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 On his eleventh birthday, orphan Harry Potter discovers that he's a wizard, so off he goes to Hogwarts School to learn the ways of the wand. But it isn't all lessons and making friends: Harry is destined for a showdown with the evil Lord Voldemort. Original Title:Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone Sometimes the best plan is to do things by the book. With over 100 million Harry Potter readers desperate to rush down cinema aisles to see their hero on the big screen for the first time, you can't blame Chris Columbus for sticking close to J.K. Rowling's novel. It's one thing to let your imagination loose with the words on the page; it's another to have those images backed up by a multi-million dollar Hollywood budget. And from the very first sight of an owl perched on the Privet Drive road sign to the closing shot of the Hogwarts Express pulling away from the station with the majestic school sitting high on the hills behind, we know that every golden galleon has been well spent. That's why this faithful adaptation won't fail to win over the book's fans with its 'wow' factor. It thrives on audience recognition. John Williams' score swells at the key moments - Here's your first glimpse of Hogwarts! Isn't Diagon Alley crammed with Dickensian detail! - as Columbus pulls back curtain after curtain to reveal all of the avid readers' favourite bits. The stand-out sequence is the Gryffindor versus Slytherin Quidditch match, a fast-paced medieval Rollerball with broomsticks. It soars where The Phantom Menace's podrace stalled on the third lap. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone has one advantage over so many other blockbusters: it already knows that it's the first in a series, so it doesn't have to become a self-contained hit movie before its sequels can receive the green light. This means it deliberately takes its time setting up the characters and the scenario before, like the book, pulling in a quest-cum-whodunnit plot to provide a climax. This structure is fine for the initiated, but it might leave first-timers feeling a bit uncomfortable with the shape of the movie. And because it's more of a kids film than the book was just a kids book, the two-and-a-half hour running time is bound to provoke some cinema squirming from young viewers. That said, Columbus ensures there's a bit of on-screen magic coming our way every couple of minutes, and not just in the shape of expensive effects. Near-perfect casting ensures character colour from the adult actors and allows the central trio of kids (Radcliffe, Grint and Watson) to prove that three heads are better than one (unless your name is Fluffy). Coltrane as cuddly giant Hagrid and Grint as Harry's cheeky chum, Ron, steal some scenes, but it's Radcliffe who leads us through Harry's journey from open-jawed underdog to pint-sized hero. Sympathetic and strong, brave and believably ordinary, he becomes the audience's counterpart in this weird world of witches and wizards. Even though a few of the book's scenes have been cut, fans probably couldn't hope for a better adaptation. It bodes well for the rest of the series, when strong stories start taking precedence over set-up. Related ArticlesJust so you know, whilst we may receive a commission or other compensation from the links on this website, we never allow this to influence product selections - read why you should trust us There are many movies that are worth seeing, but there are a lot of stinkers as well. My goal here is to weed out the good from the bad. Theatrical Release: 11/16/2001 IMP Awards SynopsisHarry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) lost both of his parents when he was just a baby. No one likes to talk with him about his parents, and while his aunt and uncle took him in, they did so out of obligation more than anything else. They do not treat Harry well. He is belittled, he gets his cousin's hand-me-downs, he is treated more like a servant than a relative, and they make him sleep in a small cupboard under the stairs. He has always felt like an outcast who is lesser than his cousin, but his entire world is about to change. On his eleventh birthday, a mysterious figure arrives. Harry is a wizard, and the figure has come to take him to Hogwarts, a school for young witches and wizards like himself. He will learn all about magic, he will make new friends, and he might even learn more about his parents. However, dark forces are emerging in the wizarding world, forces that have unfinished business with the young boy named Harry Potter. The Pros & Cons
All movies start with an average score of 75pts, points are then added or subtracted based on each Pro and Con. Each Pro or Con is designated points, ranging from 0-10, to convey how significant these Pros or Cons are.
