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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone When
Director Chris Columbus set out to bring the magical first book of the Harry Potter series
to the big screen, he had to depict a magical journey and adventure that even a name like
his would have difficulty living up to. But could a man with the same name as a famous
discoverer unearth the perfect solution to creating images exactly as every individual
reader of the series envisioned? With over 110 million potential critics, Columbus conjures up an almost exact
representation of the novel Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone in his movie of the same title. Complete with spellbinding
special effects, the novel's quidditch match jumps off the screen with its paradoxical real life
image. Yet true Potter aficionados will undoubtedly notice a few scene deletions. One of my
personal favorite minor scenes—when Harry is being fitted for a robe and encounters a
self-centered boy who echoes Draco Malfroy’s evil social superiority—was
deleted, as was a scene in which Hermione Granger proves that she combines cleverness and
loyalty to pass the potions test on the final quest for the stone. With such deletions,
the movie falls short on reinforcing the themes of the magical realm's social equality and
the importance of a balanced combination of knowledge and common sense that are present in
J.K Rowling's novel. Yet the movie
is delightful, and the pure orchestra soundtrack stirs in the soul a wonderfully eerie
lack of reality. My English teacher would be proud as I state that, yes, the novel is much
better in its development of Harry's interior monologue, yet Rowling and true Potter fans
alike will be proud at the almost direct setting and character representations. Overall, the
movie is beautifully filmed with an all-British cast in an attempt to relate more closely
to the novel. The children characters—know-it-all Hermione Granger and charming Ron
Weasley cloaked in hand-me-downs—are portrayed with striking accuracy. Additionally,
the movie magically combines the wonder of Hogwarts with real-world humor, as loveable
Hagrid's character (Robbie Coltrane) acts as comic relief with this repeated coy line:
"I shouldn't have told you that." Definitely
for all ages, the movie’s acting, special effects, and loveable lessons are pure
magic.
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