I think the first movie captures the best how it felt like reading the books as a child, there's this magical atmosphere and the music goes really well together with the story
Not just as a child. I read them as an adult and I feel the excitement and wonder if the first time they walk into the great hall and of Diagon Alley. (I’m 70 and still waiting for my Hogwarts letter.)
Welcome to the world of Harry Potter! I hope you enjoy the journey. That being said, it does crack me up when first time viewers say "It's a kids' movie, nothing too bad is going to happen" 😂
@@davebrown9707 I don't think it was in the books. Skele-gro was invented by a different ancestor of Harry Potter. It was in one of the articles on Pottermore (now Wizarding World, I think?) Jk Rowling wrote probably a whole other books worth of lore for that website! You should read some of it if you're interested.. she went into SO MUCH extra stuff, like family histories for other characters, looking more into the lives of the teachers, etc.
@@LadyBeyondTheWall people keep telling me facts that are nowhere in the books. And they keep trying to make the characters gay and shit where it makes zero sense like Sirius and lupin like lupin wasnt married to tonks and Sirius didnt have pictures of girls in bikinis on his bedroom wall lol
I believe the production values were so great in the Harry Potter franchise because JK Rowling kept contractual control on how it was filmed. Not that she made EVERY decision, but that a lot had to be run past her for approval. JK Rowling took 17 years to write most of the Harry Potter book series. This was NOT a 'write one book, market test it, if it does well then write the next sequel' type of thing; Rowling wrote out more than half of the series, with each book acting more like chapters in a saga than separate books. She researched, wrote, edited, re-edited, and went back and forth to work out when and where and how to introduce plot devices and essential clues. She had more than half written and the remainder already diagramed before she took it to a publisher. She also took care to have each book's publishing spaced a year apart and maintained control over her intellectual product. Rowling had approval over scriptwriting, set design, costuming to an extent, and even had input over casting. I'm sure she would not have let filming go forward without a proper budget to do the story properly. When there were issues, the producers and directors went to Rowling to problem-solve and to prioritize, letting some things go (like Harry's green eyes when Radcliffe had a bad reaction to contact lenses) that were of lesser importance to the story. Part of the genius of Rowling's writing was the increase in reading level and maturity of the material with each successive book. Basically, the books kept pace with the target audience, who would be a year older with each publication. As a result, the stories get darker and more mature as time went on. As the readership entered adolescence, each year reflected their experiences and concerns. And the genius of the films is that the films did the same thing, becoming darker and more mature. You may be watching a 'kids movie' right now, but the final film is more danger-filled. Yes, this film is a great introduction to the Wizarding World, which continues to expand with each film. The world-building is exceptional. There's actually quite a bit of historical research that went into Rowling's work; it's not all 'imagination', as it's actually very logically based on real facts. The majority of things mentioned in the film derive from historical documents. Sure, 'magic' isn't 'real', but there were times when educated minds were taught that magic WAS real. The main imaginative step from history to fantasy is positing that magic functions according to specialized physics. There is a very rich background that this story springs from. Rowling wrote the novels that other scriptwriters adapted to the Harry Potter franchise. For the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise, Rowling wrote the script (Redmayne has said she does an incredible job in scene and motivation description). She has since written the stage pay for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", which played London's West End and New York's Broadway. Currently, "Cursed Child" is being filmed for release in 2025. Only the initial Harry Potter saga has been published in book form.
The Sorting Hat was voiced by Leslie Phillips, OBE. He had a wide-ranging career in film and television. He is perhaps best-known for the long-running BBC radio comedy series 'The Navy Lark', in which he played silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, as well as many other 'guest' roles. (Several 'Navy Lark' episodes can be found on TH-cam.) He died in 2022 at the age of 98.
Ron has to stay on the knight. Hermoine and Harry took empty spaces on the board, but Ron did not. Just like Hermoine could not move before the game was over neither could Ron.
I read somewhere (and I don’t know if it’s true) that they put Ron on the statue because this scene was filmed later than the others and Rupert had a growth spurt between filming. That made him noticeably taller than Daniel and Emma when he was standing with them. True or not-I don’t know.
The last time I visited Scotland, I was able to ride the train. The train is actually called The Jacobite. It leaves from Ft. William and goes to Mallaig and, along the way, it stops off at the little station that the movie uses. Such an awesome experience. I was also able to visit the castle used for Hogwart's out door scenes, like the flying lesson. It is located in Northumberia.
Wow, I just happened upon your channel today, for the first time and you just watched the first HP movie! Good for you! Ha, this was an excellent movie reaction! What a plot twist at the end! This movie had successfully convinced you that Snape was the bad guy in this movie, when all along it was Professor Quirrell, it also made you think there would be a Harry and Hermione thing later on, ha! I can say this much there are a lot of plot twists in this series, not everything appears as it seems in these movies. Remember that Snape was saving Harry Potter at the quidditch match. Looking forward to more! Peace. ☮
You’ll be waiting a few movies to see that bridge. Edited to add: Many of the scenes are set in real places- some at Oxford, a castle for the broomstick class, etc. It’s good to see that you appreciate the movie and story for what it is and was meant to be. I look forward to your reactions to the rest of the movies. As you probably know, the books get longer and darker as the students age. The movies don’t get much longer, other than the final one, which was split into two movies. Enjoy!
