Fantasy Adaptation Just Like The Book

Rating: 9/10 (25 April 2005)

I've read every harry Potter book available and was fascinated with them. The world and characters J.K. Rowling created are marvelous, these are going to be fantasy classics in books. What about the movies?
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is an orphan raised by his hating Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. Soon Harry starts receiving mysterious letters but is not allowed to read them. the Dursley's are utterly terrified. Soon, Harry is confronted by a man standing eight feet tall named Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and is taken away being told he is a famous wizard!
Soon Harry meets Goblins and Witches in Diagon Alley and is enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. harry meets Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermoine (Emma Watson) and befriends them. At school Harry learns to levitate objects, transform objects into animals, and fly a broomstick.
Harry is confronted with a dark past and learns more of his parents and of the infamous, evil wizard Voldermort. Soon only Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the only hope for the wizardry world against Voldermort.
The film is filmed with magical touches: moving and talking painting, a broomstick sport (Quidditch), and a teacher that transforms into a cat. the story is harmless and nothing really is ever mentioned of 'devils' while at school. I remember parents complaining how witchcraft was evil and possessed our children through the evil Harry Potter Stories.
The kids act pretty well, Richard Harris keeps the flow of the movie going as the Headmaster of Hogwarts. The castle is beautifully designed and captured through the filming. Chris Columbus does a great job with this film and won't disappoint the fans of the books with only a few minor flaws being present.
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emmma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, and Alan Rickman.
4 1/2 out of 5 Stars.