The book is okay, the movie however...

Rating: 1/10 (13 March 2002)

While I am extremely bothered by the mass hysteria surrounding the Harry Potter franchise I will comment only on the film and book. When reading the book I found it to be highly enjoyable, above average children's literature. The film however,is below average filth that is making more money than it should and therefore telling Hollywood it's okay to put out an inferior product like this. The great adult actors couldn't even save this movie from bad directing. Suffice it to say that after I awoke for the second time during the movie (having fallen asleep twice) I realized that if I had not previously read the novel I wouldn't have the slightest idea as to why things were happening the way they were. In the end Chris Columbus takes a slightly above average book and makes a movie that, if called mediocre, would be receiving excessive praise.