Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (DVD)

Obviously the Harry Potter film category was going to be popular subject to write on, what with all the hype and all. Oh well, here goes my bit just to add to the many others of you. The Harry Potter ‘thing’ all began with the books by J.K Rowling, and the film. It is based on the first of these titled ‘The Philosophers Stone’. There are now four books out, the film here covers the first one, filming has already begun on the ...
...it is all about. Basically Harry Potter is an orphan, who is adopted by his uncle, the Dursley family after his parents die when Harry is a baby. He is a wizard, though he does not know it, and his new family are about as far away as you can be from any strange behavior and are a typical example of Muggles (non-wizard folk). They are rude, arrogant, pompous and Dudley is a Manchester United supporter. (look at the scene where all the letters are ...

Chris_Padden 22.11.2001 · Read full review
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...on little round spectacles like Harry wears. Every child worth his or her salt wants to attend Hogwarts (and if the truth were known adults too!) Saturday 10th November 2001 – a big day in my calendar. David and l left home at 7pm, having booked a table at the Chinese in the same complex as the Warner Village Cinema. I was jittery and excited – like a child on Christmas Eve! I almost grabbed little kids on their way out of the cinema ...
...film! Needless to say Harry Potter is our hero, he’s a boy wizard and an orphan, living with his Aunt and Uncle. Life is not the greatest for Mr Potter until he receives a letter – his acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. From here the tale un-winds, Harry learns more about his past, present and indeed future. I've read all the books so l had specific pictures and imagery built up in my head as to what the characters ...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first part in the Harry Potter story. The film is a fantastic magical adventure and if I hadn't read the book (twice) I would be 100% happy with it, but as I have read it (twice) I think I have to say that I was more than a little bit disappointed with this film, now don't get me wrong I did love it and I am very happy that I bought the DVD without going to the cinema to see it. If for some reason you ...
...features and you can sample Harry potter games and more! These special features are great and easy to use I mean I am 29 and not very good with my hubby's PS2 and I managed to navigate my way round ok. The only thing is that you have to either know Harry Potter well or have paid careful attention throughout the film to access some of the features so be warned. Also, there are some deleted scenes that you find once you have got through the potions ...

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...didn’t really know much about Harry Potter until this afternoon I thought I’d best make it clear to others who’ve yet to succumb to Potter mania. ------------ The Movie: ------------ Harry is an orphaned child, his parents were killed by Lord Voldemort (an evil sorcerer). Harry survived to tell the tale although Voldemort left his mark by leaving the strange jig-jagged scar on Harry’s forehead. Harry goes to live with ...
...in the film). Anyway, Harry eventual gets to read one of the (many) letters. He leaves for Kings Cross station where he hops on the Hogwart Express on platform 9H destined for Hogwarts. He soon makes new friends, namely the two other stars, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. I won’t give away any of the story line, if you were interested you’d have seen it already after all! What I will comment on though is how good this film actually ...

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Having read the first three Harry Potter books, I have been waiting with baited breath for this film. It was never going to be an easy film to make or to watch, with it being based on such an imaginative book. There was no way that everyone was going to be happy with the appearance of Harry and his friends, and with the setting of Hogwarts. Surely the hype received by the film has built it up to be something that it could never be... or did it? ...
...who this Harry bloke is, I'll just give you a bit of background. Basically, Harry is a wizard son of two magical parents who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Waizardry. However, they were killed when Harry was a baby, by the evil Lord Voldemort. Harry was taken to live with his muggle (non-magic) aunt and unle, and their awful son Dudley, where he lived in a cupboard under the stairs. On his eleventh birthday, he was told of his background, ...

nicolap 19.11.2001 · Read full review
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...a renewed interest in the Harry Potter phenomenon. The fifth book in the series is released later this month, and the advance orders have reached amazing numbers, the second DVD in the series was released in April, and was the fastest selling DVD in history, however it is the DVD of the first film that I am concentrating on today, and whether or not the imaginative and descriptive books transfer to the big screen without losing most if not all of ...
...planning stages. Who would play Harry and his friends? Who would direct? How much input would author JK Rowling have? It was certainly a challenge not to disappoint the loyal legions of fans who had taken the characters to their hearts, and did not want them diluted for the big screen. ***THE FILM*** The challenge was taken on by director Chris Columbus (whose only previous work known to me was the last and admittedly dismal Carry On film), assisted ...

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...film being made of the Harry Potter film I instantly thought that it would not be a patch on the book. I hoped that I would be proved wrong when I did see the film but unfortunately I was right all along. If you haven’t read the Harry Potter books then your missing out on a lot. The first Harry Potter book; The Philosophers Stone is obviously what this Harry Potter film is of. (Films are also to be made of the other Harry Potter books). The ...
...who believes in black magic. Harry is famous in the magical world and the Harry Potter books focuses around his time in school. Not just any school though, Harry and his friends attend Hogwarts School; a school for wizards and magicians. Hogwarts school is a gigantic castle full of secret rooms and passages. From the book we are led to believe that it is an old, historic English castle but in the film where we see things from the eyes of director ...

