The Best Film of the Year

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2001)

Why this movie is so great...
1) It's perfectly cast. Daniel Radcliffe IS Harry Potter. Rupert Grint & Emma Watson are both excellent as Harry's loyal sidekicks, Ron & Hermione. Richard Harris is perfect as Dumbledore (exactly as I pictured him). Maggie Smith is great as the strict Professor MacGonagall. Alan Rickman is amazing as Snape, he doesn't have many lines but he delivers all of them SO well. Ian Hart is fantastic as Quirrell (he makes that stutter sound very believable). Robbie Coltrane is absolutely perfect as Hagrid. But...I don't think the Dursleys were quite evil enough, although they were very good, though.
2) It's VERY faithful to the book. They only left out a few very minor details that weren't worth putting in anyways.
3) Fast-paced. Everything goes by quickly, but that's good, because the movie is still 2 and a half hours long, and again, they didn't leave anything major out.
4) QUIDDITCH. This is absolutely the BEST action-sequence EVER caught on film. IT'S SIMPLY AMAZING! EXACTLY how I pictured it!
5) GREAT visual effects! The magic, trolls, Voldemorte, transformations, bla, bla, bla...It's all SO perfect!
Bottom Line: The Best Movie of the Year, possibly decade!