Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Pros: very true to the book, well acted, stunning quidditch match
Cons: a few minor omissions from the book, Harris as Dumbledore

I was a bit late catching Harry Potter fever. In fact, if you want to be precise, I didn't actually catch it until this past Thursday, Thanksgiving, when I saw the movie.

Oh sure, I'd read the books. I'd even enjoyed them. But I really didn't...

Pros: A mystical, enchanting film that will touch even the hardest hearts.
Cons: Might be too frightening for small children, some scenes too loud.

Time seemed to have stood still in my household over the past few days. No matter what we did, it seemed like 1:15 pm, November 16th would never arrive. Why 1:15pm? Why November 16th? It was the exact time and date of when we would be embarking on...

Pros: No deviation from the book and little is left out of the story.
Cons: I can’t enroll at Hogwarts next semester.

Six Harry Potter fans went to see the movie on opening day. Our group consisted of four women and two men, all at least middle age, all but two have read the first book (or more). All of us loved the movie and the two who hadn’t read the book agreed...

Pros: Getting to see the book's characters come to life.
Cons: Every child who loved the books will notice parts that are missing.

My family are BIG Harry Potter fans! We started reading the first book on a LONG road trip to visit grandparents. The fact that by reading this book, all five children were not only listening, but eager to hear more, sold me! Everyone...

Pros: Extraordinary visual presentation. Stellar cast.
Cons: All sauce, no meat.

This review is rather long, and frankly, for no good reason.

For a much shorter review that pretty well meshes with my thoughts on this movie, see Scott29's review.



One finds, eventually, that the way in which people...

Pros: Mostly true to book, Wonderful eye candy
Cons: Movies based on excellent novels have a difficult act to follow.

I have a confession to make. I, like zillions of other people, am crazy for Harry Potter. I just can't help it. My little Muggle mind is so enchanted with tales of the far away school of wizardry. So, when my husband told me that we were going on a...

Pros: everything about it, it's just a wonderful movie with a wonderful storyline
Cons: none

First and foremost, I’d like to think Jeremy1456 for inviting me to this “Epic Adventure W/O” where you can write about anything that’s “epic” in some way. Whether it be a video game such as Eternal Darkness, a movie like...

Pros: Original plot twists in places.
Cons: Unoriginal plot themes in places.

The first time I went to see this movie I fell asleep 20 minutes into it and woke up at the ending credits. Oh Wow. Now I know what you're thinking: "Ed, That's like going to see Shakespeares's ROMEO AND JULIET or MACBETH the first time it is ever...

Pros: Good moral lesson, i.e. good ultimately triumphs over evil.
Cons: Some scenes may be a little unsettling or downright scary.

Wow, you would think that this is the movie to see, especially when anyone decides to view it at a 12 mid-night sneak preview. Getting a ticket to this newly released movie is like trying to buy a ticket to a sold out Madonna concert.

If...

Pros: An Excellent Film Adaptation on First Harry Potter Book.
Cons: Some Missing Bits from the Book that didn't make the Final Cut.

Since the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling arrived in 1997, the story of a young orphaned boy who becomes a wizard became a worldwide phenomenon as books like “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone”, “Harry Potter & the...

Pros: Wonderful, captivating movie. Stays true to the book
Cons: Some things from the book don't make it into the movie

I had heard about the Harry Potter books for a long time. I checked the books out several different times and thought they sounded really good, but for some reason I didn't get them. I would read the back and think how interesting and good they ...

Pros: Wonderful story. Great acting. Great directing. Just plain phenomenal.
Cons: The movie's duration: too long for some people.

I know this review is exceedingly belated, but when I saw that amazon.com was already accepting preorders for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I was reminded about the phenomenon that is Harry Potter. Just so we’re all clear, I saw the preorder...

Pros: Setting, special effects. Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith. Quidditch!
Cons: Must John Williams score these films??

I'll admit it right here, Harry Potter is my guilty pleasure. I've read all four of the books, happily spent my time guffawing over scenes, and wondered what it would look like on film. Gleefully raking in the bucks, this one turned into a hit...

Pros: very true to the book (excessively so?), good hearted
Cons: perhaps lacking in focus (the same could be said of the book)

It was a movie day just like any other. My husband and I had split up as we usually do, he to auction off a kidney in order to buy the tickets, and me to get another mortgage on the house to buy our popcorn and drinks.

Yet the line at the...

Pros: Hogwarts looks great, good actors, special effects
Cons: Special effects a bit poor in some areas, Draco Malfoy

Ever since I read the first Harry Potter book I was spellbound. It was just so amazing to read about this whole new world, with goblins, wizards and all other imaginable creatures. It was a chance to escape reality, forget how the world really was. And...