Great - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Reviews

I really liked this movie, because it was nearly a match to the book. They missed Peeves, which i thought would have made a better movie with. I'll discuss the book ahead, but mostly I'll discuss the beginning, so there are no real spoilers up ahead. When the movie begins, it shows Dumbledore, Professor McGonnogal, and Hagrid bringing 1-year-old Harry to his aunt and uncle's house. Soon it shows that Harry Potter lives a horrible life with his aunt and uncle because his parents died in a "car crash". But Harry makes many weird things happen, one of them talking to a snake. Soon, a mystery person writes a letter to him, but his aunt and uncle don't let him read it. The mystery person keeps writing until on a Sunday a lot of letters for Harry come through the fireplace. So Harry's uncle takes them to a small broken down house on a rock in the middle of the sea. During the night while Harry and the Dursleys are sleeping, a wild, loud knock on the door wakes them up. It turns out that a giant called Hagrid is knocking at the door. Hagrid explains that he is the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts. When Harry says that he doesn't know what Hogwarts is, Hagrid gets very angry at the Dursleys. He explains that Harry is a wizard, and that his parents were very good wizards but were murdered. So Harry follows agrid to Diagon Alley, and get money from a bank run by goblins. Soon they get Harry's supplies and an owl. When Harry goes to get his wand, Mr. Olivander gets Harry to try many wands. Mr. Olivander finally picks out a wand, and Harry gets a sudden warmth through his body. Mr. Olivander mutters curious many times, until Harry is wise enough to ask what is so curious. Mr. Olivander says that you-know-who had had harry's new wand's brother. So harry consults Hagrid about his new "find". So Hagrid explains that his parents were murdered by voldemort, the most feared dark wizard. But voldemort had somehow been destroyed by Harry when he was one year old. Hagrid gives him a ticket for platform 9 3/4, and takes Harry off to the train. But then he has to leave him there. Harry has no idea were the train he has to take to Hogwarts is, so he hears some person saying muggle. Of course, a muggle would know nothing about what a muggle is, so Harry follows the witch and then asks how to get onto the platform. She says he has to go through a brick wall, but it works. On the train Harry makes friends with a fellow 1st-year Ron Weasley. On Halloween, Harry makes friends with a very smart muggle-born girl called Hermione Granger. By the end of the year, Harry overcomes many challenges.