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Harry Potter Film Review: 'The Philosopher's Stone'

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8. (2001) The Philosopher’s Stone 2001 This Harry Potter film was directed by Chris Columbus and it got the rating of 80% from Rotten Tomatoes. However, compared to the rest of Harry Potter films, this one was neither refined nor impressive. Still, The Philosopher’s Stone deserves an enormous acknowledgement for planning up this series of film fantastically. This film plotted a very good start for the upcoming Harry Potter films. Chris Columbus who was the director of the film made a very good choice in choosing the cast. He had also done an incredible job of setting the world of wizards from Rowling’s book into film.
7. (2009) Half Blood Prince The film series of Harry Potter got an 84% from Rotten Tomatoes and was directed by David Yates. This movie was J.K Rowling’s favorite and it has a lot of incredible scenes but, it also had its weaknesses. First, the movie does not have its so-called ending. Then, there were episodes in the movie where it was different from the book like the teasing romance of Ginny and Harry, which in the film it appeared to be somewhat like forced and rushed. This is just one of the flaws of the movie but it does not mean that the movie is not good or annoying. …show more content…

(2002) The Chamber of Secrets The film was also directed by Chris Columbus which got a rating of 83% from Rotten Tomatoes. This 161 minute film was the longest movie of Harry Potter series. Just like any other magic movies where the good always win over bad and does have happy endings. As the first film of Harry Potter series, The Chamber of Secrets followed this tone or flow of movie which brought minor dissatisfaction to some of its audiences in view of the movie’s

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