A Magical Film!

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2007)

Harry Potter is an average bespectacled 11 year old boy who has lived with the Dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. For some reason the family has always mistreated him. On his 11th birthday a giant man named Rubeus Hagrid hands him a letter telling him that he has been accepted as a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry learns that his parents were wizards and were killed by an evil wizard Voldemort, a truth that was hidden from him all these years. He embarks for his new life as a student, gathering two good friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger along the way. They soon learn that something very valuable is hidden somewhere inside the school and Voldemort is very anxious to lay his hands on it.
This film is a great adaptation of the book, not to mention the other Harry Potter movies. It's filled with magic and takes you in a world where it can only exists in fairy tales but this movie shows you it can be real. I loved the score for the film. It's sounds magical-like.
To be honest, I was never a fan of the Harry Potter books. My cousin gave me book #1 and #4 for Christmas (I don't know about books #2 and #3) and I never read them. Then I bought the first movie with interest and all of a sudden, I'm a huge fan of this series. I loved all the books and the movies!
Daniel Radcliffe plays a great Harry Potter as well with the perfect casting by Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. The whole sets in the film are wonderful. I love the action sequences and the CGI in the film (there aren't many). This movie is not all about the action and CGI and modern technology. It has a great story filled with humor, emotion, and suspense.
This film doesn't feel long. It's a great family film with magical sets, action sequences, story, and comedic scenes. If you are a fan or a non-fan of the book, either way, you will enjoy the film tremendously. It's the Wizard of Oz of our time!