling the Marauders backstory in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie is indefensible."

"I also have a problem," piped up James bitterly, "With the portrayal of the scene with dad and Remus on the bridge. I HATE that they have Remus say that line, "Your mother was there for me at a time when no one else was. While Remus and Grandma Lily were indeed closer than the books ever showed, the problem is the no one else was line. That's a slap in the face to Grandpa James and to Sirius."

"As you can tell," said Lily matter of factly, "James and I have a very negative opinion of this movie, which didn't pay enough attention to its source material. Sure, the Knight Bus scene was exciting and dad riding Buckbeak was breathtaking. But the entertainment value and awesome visuals can't erase the poor job the filmmakers did with the plot and story in the book to movie transition."

"I agree with all of that," said James clearly, "Hermione actually punching Draco instead of just slapping him was pretty awesome and dad blowing up Marge was funny to see on screen. But a longer running time and a slower pace would have done this movie a world of good. Two hours and twenty two minutes was not long enough for this epic tale."

"It's sad how so many of the most important parts of the story got left out," agreed Lily, "This movie should have been around two hours and fourth minutes long."

"What do you think about the new actors though?" asked James, "I think Gary Oldman did an outstanding job in his portrayal of Sirius Black. I DID MY WAITING! TWELEVE YEARS OF IT! IN AZKABAN!"

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HARRY! HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT JAMES OF HIM!" Lily played along.

"I definitely the anger, hunger, and dementedness of Sirius," piped up James.

"I also liked David Thewlis's portrayal of Remus," added Lily, "Remus came across as knowledgeable, competent, and humble. But you also did get a sense of a madness within."

"That line where Remus tells Sirius about HIS madness within is kind of ironic," cooed James.

"Despite the good acting and visuals and the movie being entertaining," said Lily bluntly, "I'm giving the movie a three out of ten. The terrible job the filmmakers did with the plot and story in the book to movie transition can't be stressed enough."

"Three out of ten sounds right to me," agreed James, "Unfortunately, the bad overshadows the good."

"You'll have to stay subscribed to our channel and keep watching to see what we review next," grinned Lily, "For my favorite brother, James Sirius Potter, this is Lily Luna Potter. Until next time, Potters out."

And both James and Lily waved at their viewers as the recording ended.