Harry Potter is a fantasy series by author JK Rowling. Her first book, The Philosopher’s Stone, was published on June 26, 1997. The book series was such a huge success that producer David Heyman decided to adapt it into a movie, eventually selling the rights to Warner Bros. The Philosopher’s Stone movie was published on November 16, 2001, and it was a global success as well. It made the Harry Potter franchise grow in popularity. It was an excellent movie, and the directors did a bang-up job. Though this film adaptation was successful, along with similarities to the book, there were also quite a few differences. In this blog post, I will be discussing the characters, acting/casting, scenery/setting, and plots/scenes.

Characters

I read the first book of the Harry Potter series three or four summers ago, and I was one of the readers who were completely obsessed with the film. One of the things that brought the movie adaptation to life was the characters, though some of them had differences there was one character who was perfectly presented from his appearance to his personality traits. Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts is considered as kind, calm, and gentle in the first book and that’s how he was presented in the movie. Dumbledore also

Dumbledore has a a long white bread, wears long robes and wears a pointy hat. He also is described as 

There were characters from the book that were cut out of the movie, like Peeves the poltergeist and Charlie Weasley, who had a big impact on the movie. 

Acting/casting 

A good film adaptation requires great casting for characters and good acting. The casting directors did a very good job with the casting of this film. There were so many actors/actresses who were perfect for their roles in this film, but the one person who I believe was perfect in so many ways for her role is Emma Watson, who plays the role of Hermione Granger. Hermione is considered to be very intelligent, loyal, brave, bossy, feisty, a know-it-all, etc. Emma captured Hermione’s personality traits so well, especially the know it all and bossy part. Hermonie was known to be a big know it all and bossy which made her really annoying to others at times. Emma was 10 years when they were filming the Philosopher’s Stone, and might I say she did such an excellent job. She was an amazing actress at a young age and just brought Hermonie to life which 

Plots/scenes:

The scenes in this film were somewhat similar to the film and there are some that were completely cut off due to time and budget. I can understand that because not everything could be added to a 2 hour movie. But the issue is them taking out the important scenes and plot points that’s in the book from the movie. Important scenes that I believe should have been in the movie are, Harry’s prophetic dream, Neville Longbottoms tragic family backstory, the potion’s challenge to get the philosopher’s stone, Harry staying with the dursley’s for the remainder of the summer and leaving a month early for Hogwarts with Hagrid. 

Scenery/settings  

Another thing I want to discuss, is the scenery and settings. In the Harry Potter 

Conclusion