The filmmakers hit the jackpot when casting these three characters. IMDb.com Pro: Harry, Ron, and Hermione (+8pts)The filmmakers hit the jackpot when casting these three characters. Each actor played their part well, but they also had really great chemistry with one another. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson were all very young when they started these movies. Nonetheless, they played their parts effectively, in a way that was entertaining and so relatable that they easily sucked me into this world. The actors made it easy to buy into the characters individually, but what I really enjoyed was the dynamic between the three characters. Ron was typically the comedic relief, Harry was the focal point of the story, and Hermione was the brains of the group. I enjoyed watching the characters become friends, and I enjoyed watching them work together to solve their problems. They each felt like outcasts to some extent, but they came together to form a really strong group. The effectiveness of these characters was largely due to the writing in the source material and in the script itself, but that writing would have meant little if the filmmakers had not found three great, young actors for these roles. The story threw a bunch of challenges at Harry Potter, but he seemed to be gifted with incredible luck. IMDb.com Con: Convenient (-4pts)A recurring issue throughout this entire movie was how convenient everything was for Harry Potter. From his survival when his parents were killed to having a book-smart friend who had the spells to get the group out of every problematic situation, and from miraculously getting the invisibility cloak to miraculously getting the fastest broomstick available. The story threw a bunch of challenges at Harry Potter, but he seemed to be gifted with incredible luck. This did not prevent me from enjoying the movie entirely, but the blatant ”luck” was as convenient for the writers as it was for Harry, and it was really just lazy writing J. K. Rowling did a great job of setting up this world with so many creative and imaginative magical things, and the filmmakers did a great job of bringing that wizarding world to the screen. IMDb.com Scroll to Continue Read More From ReelrundownPro: Hogwarts (+8pts)J. K. Rowling did a great job of setting up this world with so many creative and imaginative magical things, and the filmmakers did a great job of bringing that wizarding world to the screen. The world felt mysterious, it felt like it had a rich history, and the magic was a lot of fun to see. From the train station and the train to Hogwarts, to Diagon Alley and of course Hogwarts itself. I had a lot of fun exploring the wizarding world, and Hogwarts was a huge part of that. As great as all of the magical things that were not related to Hogwarts were, J. K. Rowling and the filmmakers of this movie did an excellent job of setting up the wizarding school. It was fantastical and magical, and it was mysterious and entertaining. There were the various schoolhouses, the fascinating magical classes, and the mystical castle that housed it all. There was so much about this school that was fun to explore, and it left me excited to see what secrets would be discovered in future movies. The filmmakers did an absolutely outstanding job setting up the magical world and the wizarding school. It made for a movie that was filled with fascinating places and things that were a blast to discover along with Harry Potter. I have always found it pretty funny how dangerous Hogwarts was. IMDb.com Con: Danger (-3pts)I have always found it pretty funny how dangerous Hogwarts was. It was a fascinating school, but it seemed like the staff had absolutely no concern over the safety of the kids they were responsible for. Those who ran Hogwarts had massive three-headed dogs to guarding a door that any kid could have stumbled upon, they kept violent trolls in the dungeons of the same building where the students resided, and there were even wildly unpredictable moving stairs that students could fall off at any time. The staff even sent kids into the incredibly dangerous Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night as punishment for getting detention. I get that this was all done to give the reader and the audience more magical and suspenseful moments, but in doing so the author and filmmakers made these some wildly impractical, irresponsible, and illogical professors. I really enjoyed everything these kids went up against in their trials to obtain the stone. IMDb.com Pro: The Stone (+6pts)When I say that I liked the stone, I mean that I liked everything that lead up to it. I thought the movie did a pretty poor job of setting up the stone, what it did and what it was for, but I liked what the main characters had to go through in order to get to it. Everything after Fluffy was just a lot of fun. It was like the main characters had to go through an insanely magical and elaborate escape room. From the vines to the keys, the stone was hidden past several challenging obstacles, that I enjoyed seeing the protagonists struggling their way through. Do not even get me started on the chess, as I thought that was such an awesome idea. As great as the entire movie was up to this point, I really enjoyed everything these kids went up against in their trials to obtain the stone. The connection between Harry and Voldemort was conveniently vague, which made the end of the movie feel like a bit of a letdown. IMDb.com Con: Harry & Voldemort (-2pts)This was an area in the story that I thought needed more development on screen. What was the relationship between Harry and Voldemort? I get that figuring that out was part of Harry’s journey, so I definitely did not think it should have been spelled out in the first movie. However, how Harry survived made no sense. Voldemort failed to kill Harry, that much was clear, but it just made Voldemort feel like a failure, as opposed to making Harry feel special. The connection between Harry and Voldemort was conveniently vague, which made the end of the movie feel like a bit of a letdown. The movie had its climax, sure, but it was unclear what actually happened or why. These questions were answered in later movies, and those movies delivered a payoff. However, the filmmakers of this movie could have elaborated a bit more on what Voldemort’s failed attempt at murdering Harry did to the two characters, which would have given this movie a more conclusive ending. It would have been a fine line between giving this movie a conclusive ending without giving everything away for future movies, but I felt like the filmmakers could have given a little more in this movie than they did. By keeping it so vague here, the ending felt a little too convenient for Harry, but that should not be surprising seeing as how this entire story was convenient for Harry. Grading Scale
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was a great book-to-movie adaptation. IMDb.com Grade: B+ (88pts)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was a great book-to-movie adaptation. Did it get everything from the page to the screen? Of course not, but the filmmakers delivered the essence of the story, and they did it well. The filmmakers introduced us to a fantastically magical world, and they introduced a group of entertaining characters that existed in it. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were a group of characters who were fun to watch. Each character brought some unique, entertaining flavor to the group, and Iloved the group’s dynamic together. The movie was also filled with mysterious magical people, fantastical creatures, and plenty of magical places and things. I had some issues with the movie—such as the wildly irresponsible staff that consistently endangers the kids, and the incredibly convenient luck that Harry had—but these issues were relatively minor, as I still really enjoyed this movie. Is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone worth watching?They are entertaining enough, worth a watch if you want something fun and fantastical. Overall they are good representations of the books, there are weaker ones (For me Order if the Phoenix is the weakest movie). They change certain things, add other things.
Which Harry Potter movie has best reviews?The 'Harry Potter' Movies Ranked By Their Rotten Tomatoes Score. 8/8 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' (2010) - 77%. 7/8 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' (2007) - 78%. 6/8 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' (2001) - 81%. 5/8 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' (2002) - 82%. Why is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone controversial?In fact, when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was first published, many parents and teachers did not want this book in their schools, homes, or libraries. At. All. The book promoted “witchcraft, the occult, and anti-family themes” just to name a few.
Why is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a good book?The Harry Potter books are comforting stories that guide us through some of the most challenging moments in our lives. The writing is beautiful, the characters are memorable, and there are enough hidden details in the series to keep us entertained for years to come.
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