Sorcerer's Stone

I was surprised, to say the least.
After reading the books, the movie was better than I expected it to be. Usually directors take free carte blanche with Book-to-Film movies and add or take at their leisure.

Chris Columbus was able to pull off a superbe film with all the wonderful quips and quotes of the books in only 152 minutes.

I loved how there was even room for the small things. Like: Hagrid's "I shouldn't have told you that." and Harry Potter & friends interaction.

True there were some things missing: Peeves the Poltergeist (to tell the truth I didn't notice he was not there until after watching the second HP movie) and Norbert the dragon's adventure.

Someone knew what they were doing when they choose the cast though. Harry, Ron, and the others were good picks.

I just wish they had gotten someone a little more like the Dumbledore from the books to play himself.

The graphics were okay for 2001 and the quiditch match was exciting. (which is more than I can say for the second film's one)

Thanks for reading this, and I hope to get in a review for the second film next!
--WyrmSlayer

8/10