Rating: Summary: ok movie but dont recomend it Review: this movie made all the box office records but it wasnt all that great.it followed the book very well but the acting and cast wasnt that great. and the movie went very quick and if u dont pay attention for one second u missed the whole movie. i only recomend this movie if u are a die hard fan of harry potter but if u arent dont only rent the movie not buy it.
Rating: Summary: Movie: 5 stars Extra features: 1 Review: Arguably, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone will certainly become an all time classic, in the same vein as the Wizard of Oz. I couldn't wait for my DVD to arrive in the mail...I've been counting down the days! We enjoyed it immensely and can't imagine ever getting tired of seeing it over and over again. However....our excitement at viewing the "extra features" available on the DVD quickly grew to frustration. You are not able to simply select and view the "never before seen footage", as you can on other DVDs. I've since learned this feature is "hidden" somewhere on disc 2...I've also read that children can more easily find this feature...perhaps. My daughter is just as big a fan as I, except that she is only 3 years old, and as intelligent as she is, can not navigate around that DVD, looking for the extra footage. It is most annoying-they should have thought better than to hide what is to be a highly anticipated feature.
Rating: Summary: I give up...Where are the "7 Deleted Scenes?" Review: Granted we just returned from vacation and I only spent 45 minutes or so navigating the two discs, but I'm not seeing the kinds of "extras" I'm used to or that were advertised. What gives?!The movie is great fun for all ages! No home with children (or fun-loving adults) should be without it! Looking forward to the next one!!
Rating: Summary: Movie Excellent, Special Features Complicated Review: WARNING: the three is for the hassle of special features..not the movie itself If you liked the movie...Good. I assume most of you know about it, and I am not going to give you details. What I will say it that the extra features are time consuming and complicated. The deleted scenes require you to find hidden "eastereggs", such as clicking the key in Diagon Ally's Gingotts bank, buying a wand, going back to menu, through all sorts of hidden tasks to finally see the deleted scenes. And if you hit the wrong button...you have to start all over again. AND you must do this every time you put the DVD in to see most of the extra features. Go to dvdeastereggs.com and they will give you more explict instructions on how to accomplish these tasks. The very interactive DVD is well and good for children, but if you'e an adult, until you remember the sequeces and orders you must go through to see anything, expect to be frustrated.
Rating: Summary: Good Movie Marred by Mediocre DVD Review: The movie is good, widescreen is always nice, the bitrate is high, and enough other reviews have been written for content. But the DVD presentation drags the whole rating down. There appears to be a layer transition problem around 28:42. There is no director's commentary. The menu loads are overly long. Most of the extras really aren't that great. And, what is probably the best part of the extras, the deleted scenes, aren't even easily accessible without wasting twenty-five minutes of your life playing mini-games. Get the movie, but don't expect a good DVD design.
Rating: Summary: Brilliant...But Could Have Been A Bit Better Review: The DVD was really great. I'm a big Potter fan and my review is a 100% honest. It was very interactive which made the experience more magical. My favorite things were the deleted scenes, my favorite was the Leg-Locker-Curse scene; the interviews, even though there was a lot of talking it was still very interesting. But there were a few problems with the stuff. First of all they could have included some more deleted scenes; Secondly, in the interviews, they could have talked to the cast as well and showed how some of the effects were made. All in all, it was great fun and worth buying. Thank you, for letting me write this review and expressing my thoughts of the DVD.
Rating: Summary: disc one, golden! Review: I just got this in the mail yesterday, giddy with joy. Watched disc one, and loved it. Tried disc two and was stymied because I dont have a DVD CD Rom for my computer, I cant access alot of the special stuff because of that. The movie however rocked!
Rating: Summary: Harry Potter's first year comes home! Review: Harry Potter, the source of mass obsession and hysteria, has finally come to video stores. I ordered my copy of the widescreen edition through Amazon and was excited when it arrived in the mail. I hurriedly took it out of the box and sat down to look at all of the DVD options and extras. The Harry Potter DVD is a two disk set with the movie and trailers on one disk and tours of Hogwarts and Diagon Alley as well as other things to explore on disk two. To this point, I haven't explored all of the options the DVD has to offer, but I have taken a small tour through the Gryffindore Commons. The movie itself is of excellent quality, and the widescreen makes it that much more enjoyable since the movie has a lot of motion made for a big screen. I'm slightly confused about the features this DVD has. I was under the assumption that there was bonus footage and what not, but cannot be found on the second disk. This footage is probably in the movie itself if not hidden somewhere in the DVD menu. For those who have a DVD CD-ROM the second disk has many other things to explore, but sadly I do not own a DVD CD-ROM. Others may experience this problem. Overall, Harry Potter has made it to my home and is proudly displayed in my DVD collection. For those interested in adding this to his collection it is worth to spend a little more for the widescreen edition.
Rating: Summary: Special features--ho hum Review: I was disappointed by the special features bonus dvd in this set. The games are overly simple once you can figure out how to navigate by selecting the item covered by sparkles. The tour of Hogwarts seemed distorted, slow and choppy. The seven bonus scenes were mildly interesting, certainly not worth all the effort to get to them. [Hint: Go to classrooms, click on podium supporting the fire. Continue through a few more obstacles, you'll then be taken to hallway with portraits that include the scenes.]I would have also liked to have seen interviews with the cast in addition to the 15 minutes with the directors. The packaging is flimsy. I don't think the cardboard will hold up to the use it will be getting. All that said, I loved the movie almost as much as I love the books.
Rating: Summary: Where's the DVD Magic? Review: The movie is great! I really enjoyed it, in fact, now that I have seen it a couple of times, I love it! I was really excitied for the special features on Disc two. Well, There isn't much to get excitied about. There is only one portion that actually lets you see interviews with the Director and scriptwriter and such. Its only about 15 min and during that time, is when one can see behind the scenes. I was hoping for J.K. Rowling to have something to say, or any of the cast members. There is no commentary, no outakes, and only 10 minutes of deleted scenes. To get to the Deleted scenes on the second disc is fun, at first. We get to see clips of the actual movie, and try to get to the stone. It was fun, for the first fifteen mins. I thought it was a bit much, just again, for only 10 minutes of deleted scenes. I did like the design photos that you can find - not telling where they are though. That was really cool. I am keeping in mind that this is desgined for Children. For a grown up fan, its worth it, but maybe you want to get the one disk version.
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