Kind of nice, but...

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2001)

... I really don't understand what all the fuss is about.
Well, I have to confess: I have never ever read a book of the Harry Potter series. So this movie was my first contact with the phenomenon Potter.
And though the movie was aptly made and mostly painless to watch, it certainly did not give me an idea of how a story so full of stereotypes and borrowed ideas from traditional fantasy stories could ever develop into such a mass hysteria media spectacle.
Yes, it might be a nice story for children. That's okay. But what do all the adults find in this story??? The characters are so unendurably good and evil that I could not find the key to the "magic" behind it.

So well, this is as far as Harry Potter will ever go for me. Certainly did not get interested into reading one of those books. Certainly won't buy ANY of the terrible merchandize available EVERYWHERE. But probably will watch the second movie too, if only to do my girlfriend a favor...