Setting the tone

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2016)

Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone, this was the movie that started the whole rage about harry potter. Now don;t get me wrong the books did all the work but the movie enhanced the series even more. In this first Harry Potter there was a lot more of on location sites shot than the rest of the Harry Potter films. As you can see whenever they are out on the courtyard, or when they are first learning how to fly. I think this adds a certain aspect to the movie where it still kinda humanizes it and since it is being shot on something that is real it makes us think that it is real. Versus it being shot in a studio with a lot of graphic events. The only reason I gave this movie a 10 out of 10 is probably because it is my favorite movie ever. The other Harry Potter movies are good but this one sets the tone for the rest of them all. Harry is such a universal character that the movie makes us feel apart of him. Not that we are all wizards or know what it is like to sleep under a staircase but it's his internal qualities that make people fall in love with him. Plus a whole lot of this movie is also a lot of exploration of the whole wizarding world that we get to see through Harry's eyes and experience it for the first time with him. So we can connect with him. This movie is a must see, no matter what.