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Really excellent movie-required viewing for any Potter fan!
Harry Potter has captured the imaginations of people-child and adult-around the world. And I, as a true Harry Potter obsessive, was the first one waiting in line to see the movie the day it first showed in my city. I had been waiting for this movie to come out for a year, and as Nov. 16 rolled around I was anxious to find out how Warner Bros. had translated the book to the silver screen.

Nothing could top the excitement in that theatre when the theme song started playing and Dumbledore strolled onto the screen.

It is a FANTASTIC movie! It has just the right amount of suspence, action, and fun of the books. Most of all, it really captures the essence of the books. The movie had the audience cheering right along at the Quidditch match, hissing at Draco Malfoy, and to tears at the Mirror of Erised.

The cast is, as Ron put it, "BLOODY BRILLIANT!" The cast is made up of high-caliber actors and actresses such as Dame Maggie Smith (Prof. McGonagall), Richard Harris (Prof. Dumbledore), Alan Rickman (Prof. Snape), and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid). But I was most impressed by the three new stars who play Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Dan Radcliffe IS Harry. He perfectly portrays the determination and courage of our bespectacled hero. Emma Watson displays Hermione as being smart and talented but slightly on-edge. Rupert Grint, though, was my favourite. He PERFECTLY captures Ron's personality. His facial expressions and the way he delivers his lines are all excellent.

My only problems with the film were its lack of character development for characters like Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy. Neville's few moments of glory aren't as poignant when he isn't described as being clumsy and bumbling but a true Gryffindor at heart. There also isn't enough screen time to show Malfoy and Snape being horrid to Harry. Snape is such a wonderfully complex character that he needs MUCH more screen time than he's gotten.

Overall, though, an absolutely brilliant movie.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone-Widescreen Edition
This was the first installment of the Harry Potter series; it all depended on the actors and the filming. All in all, I think that they did an awesome job. From Harry's Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon all the way up to the scenery, they did a good job doing what the movie was made to do: Stay true to the book and provide a great movie. My only complaint was that Albus Dumbledore didn't have a great show of character. He played the role all right, yeah, but he didn't expand it to improve the role. Well, I guess you can't have everything you want in life but this about has it all: Two thumbs-up for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!

5-star movie + 3-star DVD = 4-star experience
Well, it's finally arrived. The filmed version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" arrived on May 28 in a 2-disc set jam-packed with Special Features. Well, sort of. First, the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is an adaptation of J.K Rowling's fantastic and successful novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (original UK name; movie and book dubbed in America). When I first saw the teaser Trailer, I was screaming! Harry Potter looked so fantasic on film! But when I saw it in theaters, it was far from the teaser trailer but still, it was a great movie. And the film was so true to the book, probably even more true than Peter Jackson's epic, The Fellowship of the Ring. Almost everything from the book is in there, with a few scenes and a particular character cut for an overlong running time (the movie's 152 minutes). Besides the faithfulness, they've cast some of the best British actors to play Hogwarts Staff and supporting characters. But the actors were looking at is the main trio. Harry is played by the extremely well look-alike, Daniel Radcliffe, Ron by funny Rupert Grint and Emma Watson playing the bossy but clever Hermione Granger. Surprisingly, the children hold up a definite performances, with most emotions expressed. The adults play well too. Maggie Smith plays the strict Professor McGonagall and Richard Harris playing the old and wise Professor Albus Dumbledore. But by far, the best performance of the whole film was Alan Rickman, playing the silky and sinister Severus Snape, the Potion's Master. You simply couldn't get a better Snape. He expresses everything Snape contains, sly, sinister, moody, mysterious and striking. Perfect cast, really. And you simply can't review this film without talking about John Williams' score. He's definitely not been original the last few years but still, he gives off the Harry Potter feel almost fully (Howard Shore's Fellowship of the Ring score takes best). The CGI effects are some of the best in recent filming, from a troll, to a baby dragon, to a CGI villain wizard bent on destroying poor Harry. Though some CGI effects could've been tightened up a bit. You could definitely see poor computer generation when a CGI Harry interacts with the CGI troll and The Quidditch Match. But then, Radcliffe did do most of his stunts. And the transfer from Theater to DVD is nice and crisp, keeping with all of the original colors from the theatrical release. The only problem is the bits of grain and small picture shimmering throughout the film. It's not a huge problem but may affect some people. And now, the "supposedly" greatest DVD ever. The second disc is set up somewhat like a game, as you are a new student in Hogwarts School. The gripe about the second disc is that the menus are so confusing and the small animation effects take too long to load to the next menu. You'll go through Diagon Alley to get your supplies and money but first you'll have to find which bricks to hit. This caused a bit of trouble and was annoying. There is one 10-15 minute interview with Chris Columbus, David Heyman (producer) and Steve Kloves (screenwriter) as with a few crew members. This was disappointing because many were expecting an interview with AT LEAST Daniel Radcliffe or any other actor but they didn't. They did talk about Sorcerer's Stone a bit and a little on Chamber of Secrets. Nothing phenomonal. And you can also access seven deleted scenes on the second disc. Cool so far, until you try to find them, heh. It takes so long to find the deleted scenes and you'll do it all over again when you want to see them again. While the deleted footage is great, it's only about ten minutes...all scenes combined. But they ARE worth it. In the end, it's a five star quality movie but the special features are too simple, as its for kids basically. The deleted scenes are really the only reason I put in the second disc. Let's hope for a "Special" Special Edition later sometime. Only a four star DVD. Could've been a lot better.

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