Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Pros: Excellent adaptation of the most popular kids' book series

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Come on! Who doesn't like Harry Potter? I was skeptical at first, but then the movie came along! You'll switch with the flick of a wand!

Review: Hey, everyone. Here comes one of the best movies of all time, based on the best-selling book series by J.K. Rowling!

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe, The Tailor of Panama) is an orphan living with his Cinderella-like family:...

Pros: good sound, decent job of retelling the story, visual effects are excellent

Cons: impossible to capture the whole story, scenes go by too quickly

The Bottom Line: Get this movie if you are a fan or like the fantasy genre. For the "real" story, read the book. This movie is just extra compared with the book.

Review: "Harry Potter and the Sorcere's Stone" was a great book. It is almost impossible to retell that story in a movie format, but these people got it. Though there are many missing elements, all the necessary things are there. Minor things like Dudley's...

Pros: The film is funny, interesting and fidelity to the novel.

Cons: Too good to be true.

The Bottom Line: Let's go back to our childhood, and recall those sweet memories!

Review: This filmed version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, adapted from the wildly popular book by J.K. Rowling, stunningly brings to life Harry Potter's world of Hogwarts, the school for young witches and wizards.

The greatest strength...

Pros: Brings the world of Harry Potter to life

Cons: Excludes much of the book

The Bottom Line: This Movie is very well produced. Every one should see it.

Review: The first time that I had heard about the Harry Potter was when I was in sixth grade. My teacher told us that we were going to read a new book that apparently was popular. I was surprised to find out that I liked this book A LOT. The next time my...

Pros: Cast; visuals; whimsical and magical tone; faithfulness to the story

Cons: A bit long; special effects (especially the centaur) can look clunky

The Bottom Line: The first film about the boy who lived...the movie magic starts here.

Review: Let's get this out of the way upfront: I love the Harry Potter books. When you fall in love with literature first, especially literature of the wonderful, witty and ultimately deep kind that J.K. Rowling has given the world in the Harry...

Pros: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure and Fun

Cons: Christian Fundamentalist hysteria from the book burning bible belt!

The Bottom Line: Most Excellent.

Review: I am not going to ?review? the movie, if you want to read a review of the movie stop reading right here and go read another review. I am going to review the Harry Potter hype and hysteria that has swept the nation in the name of ?Christianity? and...

Pros: Pretty good movie, good effects, etc...

Cons: Harry Potter didn't do anything except catch a silly little ball in some silly game.

The Bottom Line: Harry Potter didn't do anything great or valiant or wizard like or even interesting, but his friends sure did.

Review: This movie was alright as most of you already know. Still there was one thing about this movie that seemed a bit odd. Throughout the movie every character was making a big deal about how great a Wizard Harry Potter was suppose to be; however, if you...

Pros: good likeness to book, great special effects, excellent casting.

Cons: some aspects of book missing.

The Bottom Line: I would recommend it to anyone who has read and really enjoyed the books and also anyone who has not read the book should enjoy it.

Review: I am an avid reader of the series of books by J.K. Rowling that people from ages five to 95 has come to love. The first movie in what I hope will be eventually 7 was quite what I expected. I enjoyed the magic and the casting was nearly perfect...

Pros: QUIDDITCH! Great special effects. For people of all ages.

Cons: Missing parts from the book. Accents were annoying.

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this to everyone. It had great special effects, a great storyline, funny characters, and quidditch!

Review: My sister dragged me to see this movie, and I didn't want to at all. I had never read any of the books, and didn't know what she was talking about when she called me a "muggle". Against my will, I saw this movie and ended up loving it. I saw it...

Pros: Wonderful sets and a mostly great cast

Cons: Oh, was there a score? Too hurried. 'Harry' and 'Hermione' are underwhelming.

The Bottom Line: Strains to fit too much in to too short a time but aims high rather than low. Potter fans won't be disappointed.

Review: Forget The Phantom Menace, if you want to talk about having to deal with the weight of expectation, let's talk Harry Potter. After all, while kids may have been excited about a new Star Wars film, it was a second-hand excitement, a hand-me-down from...