The Philosopher's Stone was a Phenomenal Success

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2002)

I was engaged by the books, intrigued by the advanced ideas that they presented to youngsters and impressed that so many of today's "politically correct" parents would allow their children the chance to read something that provided them with a much more 'real world' approach to life than many fantasies. Indeed that seems to be the whole draw of the series (like any of the best, Narnia, Middle Earth or The Princess Bride) they don't shy away from the plausible.
And it was amazing to see it transferred to the screen with so much intact. That took fortitude. And to do so without losing any of its young viewers (at least in the showing I saw) was just as amazing a feat.
I am impressed.
But if someone doesn't explain to me what a "Sorcerer's Stone" is, then I'm really lost. I know a Philosopher's Stone changed base metals (like Lead) into Gold, but the Sorcerer's Stone is a complete mystery.
Lets hope we don't get too jaded, or the performers get too old, or the wait get too tiresome, before the next one comes out. Because I want to see it NOW.
(To be sure I almost sat through another screening without a bathroom break.)