Well guys, this should be a surprise under the circumstances. But it still has to be done. You know, I remember how i had first thought of Harry Potter a long time ago. People were talking about it, and I tried to read it but I just flipped through, cause then I really just cared about my comics, Calvin and Hobbes and Pokemon half the time. And it wasn't until I saw this film that I really got into the series. I enjoyed it so much that from there there was reading it together with my mother and my siblings, and the game to the film film being my favorite game for a short time and when I first defeated it, I had officially set myself on a quest to go through the entire series game wise and kill the Dark Lord Voldemort myself. a goal I still hold to this day, so far have only gone as far as the first six years, haven't been able to get the game to part one of Deathly Hallows. and that aside, here I am now, excited for the final film with a poster from when the sixth boo came out on one side of my wall, and on the other, a replica of Bellatrix's wand from when my brother went to Europe. All i'm saying here is, it's crazy to me how my view for Harry Potter has changed looking back to when I first became aware of the series. So without further ago, here's my review to the film that started it all.
Plot: ten years ago, the Dark Lord Voldemort killed the parents of Harry Potter, but when he tried to kill Harry, his killing curse bounced back and hit him, and he was never seen since, leaving Harry with nothing but a scar shaped like a thunderbolt. He was then sent by Professor Dumbledore of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry to live with his none magical parents, the Dursley's. Now he is still living with the Dursley's who have treated him badly before many letters, and eventually a giant named Hagrid came to him on his 11th birthday inviting him to come to the school and become a Wizard.
To some people I know, they have liked it less as much as they do now due to how we all have grown since the very first adventure of Harry Potter. But I think I pretty much feel the same affect as I did before with this film. It is an amazing story to me about a boy who is being brought into an amazing world of magic from watching Hagrid give his cousin a pig tail, to Diagon Alley, to finally going to the magical school of Hogwarts. Granted, this film does make it feel a bit more like it's a movie to watch on Halloween the way they made things a bit Halloween like when it comes to the concept about Wizards and Witches and magical brooms and a women turning into a cat. But they still did enough more or less for it to be its own thing.
Acting/Characters:
Daniel Radcliffe/Harry Potter: I really liked Radcliffe's performance. He acted so well with how to react to the things happening around him throughout the film with this whole new world coming right in front of him.
Rupert Grint/Ron Weasley:He is a very lovable character too. I enjoy how he's the kind of sidekick that he is.
Emma Watson/Hermione Granger: What's to say,? she knew just what to show that Hermione is this smart, stubborn yet charming girl.
Allan Rickman/Severus Snape: Ah yes. Snape. Oh how we all know how to hate this character because of how he hated Harry. Rickman did an excellent job performing this character, and he will be missed when this is over.
Robbie Coltrane/Rubeus Hagrid:What can I say? he's a lovable character and Coltrane did a very good job at it.
Maggie Smith/Professor McGonnagal: You really have to like McGonnagal. She turns into a cat, she knows what to do, and she's all for Griffindor.
Richard Harris/Albus Dumbledore: He did a very good job with this role. It's just sad that he didn't get to be there for very long. But in a way it works in terms of how like the first two films, Dumbledore is being viewed mostly in a way that's primarily for kids. Just as this lovable wise old man for Harry to look up to.
Music:Well...and I know I use this as my very clear cut of starting off but...it was John Williams. And why not put it that way? just like the rest of the films with him, Williams gave us some very well made music for all of us to know and love and to remember for a very long time.
Editing:It was very good. I think they told the story very well in showing us this magical world in a visual, clear way.
And that is my review for Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. It was beautiful made film to introduce both us and Harry a remarkable world, and it is only the beginning.
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