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On his 11th birthday, young Harry Potter discovers the life he never knew he had, the life of a wizard. In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he meets his two best friends R...( read more 
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:May 14, 2008
A very faithful adaptation, and unlike his sidekicks, Daniel Radcliffe never seems to resort to child-acting.
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MCT:May 14, 2008
The first and the original, as always I have a thing for the ones that come first, they break new ground and sequels really need to work hard to outdo them
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MCT:May 13, 2008HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001)
directed by Chris Columbus
starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma WatsonHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a competently made family film, thanks to Chris Columbus who knows how to work with children but never seems to care enough to try and get good performances from them. See Home Alone, you'll understand.This is the first in a series of cinematic adaptation of J.K. Rowling's books about the famous Harry Potter, a young and talented wizard. Like most literary adaptations, it gets its share of love and hate, by both fans of the novels and the ones who have never even read it. Some just dont care, Im one of them. I never read the book, out of iterest I guess, but Im not sure, but that doesnt change my appreciation or my lack of it for the film. I strongly believe a film based on previous material should be judge for what it is and not what it could have been or what I wanted it to be considering the perspective the source material had previously printed in my mind. After seeing it for the first time since its release, I realize it wasnt a lack of good faith that left me careless about this film, its simply not engaging enough.
Writer Steve Kloves does a good job at summerizing the novel and introducing all the elements that make Harry Potter so special and loved, but because there is so much of that stuff, the film takes a while to get started and is feels a bit too naive.
Everyone knows who Harry Potter is, except himself. After his parents were murdered by Voldemort, he was taken to his uncle and aunt, who raised him almost as a slave. One day he gets an invitation to Hogwart's school for wizards, thats where he meets his reheaded friend, Ron, the obligatory clumsy kid, and Hermione, the annoying one who knows everything about anything. There is also Malfoy, the hateble one and, well, I think you get it, the wheel isnt reinvented here, its quite formulaic. Harry and his friends aftr discovering things they shouldnt know about, try to uncover a plot to steal the philosopher's stone, which is, well, I think its an important stone.
With Harry Potter John Williams brings one of his most memorable score in a long time and that helps go through the film, which seems a bit too long - two hours twenty two minutes - despite some fun fantasy stuff: a giant dog with three heads; a cape that makes you invisible; magic spells; and on and on.
The kids arent that good, some scenes could have used a few more takes. Daniel Radcliffe sure looks the part, but he cant act it, yet. Ruper Grint looks like he is about to wine every other second and Emma Watson, well, she has her moments when she does get effective. The mot annoying of all has to be Tom Felton, the young Malfoy, I guess he wasnt cast for his talent, but exactly for the reason that he was just what I said he was, anyways. The adult characters in the other hand, are all played by known British actors, including Maggie Smith, Richard Harris abd Alan Rickman, and they all seem to have a lot of fun.
Ultimately, Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone isnt that special, except for the fact that it brings to life one of the most important literary work of the late 20th century, that being said, its definately not because of the quality of its writing. Its funner for the kids, but too long for them. I wont say its boring, but I wasnt all that much into it. Its mildly entertaining, plus there are better entries in the series.
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MCT:May 10, 2008
a great start! fresh faces could never get wrong. as a hp book fan i was not the disappointed, compared to the other books made movies, since it was still as magical as how i expected it to be. it's really great to see how my imagination come to life:)
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MCT:May 7, 2008
I just loved the special effects when this first came out. I think the movies will get worse with each one that comes out.
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hermionejpotterposted 60 days ago -
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I don't know if anyone else is aware of this or not but supposedly jk rowling had a deal worked out with the movie studio in her contract with them that only British actors could play all of the roles throughout all of the seven films, which is the damned dumbest thing that I've ever heard!!
This is the main reason why I think the first movie sucked. They had subpar actors bc that wench decided to be stupid with that particular stipulation that she managed to manipulate into her contract, and so the movie(s, all of them no doubt) suffered!
You didn't see the Tolkien estate make such stupid and bumbling demands when they were putting the contract together for The LOTR's films, did you? And those movies were awesome!!!posted 113 days ago -
I have watched lots of Harry potter movies more than once because they are saw good and this one is really good I loved the movie.
posted 189 days ago -
J.K Rowling has announced that Dumbledore is gay! Just thought I would let everyone know!
posted 207 days ago -
I think this was a classic first film! much better than the ones that has been released lately!
posted 225 days ago -
Try my quiz on Emma Watson. It's way cool!
http://www.flixster.com/user/bwidie/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-hermioneemma-watson?invitorId=789868027posted 245 days ago -
I love Harry Potter...I don't want to end of this movie..
I want to see another movies like that Harry Potterposted 245 days ago -
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