Welcome to The Wizarding World rabbit hole that is Harry Potter. The best thing about the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, to me is that the chambers following the third-floor corridor containing Fluffy each play to the strengths of Harry, Ron and Hermione. The Devil's Snare chamber caters to Hermione's knowledge of spells. The room with the winged keys caters to Harry's skill with quidditch. And the chess room caters to Ron's knowledge of how to play chess. Side notes: The Sorting Hat chooses new students' houses based on their corresponding personality traits: Gryffindor-Bravery, helping others, and chivalry. Hufflepuff-Hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Ravenclaw-Intelligence, knowledge, and wit. Slytherin-Ambition, cunning and resourcefulness. Erised (The Mirror of Erised) is the word desire spelled backward. Hedwig is a snowy owl. They have ruffled wing feathers to silence their flight so prey animals don't hear them coming. They also have natural camouflage due to their coloration, and they're the only birds who don't have bare feet due to their habitats, like the Arctic Tundra. At the time of the deaths of Lily and James Potter at the hands of Voldemort, Harry was only 15 months old.
This is not a spoiler. I'm from the UK originally. I had all boys and read the them all the books and watched the films. For just general information, Hogwarts is actually Althorp Castle. And the train line does run the same route. You can visit there however the train schedule can be a bit dodgy in winter as the castle is in Scotland. Welcome home guys, you belong..
@@grahamgresty8383 Thank you for correcting my spelling. In my defense my phone is possessed, sometimes it says things I do not type... Perhaps I am missing something... I'm almost 71 so some facets of technology are,... difficult.
The movies get darker and better as they go. Each book/movie covers one school year. Movies 7 & 8 split book 7. It took 10 years to film the 8 movies so the actors play close to their real ages. Also by the later movies, it is quit obvious the kids did not waste their time spending literally half their lives working and learning from some of the UK's greatest actors. You can look forward to some intense performances.
@@hilarytoffler5636 if you are commenting on some TH-cam reaction channel, I think you're doing OK with the tech. My mom is 80 and really struggles with her smartphone. I am 50 and my younger colleagues could run rings around me when it comes to newer apps. It's weird having grown up in a world without the Internet and now having to navigate it for almost everything. I miss the 80's and 90's. Heck, even the early 00's.
@@020redbandita WOW, thank you, however my Mum 93, is the computer/phone mobile tech. for her senior condo association. At 86 she went to University for the first time and started taking computer classes. She's my hero and I hope I am half the amazing woman she is.
The reason most muggles don't see magic happening around them is sometimes attributed to protective spells having been places on objects or places so that regular none magical folks can't see or notice them. For example, Hogwarts is a massive castle located in the highlands of Scotland. But when muggles come across it they only see old ancient empty castle ruins. If muggles find themselves getting too close to it then suddenly the muggles will start to think they have someplace important they have to go to that they previously forgotten about. In rare other cases when a muggle happens to witness magic by mistake, the local wizarding government called The Ministry of Magic will come and magically erase that particular memory from the muggle's mind. Certain cases are allowed only to a certain extent, like in the case of a wizard or witch having been born from a muggle family or is being raised by a muggle family like Harry and the Dursleys for example. But even then the wizarding child is not allowed to perform magic even in front of their muggle family even though their muggle family members know about their relative being born a witch or wizard and that they attend Hogwarts. The Wizarding communities consider it vital that their existence remain a secret for their protection incase for example muggles decide to bring back the witch trials and start burning wizards at the stake again among many other reasons as well. 🏰🪄
Welcome to the incrediblely wonderful rabbit hole of a ride called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Enjoy it well. 😊 This is the song that the Sorting Hat sings in the book version of Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone before he sorted the first year's students into their houses; "Oh you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find A smarter hat than me. You can keep your bowlers black, Your top hats sleek and tall, For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a Thinking Cap!" 🧙♂️🧙♀️🪄✨⚡🖤 BTW, I was sorted into Gryffindor and my brother was sorted into Slytherin in the Pottermore (now called Wizarding World) official website. The website was created by the Sony company and the author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling. I had to take a fun and special personality test to find out what house I am in. Go go Gryffindor! ❤💛❤🦁🏰🪄👍
There are no best or worst Hogwarts houses. Every house has good trait qualities. If a student is good or bad, it is because of the choices they personally made in life. Not because of the house they are in. They never explained it in any of the movies, but Harry did meet several good Slytherins while also meeting several bad people from the other houses as well. So it makes no difference what house you are sorted into. It is the choices that we make in life that determines who we are. 🏰😉👍
If you mean good ex-Slytherins (as in grown-ups who used to be in that house), I'd agree. I don't remember any "good" Sly students during Harry's time that we meet, though (even in the books). I think there is an interesting point regarding the bad wizards from Slytherin and the other houses: It seems like people with Slytherin-traits would be most tempted to be Death Eaters, while those of other houses more tempted towards other "bad" paths of life. So while probably each house produces some morally bad wizards, those of Slytherin stand out (at least during the time of these books / movies) by joining together into a group around Voldy. Which on one hand enables them to live out their "badness" to a greater level than others and also makes them more visible to society in general, thus they (and by extension their house) are generally viewed as the big bad.
