Trying to bring to life a good story.

Rating: Null/10 (17 November 2001)

Dear all, I have read the book and I thought it was a good read. So I went to see the (extremely advertised) film. What a failure! Trying to stick to the book as much as possible, Columbus managed to give a fragmented story that will make sence, only because most of the audience have read the book already and will be able to fill the (many) gaps of the story. Trying to keep up with the book so much, the director failed to give "the magic" of the book, and strangely enough did some unbelievable mistakes: one of the most important aspects of the book is that only Harry and Dumbledore can call Voldemort by his name. What did the director do about that? Scene No 1: Hagrid explains to Harry that some wizards go bad, and on that scene he has trouble saying the name, but not in the next, when he tells Harry the story and mentions Voldemort by his name!!! The same is true for Hermione later. As for the acting part, I believe it was overdone by most of the cast. My opinion: three out of ten.