Not my cup of tea, but still pretty good (NO BOOK COMPARISON)

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2018)

Now I can't compare this to the books and I don't plan to. I feel as if comparing an IP to a book, which is a lot longer and can go into far deeper detail is unfair and I feel as if it's only fair to review it as itself
With that said, the film has a lot of redeeming qualities. The set design is beautiful, costume design great and it explains how the world in which it takes place in works. The visual effects don't really hold up compared to modern standards, but are still done very well for it's time. The story itself is just purely alright and the acting from the children and adults are good. But the dialogue could use some work. Now, The ending is the largest reason why I can't give this film an 8. As they venture to get the sorcerers stone, they use their skills and knowlage that they learned along the way to make their way through. Hermonies used her knowlage of creatures to get them out of the Devil's Snare plant, Harry, as the seeker of the Griffindor team, grabs the key to unlock the door to the next room, and Weasley using his knowlage of Chess to beat the chess board and get Harry into the room with the stone. Harry gets into the room and Quirrel is the person trying to get the stone with Voldemort living inside of him as a sort of parasite. And as Quirrel attacks him, what is the thing that saves Harry? The spells he learned to help defend him against the dark arts? Nope, love, the worst and laziest excuse for a power that will stop the enemy. An interesting battle could have happened, but for me the climax was just lazy and boring. And then in the end when they award the house cup, Dumbledore got Slytherin all hyped to win but then he awards points at the last minute, I thought that was really weird. A pretty solid movie with a very meh ending