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When the first installment, The Sorcerer??s Stone was translated to film, it was decidedly not aimed at magic folk. Director Chris Columbus was charged with the onerous responsibility of introducing Rowling’s magical world and weaving in a plot involving the return of the evil Lord Volemort. In cramming in both necessary elements, the film felt like an animated stick figure, a conglomeration of bare bones allusions to the novel’s major dramatic moments that did not satisfactorily flesh out details. The production design, while otherwise superb, nearly crumbled under the weight...
...Sorcerer??s Stone wasn’t satisfactory as an introduction to the Potter world, then the second installment, The Chamber of Secrets is much more accessible and certainly less hurried (after all, it does clock in at a child-resistant two hours and forty minutes). It is also steadily plotted, driven by brilliant action sequences—including a breathtakingly visceral Quidditch match—and many moments of real tenderness. The story finds Harry nearing the end of his summer holidays following his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and living with...
...reality of school work.” Brown concurs, since “it was only the second movie I’ve seen [while at Harvard].” Many workaholics seeking to opt out of the daily grind for a few hours named Harry Potter and the Sorcerer??s Stone as their distraction of choice in recent weeks. Lautz himself “skipped three classes to see the movie, so it was a fabulous break.” Myung! H. Joh ’02, who also saw the movie the day it came...
...understandable, then, that Harry Potter has found quite a following here at Harvard. In the past week, many students have taken a break from their normal study routines to head out and enjoy the new movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer??s Stone. Tim B. Lautz ’02, a Harry Potter enthusiast who saw the movie at 9:30 a.m. on opening day and has since viewed it a second time, opines, “the movie did as good a job adapting the material as possible, although the books cannot be matched. There is just...
...released. As strong as the desire to be able to participate in water cooler Harry Potter talk is, the content of the books is their biggest appeal; it retains readers and leaves them eagerly anticipating the next book. Once you read the first one, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer??s Stone, you are hooked, and as more and more people have found themselves under the spell of the Harry Potter books, their popularity has skyrocketed...