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May 17, 2024, 06:42:47 AM  | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Stars:
Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall
Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid
Saunders Triplets as Baby Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Plot:
Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two wizards and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he learns the high-flying sport Quidditch and plays a thrilling "live" chess game en route to facing a Dark Wizard bent on destroying him.
Awards:
Won:
| American Film Institute Awards (2001) | Digital Effects Artist of the Year - Movies (Robery Legato, Nick Davis, Roger Guyett) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Costumes (Judianna Makovsky) |
| Academy Award (2001) | Best Art Direction (Stuart Craig (Art Direction), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)) | |
| Academy Award (2001) | Best Costume Design (Judianna Makovsky) | |
| Academy Award (2001) | Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) | |
| AFI (2001) | 100 Years... 25 Scores (2005) (John Williams) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | Achievement In Special Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Jim Berney) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | Actor In A Supporting Role (Robbie Coltrane) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | Costume Design (Judianna Makovsky) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | ||
| BAFTA (2001) | Production Design (Stuart Craig) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | Sound (John Midgley, Eddy Joseph, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Adam Daniel) | |
| BAFTA (2001) | The Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year (David Heyman, Chris Columbus) | |
| Golden Trailer Awards (2002) | Best Animation/Family | |
| Hugo Award (2002) | Dramatic Presentation | |
| MTV Movie Awards (2002) | Best Male Breakthrough Performance (Daniel Radcliffe) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Director (Chris Columbus) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Fantasy Film | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Makeup (Nick Dudman, Mark Coulier, John Lambert) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Daniel Radcliffe) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Emma Watson) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Special Effects (Robert Legato, Nick Davis, Roger Guyett, John Richardson) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Supporting Actor (Robbie Coltrane) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Supporting Actress (Maggie Smith) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2002) | Film - Choice Movie, Drama/Action Adventure |
Extras:
- Scene Access
- Trailers
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes
- Around the World: Multilanguage Clip
My Thoughts:
This is the only Harry Potter movie that I have seen before. I have even seen it at the cinema. But I haven't seen yet any of the others and I also haven't read the books. I never had the urge to. When the complete movie series was on a Black Friday deal, I just thought it is time that I check these movies out.I enjoyed the beginning of this movie, but once Harry got to Hogwarts, it just became kind of boring and without suspense. It has the feel to just going along to have story points from a book covered without any real feeling to it. This is why I never bothered with the rest. I hope it gets better.
Rating:
(From Tom's Harry Potter Movie Marathon on December 1st, 2012)
Member's Reviews
Faces of Death, a review by Jimmy
Title : Faces of Death (1978)
Overview
Possibly one of the most talked about video series of all time, Faces Of Death examines the many guises of death in extreme close-up. Sure to shock, horrify and even repulse, these brutal films are not meant for the faint of heart. The classic series is the one true original Faces Of Death. Accept no substitute!
My Impression
The first one of this genre that I've seen in my life and my mother beat me (not too hard) for one of the first and only time in my life because I've let my younger sister watched it with me. I can understand why my mother was really angry since my sister was only 6 years old and had made nightmares for week after that experience. The first time I've seen it I was impress and shock, but since them I've realized that much of it is fake. Except for some autopsy footage and the animal scene everything is fake or modify. So the more know moments (the electric chair, the monkey restaurant, the aligator attack and the bear attack) are fabricated and really obvious if we take the time too think : multiple angle, camera place at impossible place if hidden (by exemple a camera under the table in the monkey scene. Don't forget the camera were big 30 years ago), peoples who didn't speak naturally, many continuity errors...
Sure there are a lot of real footage that can be not for anyone : a pitbull fight, a normal day at a slaughterhouse, autopsy procedures, seals clubbing, ...
Rating :
(From Shockumentary/Mondo Week Marathon on February 2nd, 2009)
Member's TV Reviews
Sliders Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd
Season 4: Disc 5
19. MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
Quinn's body is not his own when the Sliders arrive in a world where his is expected to act as an organ donor for his injured double.
My Thoughts:
This is a very good episode. In this episode Malcolm Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) gust stars as a clone... where in this world they create clones to harvest for people when transplants are needed.
My Rating:
20. THE CHASM
The serene town of Middletown hides a deadly secret of human sacrifice that threatens to claim Rembrandt and Maggie.
My Thoughts:
Another episode I enjoyed quite a bit. Though I must admit that the ending... what the chasm leads to was a little bit of a let down. But over all... was worth the watch.
My Rating:
21. ROADS TAKEN
An unusual slide forces Quinn and Maggie to prematurely age, and it's up to Rembrandt to find a cure before they are destroyed by life in a "bubble universe."
My Thoughts:
This is a good episode... but not one of my favorites. they try something a little new in this episode... by having their slide (well Quinn and Maggie's stress while in the slide) creating a world.
My Rating:
22. REVELATIONS
An aging sci-fi writer helps Quinn and Colin reunite with their birth parents, but the warm family reunion is not what it seems.
My Thoughts:
I really enjoyed this season finale. Quinn and Colin think they are finally home. I did have one problem with this episode. Every time before when they opened the vortex it was stationary. But this time they open it while being on the top of a moving train... and instead of the vortex staying still and them moving away from it... the vortex followed behind the train to let them jump in. I know... it is a sci-fi show and anything is possible... but it just wasn't being true to all the episodes before it.
My Rating:
(From Sliders Marathon on December 18th, 2009)