Disillusioned 27.12.2001 · Read full review
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...all I’ve heard about was Harry Potter this and Harry Potter that. Combined with the fact that I’ve never read the books, plenty of opportunity to read them, but I’ve always stayed away from them for one reason or another it wasn’t looking good. However, having learned from my previous mistakes of dis-liking something for being over-popular (I used to dislike the Simpson’s but now I’m an addict of the thing) I forced ...
...know surrounds a young boy Harry Potter (played by Brit super-brat Daniel Radcliffe). Un-beknownst to him, his parents were powerful magicians and through the genius of story telling he is one as well. Harry lives with his evil aunt and uncle who mis-treat Harry and refuse to accept that Harry is a wizard. Enter Hagrid (played by Robbie Coltrane) he comes and takes Harry to Hogwarts, an academy for witches and wizards so that they can learn their ...

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...and a new DVD – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Wide screen Edition. I ask my daughter ‘What’s this Pud?’ a big grin appears on her face, with a cry of ‘Potty, potty’ she grabs the DVD case and runs for the living room. By the time I arrive, the TV and DVD are on and she is trying to break open the plastic wrapping. So starts the first screening of the day, with a brief pause to kiss my wife goodbye ...
...distibuted under the US title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The first question most people ask is ‘Why the different title?’ When the book was first published in the US of A, the publishers did not think the US children would understand what a Philosopher was, but they know what a Sorcerer is. I wonder what does this tells us? This movie is an adaptation of the book by JK Rowling, and is the first in a series of seven ...

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...on it- Yes it was Harry Potter 2 days early I was like a kid at Christmas!! Anyway on with the film as I watched it the first time I noticed a few things had changed from the book but I couldn't really concentrate on it properly, it wasn't until that night when I sat down to watch it with my Hubby that I realised that quite a bit had either been missed out or changed in a strange way. I am not saying that this is wrong as the film makers had to ...
...or read the book yet, Harry Potter is just a normal boy or so he thinks he lives with his aunt and uncle and cousin in Privet Drive but one day he starts getting these letters from place called Hogwarts, no one has ever written to him and whoever it is seems to know that he sleeps under the stairs instead of in a normal bedroom. His Aunt and Uncle don't really like him but up with him because he has no one else. More and more letters come as his ...

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...to the cinema to see Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Dave and I have both read and enjoyed the first two books in the series and, as this film is based on the first of those books, we were eager to see it. Well, I will begin by saying that we were not disappointed; it was nothing short of a masterpiece. It lasted about two and a half hours and held us spellbound throughout. THE STORY I have no intention of telling you the story of the ...
...find a passing resemblance but Harry Potter is different, it faithfully follows J K Rowlings’ book of the same name. Obviously there are certain bits missing here and there, but a full representation of the book would have made the film too long and the missing bits do not detract from the plot in any way. The most notable absence for me was Peeves the ghost, who creates a lot of mischief in the book but was lacking from the film. THE CASTING What ...

SusanLesley 18.02.2002 · Read full review
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...am talking, of course, of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, coming to a cinema near you on November 16. I was fortunate to get preview screening tickets to see this film last Saturday (10 November). Arriving at the cinema I cannot recall when I saw the place so packed. And it wasn’t just kids either. The preview showings of the film were limited to a few places around the country but where it was being shown the cinema’s were making the ...
...Dickens have you been? – Harry Potter is a school boy wizard created (arguably) by JK Rowling. Rowling’s books have achieved world-wide acclaim and following the success of the initial 4 book series a fifth book is due out midway through next year. The Plot I do not believe in plot spoilers, although as much of the nation has read the book I doubt I will be giving much away. The plot of the film follows the exploits of one Harry Potter (played ...

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...last twelve months ... the Harry Potter phenomenon rumbles splendidly on, now exploding like an enormous firework all over cinemas the length and breadth of the entire country. Inevitably, all the hype and the Potter craze will colour people's judgement, so it's going to be difficult to draw any objective conclusions, for one reason or another, but dave27 is going to try, having just spent two and a half hours watching it in a packed out cinema ...
...just summarise the facts ... Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is based on the massive children's book of the same name by J K Rowling. It will be known as Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone in the States because apparently those uneducated Yanks don't have sufficient education to know what philosophy is and may be a tad confused (SO?) It was previewed over the weekend of 9/10 November 2001 and went on general release in this country the ...

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...on came the feature presentation. Harry Potter. Harry, for all those who have been either oblivious to all the hype, news and previews, is a very special boy. After losing his mother and father, he was placed at a very young age with his Uncle and Aunt. As he grew up, he was treated like a slave until on his eleventh birthday, he was sent a letter. This letter contained a secret which Harry never knew about. Harry was a wizard and his uncle and Aunt ...
...messenger named Hargid came to Harry to tell him the truth. Harry was shocked when he found out he was a wizard but was even more shocked that he had been accepted into Hogwarts school of Wizardry. Even though I would say all this happened within 20 mins of the film, I was riveted to the spot. I will confess I have read all the Harry Potter books and was expecting the worst from the film. In actual fact I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not going to ...

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...mad - unless being a Harry Potter fan is classified as a mental illness (which I'm afraid some would agree with). JK Rowling's tale of an orphaned young boy who discovers that he is actually a great wizard has took the world by storm. The Harry Potter stories are a hit with children and adults alike - an amazing thing for any book. So, it was only natural that the suits, who know how much money that Harry Potter can make, would want to turn the first ...
...got the chance to see Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Two days after release date, shop shelves were packed with lunchboxes, mugs, games, stationary, and almost every other type of merchandise that you can think of. The hype was certainly there, and I was quite pleased and relieved to hear mostly glowing reviews from newspapers. I had been very worried that the film would not be able to match the unique and brilliant writing from JK Rowling, ...

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