"Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Bird Boy]

Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone


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Release Date: November 16, 2001
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Fiona Shaw, Ian Hart, Richard Griffiths, John Cleese, Richard Harris, Devon Murray, Julie Walters, Zoë Wanamaker

Plot Summary: Based on the popular first book of the series by J.K. Rowling, in the normal human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence. It is an acceptance letter to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon enough, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig and in the world of wizards, he is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him.

Note: The movie is called "Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone" outside of the U.S.A..

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Comments?

[TuffyCatt]

I just got back from seeing it, and loved it. There were a few dissapointments, but just because I know the book so well. It was very well done. I definitley reccomend it to everyone. :D

[The Clown Prince]

Well, for someone who has never read the books, I really enjoyed Harry Potter. So trying to find out who Voltomor was, was pretty fun. We thought we had him pegged, but was surprised at the end. The whole theater applauded at the end. A very fun movie to watch overall.

After seeing the movie, it looks like now I'll be reading the books. I don't want to wait a whole year to find out what happens in The Chamber of Secrets. The Friday night 7:30 showing we went to was sold out. Luckily I bought our tickets a week in advance. Plus we got there just before 6 to stand in line so we could get a good seat, which we did. There were only 10 other people ahead of us and by the time they let us in, the line was out the door and into the rain. :) Can't wait to see those box office numbers on Sunday.

The Clown Prince

[Kal-el]

Saw the movie last night. Kids were everywhere. The movie itself wasn't terrible. I haven't read any of the books so I was going in blind. A friend I went with read the books and is a big fan. She was slightly disappointed, but overall was impressed. I had some bigger questions about the film and the Potter character in general, which my friend also found odd, but won't ge into detail for fear of *spoiling* things. It's really not that bad of a film overall IMO.

[TuffyCatt]

Originally posted by The ClownPrince
Well, for someone who has never read the books, I really enjoyed Harry Potter. So trying to find out who Voltomor was, was pretty fun. We thought we had him pegged, but was surprised at the end. The whole theater applauded at the end. A very fun movie to watch overall.

After seeing the movie, it looks like now I'll be reading the books. I don't want to wait a whole year to find out what happens in The Chamber of Secrets. The Friday night 7:30 showing we went to was sold out. Luckily I bought our tickets a week in advance. Plus we got there just before 6 to stand in line so we could get a good seat, which we did. There were only 10 other people ahead of us and by the time they let us in, the line was out the door and into the rain. :) Can't wait to see those box office numbers on Sunday.

The Clown Prince

Yeah, if you liked the movie, you'll love the books. There are some good parts in the book that they left out of the movie. It's definitley worth reading the book! :D

[Joker85]

I saw the movie this weekend and I thought it was excellent!! they did leave out a few things but I still loved it. The casting was excellent!!! Harry was perfect, Ron was hysterical, and Hermione stole every scene she was in! Alan Rickman was kinda scary as Snape, wasn't he! I also loved Maggie Smith as McGonagal. Overall an excellent movie, I recommend it to anyone who even slightly enjoyed the books. :)

[joker]

i thought it was a pretty good movie. my only problem with it was that it seemed a little rushed to me. and i also got the feeling that something was missing but i couldnt put my finger on it. over all great movie though. id recomend the books to any one who liked the movie, the books much better but that can be said about most books made into movies

i also thought clint howard should have played snape :p

[RockItShipper]

I definitely liked it, but the books do cast a shadow on most everything. As does every reader's interpretation, really. All things Voldemort seem much more unsettling in my mind than anything in the movie.

Snape was excellent. There were a bunch of scenes where you could either see what he was thinking/observing or get the impression of things still left to be revealed in future books. Got me thinking that maybe there's a Batman-equivalent at Hogwarts... :) His toy still looks knocked up tho'

[Jimmy Kustes]

I can see why Salinger doesn't want a Catcher in the Rye movie, now. Books turned into movies never work out. In The Natural book the baseball player winds up in the gutter, in the movie, he wins the game and marries his dream girl. :rolleyes:

They left out so much important stuff! Ms. Sprout wasn't even in it! Dumbledore didn't mention fear for the name increases fear for the thing itself! The potions scene was deleted!!!!!! :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek:

[Maxie Zeus]

I liked it, but it's been awhile since I've read the book so I don't remember what parts they left out. Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith were spot of course, but I wish they had used John Hurt as the voice/face of Voldemort.

My main complaint was with the camerawork. When did directors decide that the camera had to be in constant motion, even when the characters aren't? And when did they decide that every individual shot had to have it's own set-up? There's something wrong when you get motion-sickness just watching the kids crossing the quad.

[Ruffian]

Neither impressed or disappointed, but I did enjoy watching it. The book is better in my opinion because there is a lot of stuff that isn't mentioned in the movie and my imagination just runs wild too. The movie felt long, but at the same time rushed because they kept moving and pushing to the next scene. They got all the major events down, but some things weren't explained either, like the relationships between people.

The quidditch match was awesome, but a bit brief to show it off good. I'd like to see them make a film just on a quidditch match, that'd be exciting. That's one of the best parts of the movie and other things I liked about it was seeing Hogwarts and the wizarding world come to life. :)