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Summary: Coooooooooooool Movie
Review: this movie is great for everyone all over the world!this movie is especially great for BIG harry potter fans like me! this movie is the first out of 7 movies. the movie is so much alike the book. it's the beginning of harry's wizard training. the actors are great! very much alike the characters of the book. the movie starts with the beating of lord voldemort. he the lives with his aunt and uncle. then he finds out he's a wizard from Hagrid. he then begins his training sorted into gryfindor. he then finds himself face-to-face to lord voldemort is a great movie and we should all see it
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Summary: Okay
Review: I never read the book but as a movie there are promblems with its translation to screen. While the story is basically good the exposition takes a really long time. By the time you get to the main conflict it feels somewhat thrown in and resolved quickly. Unfortunately the movie was marketed to fans of the book who are mostly too young to sit through a movie longer than 2 hours. Harry Potter probably needed about 3 hours or a more efficiant filmaker. It seems like they wanted to include everything from the books opening but ran out of alotted time or money when the conflict arose.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: Sure, the movie is missing some things, but if they put everything in it would be a 4 hour movie! It was well worth the wait and I am so excited to have it on DVD. It is a family movie and you can understand it if you have or have not read the books. It is clearly one of the best movies of it's time!
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Summary: Complementary Book and Movie
Review: I'll admit it, I'm 24 and I really liked this movie. The best way to describe The Sorcerer's Stone is that it's Lord of the Rings, for kids. It holds the excitement, the adventure, the magic, and the drama expected of it by its target audience; and you have to expect that if you're and older viewer. However, it's not ridiculously simplistic to the point of annoying and alienating an older viewers. Also, rather than completely copying the first book, it complements it wonderfully, IMHO. Where the book gives one viewpoint, the movie occasionally takes a different slant or viewpoint, and together they (the book and movie) blend into a better understanding of an event.My brother who is an avid fan of the books told me flat-out that there was no way he was going to see the movie when it came out. He didn't want to see what other people created; he wanted to keep his version Harry Potter's universe tucked away in his own imagination. That and he wanted to avoid the hype particularly if the movie was a bomb. In the meantime, the movie opened and several friends told me that I absolutely had to see it. Hmm, I figure if a bunch of 20-30 something year old RPGers are wild about a movie directed at the preteen crowd, I may as well try it. After days of cajoling, I finally talked my brother into watching it with me. Occasionally, during the movie he'd comment. "I didn't think of it that way...WOW!" At the end, his only comments were "We're buying this when it comes out. Don't they usually add deleted scenes on the DVDs? That'll rock! When does the next one hit theatres?" I had to chuckle. I had never read any of the books before the movie, but was inspired to borrow my brother's copies for a weekend. That is when I noticed how well the movie and book complement each other. If you want to buy something for a kid or a kid at heart, I would have to suggest buying the first book and the movie and presenting them as a gift set. I enjoyed them individually. Together, I loved them.
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Summary: Superior FAMILY Movie
Review: I am a 41 year mother of a 9 year old son and we both loved this movie!!! I can personally say that I can hardly wait for the DVD to come out. We saw it at the movies "3" times!!! Yes, it is that good!!! I read the book along with my son and I can honestly say this, the movie was EXACTLY like the book. The actors all did a fantastic job! I wish that I could say who was the best but they really were all that good. I was surprised that it didn't get any Oscar nominations. It is definitely a warm hearted movie with supsense and drama mixed in. Buy the movie, get some popcorn, your family and friends and enjoy a great family evening together.
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Summary: Best movie
Review: I think it's cool. I think Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone plus all the books are the best books I have ever read. I think the movie should have two quiddich matches against Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw-one match is just boring-Don't you think?
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Summary: New or old?
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: An amazing book! Most of the country, and a large percent of the world has read it. Perhaps thats what took away from the movie, that I knew what was around every corner. Oh, its not that the actual movie is bad, its just that so many people are familiar with the story already that it doesn't really have the same affect as if you had never heard the plot before. Using actual places, and incredible graphics to illistrate the story in a realistic way doesn't even begin to compare to our imagination. If you haven't already seen it i suggest that you rent it first, because by the second time you see it there is no surprise.
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Summary: Harry Potter Rules!!!
Review: I love this movie. The special effects are great. It's even better because all the actors are really British. I've love the way the directer stays true to the books. That is a plus for sure.
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Summary: I recommend this title
Review: I've read all four books of Harry Potter and can't wait for the next. And of course I'd like to see the movie. The movie is excellent, but I feel a little bit frustrated because so many things has been cut out from the original story. The thrill of the books because of the way the writer expressing exaggeratingly on what happen to the character, that's what make it so fun to read. And the character, besides Harry, Hermione and Ron is nice too, especially Fred & George and of course in the other books, Oliver Wood. However, I still like the movie and keep recommending to each of my family member to watch it. Mind you, I'm 31 years old actually, but I like to watch it so that I can share the fun with my kids and nieces and nephews.
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Summary: Realize
Review: First off, I am a thirty year old male with three children. When this movie was first released I had no idea who Harry Potter was, but my kids were very excited. When I took them to see it I was totally impressed, so much so I went out and bought all four books to read for myself. Now second, all this negative feedback about the movie compared to the book has got to stop. You have to realize that the film makers have to take a four hundred page book and reduce it into a two hour movie. They do not have the time to go into all the detail of the characters background. When was the last time any of you have seen a movie, based on a book, be 100% right on. Let me answer this. NEVER. Thank You.
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