After Chris Columbus had finished working on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he was hired to direct the second film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The production started within a week after the release of the first film. Columbus was set to direct all entries in the series, [34] but he did not want to return for the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, claiming he was "burned out". [35] He moved to the position of producer, while Alfonso Cuarón was approached for the role of director. He was initially nervous about directing the instalment since he had not read any of the books or seen the films. After reading the series, he changed his mind and signed on to direct since he had immediately connected to the story. [36] David Yates directed four of the films in the series, including the two-part finale Deathly Hallows.

Chris Columbus said his vision of the first two films was of a "golden storybook, an old-fashioned look", while Alfonso Cuarón changed the visual tone of the series, desaturated the colour palette, and expanded the landscape around Hogwarts. [32] [37] Mike Newell decided to direct the fourth film as a "paranoid thriller", while David Yates wanted to "bring a sense of jeopardy and character to the world". [38] [39] Cuarón, Newell, and Yates have said that their challenge was striking a balance between making the films according to their individual vision, while working within a cinematic world already established by Columbus. [37] [38] [39] Heyman talks adaptation". Firstshowing.net. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011 . Retrieved 2 March 2011.Alfonso Cuaron: the man behind the magic". Newsround. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007 . Retrieved 10 October 2007. Potter Power!". Time For Kids. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007 . Retrieved 31 May 2007. As with the Harry Potter novels, fans tend to have different opinions on which films in the series are the best. Ranking the Harry Potter movies by their IMDb user scores subsequently throws up remarkably consistent results, with all eight installments clustered between 7.4 and 8.1 out of 10.(For TechRadar's opinion on the subject, see our in-depth guide to the best Harry Potter movies ranked from worst to best.) Costance Grady and Aja Romano (26 June 2017). "How Harry Potter changed the world". Vox. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017 . Retrieved 19 July 2017.

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