Harry Potter The Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2013)

Harry Potter and the philosopher's/sorcerer's Stone is the first of 8 movies, and in my opinion it is the authentic one and properly also the best though the story in places differ from what is in the book it still captures all the aspects of the story in just the right way, or at least in a way that I at the time great Harry Potter fan could accept. I have more than one friend who didn't read the book but instead saw the film, and often that is the way to do it because the movie will never live up to the expectation you have from the book. Harry Potter and the philosopher's/sorcerer's Stone is not one of these movies if someone came up to me and asked should I read the book before seeing the movie so I don't miss things, or should I see the movie and afterwords read the book, or can I just see the film and understand everything that happens. I would tell them that for this book/movie you can do what you want the film is so good that you will miss almost nothing from the book and will be totally ready for the next film/book (although a few characters like Ginny Weasley didn't get a prober introduction in the first movie). I think overall the cast was great and really capture the people. I in particular loved Dumbledore that was the spitting image of Dumbledore as I saw him with a perfect mix of calm and commanding demeanor. There are a few things fans of the harry potter book might have wished they had put in there, but all in all this is a great introduction to the Harry Potter universe. It is not a perfect move and I will there for not give it ten but it is close to perfect representation of the source material and for that I give it a 9/10.