The birth of a Generation

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2007)

Every so often a tale comes along, that not only rips the audience from reality but bewitches the imagination and keeps us crawling back for more. A phenomenon that could be no other than the "Harry Potter" series filled to the brim with entrancing worlds and amiable characters. Rarely among the majority of most films does the story unfold so beautifully onto the big screen. Rowling is a master of making believe-able characters in a make-believe environment and so is the movie's director; Chris Columbus as far the casting goes. Daniel Radcliffe, as the great Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Harry's loyal friend, Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, Hermione Granger. Each plays an uncanny duplicate of the books persona making the film almost parallel from imagination to film. Rowling's story of mystics and magic takes the viewer and shakes them out of the mundane comatose of everyday life. As she, leads the audience to an escape (lasting shyly over two hours) to a fantastic visual world that delights those of all ages. I highly recommend this movie to any "Harry Potter" fan. Even if you aren't a fan one watch and you will be two.