''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel. A lot of things could have gone wrong, and none of them have: Chris Columbus' movie is an enchanting classic that does full justice to a story that was a daunting challenge. The novel by J.K. Rowling was muscular and vivid, and the danger was that the movie would make things too cute and cuddly. It doesn't. Like an "Indiana Jones" for younger viewers, it tells a rip-roaring tale of supernatural adventure, where colorful and eccentric characters alternate with scary stuff like a three-headed dog, a pit of tendrils known as the Devil's Snare and a two-faced immortal who drinks unicorn blood. Scary, yes, but not too scary--just scary enough.
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During "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," I was pretty sure I was watching a classic, one that will be around for a long time, and make many generations of fans. It takes the time to be good. It doesn't hammer the audience with easy thrills, but cares to tell a story, and to create its characters carefully. Like "The Wizard of Oz," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Star Wars" and "E.T.," it isn't just a movie but a world with its own magical rules. And some excellent Quidditch players.
Perhaps we can conclude that the media format of movies will never tell the full storythat a book portrays because of the time constraints of a two-hour film as wellas the lack of expedient explanations to keep the tempo of the story moving.The end result of using the movie format to explain the story is that it losesthat extra deep and meaningful understanding, as well as missing parts of thetale.
The essence of the book, and the chess scene that was carefully constructed by IMJeremy Silman, lost the richness of the Harry Potter experience whenconverted for the movie audience. The chess moves designed for this story weremeant to tell a hidden story of their own that symbolised the larger struggle,but was lost in editing to become "mumbo-jumbo." Although the final movie scenewas appreciated for its dramatic action, it fails to portray chess strategy(and to fully recognize Ron's intellect) and so loses a chance at inspiringmany Harry Potter fans to pick up chess to stimulate their minds.
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Synopsis: As Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for students.... [More] Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter Directed By: David Yates #5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 82% #5 Adjusted Score: 89452% Critics Consensus: Though perhaps more enchanting for younger audiences, Chamber of Secrets is nevertheless both darker and livelier than its predecessor, expanding and improving upon the first film's universe. Synopsis: The follow-up to "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" finds young wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends, Ron... [More] Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh Directed By: Chris Columbus #6 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) 81% #6 Adjusted Score: 88545% Critics Consensus: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone adapts its source material faithfully while condensing the novel's overstuffed narrative into an involving -- and often downright exciting -- big-screen magical caper. Synopsis: Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh... [More] Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese Directed By: Chris Columbus #7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 77% #7 Adjusted Score: 87982% Critics Consensus: It can't help but feel like the prelude it is, but Deathly Hallows: Part I is a beautifully filmed, emotionally satisfying penultimate installment for the Harry Potter series. 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[More] Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter Directed By: David Yates #9 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) 74% #9 Adjusted Score: 93417% Critics Consensus: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them draws on Harry Potter's rich mythology to deliver a spinoff that dazzles with franchise-building magic all its own. Synopsis: The year is 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document an... [More] Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol Directed By: David Yates #10 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) 46% #10 Adjusted Score: 55365% Critics Consensus: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore avoids some of the pitfalls that plagued its predecessor, but lacks much of the magic that drew audiences into the wizarding world many movies ago. Synopsis: Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of... [More] Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Ezra Miller Directed By: David Yates #11 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) 36% #11 Adjusted Score: 52127% Critics Consensus: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has glimmers of the magic familiar to Harry Potter fans, but the story's spell isn't as strong as earlier installments. Synopsis: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists... [More] Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol Directed By: David Yates
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