Hermione is a star, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle are spot on, Harry is OK (probably quite a good portrayal of Harry, who is an OK sort of bloke, but the actor is bad at portraying nervousness or excitement), but Ron is too flat and mournful, Neville is extremely wooden, and Percy is frankly appalling! It`s a bit like driving on a motorway - the plot takes you there at a steady pace and in a fairly safe manner (with a couple of points where it slows down due to congestion) - but where is the joy in that? Sadly most of this is missing in the film (maybe we will see a bit more in the sequels when we visit the Weasleys` home, but I am not too hopeful). Until he is rescued by a beetle eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. by pandering to children, all the dvd offers are 7 incredibly redundantr deleted scenes whcih take A LOT of finding, and a 20 minute featurette which while interesting, is slightly too kiss-assey.

Harry Potter and The Philosopher`s Stone (Widescreen) (UK) Harry Potter and The Philosopher`s Stone (Widescreen) (UK)

Although my equipment isn`t the best in the world, the blacks in Phantom Menace were as black as the bars at the side of the screen, the blacks in this seemed more washed out. Only DD, and no DTS, which is odd as it probably would have fitted on the disc with ease, particularly as there is no commentary at all. As I mentioned earlier, I didn`t get a chance to review the 2nd disk, thus I did not review the extras. but for the older harrypotter fan, and im only 17, WHERE THE HELL IS THE COMMENTARY, THE DECENT MAKING OF DOC, AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Colours are mainly OK, although the greens of the Quidditch pitch are too lurid (unimpressive CGI work for a film made in 2001). For a disk that was pretty well guaranteed to sell in the millions, it is a fairly disappointing product. As an adult, I find the real joy of the books is the satirical description of the `Muggles` world and the Dursleys in particular, and the creation of a whole parallel magical world, with its own Ministry of Magic, school rules and so on. The transfer is extremely sharp and the (widescreen) disk is of course anamorphic, but I`m sorry to say there is something wrong with the gamma/contrast settings used in the mastering/encoding process.

Harry Potter The Complete Collection: 20th Anniversary Harry Potter The Complete Collection: 20th Anniversary

Follow the adventures of Harry Potter as he discovers the magical, the dangerous, the unpredictable world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The extras kept me amused for an hour or so, but why didn`t they put the deleted scences into the main feature? The menu design was quite good, with some nice `family photos` of the Dursleys, but a bit slow to navigate. If you know the story, it is only the visuals that you are left to wonder at, and even the composting is poor. Well, the good news is there are some but there are plenty of awful kids games, and a lot of ROM content, something which doesn`t work on my Interactual Player, although I can get round it the long way.I hate the features on disk 2, which are exceptionally irritating (for adults) - I particularly hated having to get the wand in Ollivanders, where there is no clue as to which one to pick and you get a cheesy explosion effect over and over again each time you get it wrong.

The Quidditch scene is a standout, but the poor effects let down a film that unfortunately has to rely on them. while the film is one of the best family films to come out in a long time, i enjoyed every minute, and it DOES feel too short, the video is a lovely, clean, crisp anamorphic 2. Harry Potter finds out that he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for the first time. The Dursley family are excellent in the film, and the shot of all the identikit estate cars parked in Privet Drive was inspired, but there was just not enough of this building up period, and so the line `You`re a Wizard, Harry` lost most of its impact. When I saw it in the cinema, I thought it was great and gave it 9/10 on IMDb: I was just pleased that for once the people making the `film of the book` hadn`t messed around too much with the plot.Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon`s house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him whose parents have been killed in a `car crash`. The problem is the only extras of note are some talking heads interviews, which are OK, and then some deleted scenes, which take an age to get to by playing some pretty boring set top games.