I feel like maybe I must have bad taste in film because I loved that 2016 Tarzan movie. I think a lot of people went in thinking it was going to be the same old story about Tarzan when it was a story about after the main story when Tarzan becomes "Civilized" and then returns to the jungle. I thought it was a great addition to the Tarzan stories.
Hang in there! Way back when the books first came out, I warned my sons and daughter-in-laws not to have their kids read the books until my grands were at least 11 years old. They didn’t listen.
There's a movie called something like Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, which is 100% CGI, just actors in a green room and everything is added later. It'd be interesting to see you react to that.
Chris Columbus's daughter is in this film and moreso in the next. See if you can spot her! Also magic folk are more robust than muggles, that's why things are rougher: magic can inflict serious damage! It is possible to loose a Quiditch match by catching the snitch if the other side has more than 150 points ahead of your score. This happens in the 4th book although it is not shown in the film.
The films get darker as they progress, the first one or two are quite “cute”. The quidditch stuff and some other bits of Hogwarts were filmed at Alnwick castle in Northumberland, I live there, and many of the extra students were taken from our local schools. It was over 20years ago though!
Must be an age thing... I've only seen this movie once, like 20 yrs ago. It became a phenomenon I couldn't have anticipated. More movies kept coming and I missed the boat lol Curious to see what you think. I do know that this series is pretty precious, so I hope the fans will be kind❤
They would release 1 movie a year so we would grow up with the actors. And being the same age as them it was pretty awesome as a child. So disappointing what Rowling turned into but the franchise is bigger than her now.
Excellent. I love the books and movies. It will be great to follow this journey with you. Look, I know this may get some hate. However I always want to look deeper into what the outrage is about. To actively imagine people complexly. When it come to JK Rowling. It's not cut and dry. If you want, I recommend the podcast by the FreePress. The Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Of course you are free to have your own opinion and come to your own conclusions. It makes me uncomfortable that we have become a society that jumps on a hate train, sticks to a narrative because no one wants to be swept up "on the wrong side". That we forget to discover and think for ourselves. I mean that with all due respect. I would hate to see the enjoyment of these movies poisoned by online cancelling of a human being. It's choppy waters I know. But you are free to sail them as you wish. With an open mind, a smidge of caution, a drop of healthy scepticism and taken with a pinch of salt.
People need to research the full backstory about this, if they want to make comments and take sides! Otherwise, jumping on the hate train is no more than virtue signalling. Because of my love for JKR's writing, and the work she has done to help children around the world with reading programmes, I spent several weeks looking at both sides of the 'issue', and am now 100% happy to state that in my opinion she is patently NOT transphobic, and simply wants to protect women and their spaces, and only speaks about biological, scientific facts.
J.k. spit facts. All the hard started because she pointed out the FACT that only women have a period. If you are gonna hate on her for that, I won't sub or watch anymore of your videos. If a man is bleeding out his privates I hope he goes and sees a doctor!
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 21 hours and can't answer. She was talking facts, never cared for her personally, she was a staunch feminist. She did have it right on the trans crap! There are women and there are men. Please tell me what else she said?
@@TheJhale2011 they won't answer you because they don't know, just your typical liberal bandwagon experts doing their part for the echo chamber. It's a shame people can't think for themselves these days. The son is still young and naive so maybe the dad is a little more grounded, but unfortunately the apple doesn't (usually) fall far from the tree.
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 Guys ... I really enjoy your reactions, but if you are going to take sides in a controversial topic, I hope you have made concerted efforts to find out the full story? Otherwise, jumping on the 'hate train' is little more than virtue signalling. Because of my love for JKR's writing, and her work with children's reading programmes around the world, I spent several weeks looking into it from both sides until I was 100% certain of the facts and how I felt about them. At one point you said, "Educate yourself" ... I would echo that, but not directed at JKR! 🤨
I will say you're not going to see dimensions for a couple of movies they're introduced in the third one I won't tell you anything specifically about them except for fun fact JK Rowling actually created that magical creature and it's designed around the concept of depression all other magical creatures for the most part in the series are from some sort of mythology around the world even if they're not super well known cuz like you know dragons and unicorns and s*** like that there are a lot of other creatures in this series that are something I thought she made up better actually from mythology from around the world
the first movie has a unique magic to it, the later movies are all amazing in their own way and I love the ride, but movie 1 is just pure childhood, I have yet to see a kid that doesn't adore it I was right at the sweet spot where I grew up alongside the books and every summer meant a new harry potter book where he is your age, it was so fucking cool to experience that, needless to say me and my brother would read and re-read the books all summer long even while travelling
Right? God forbid there be places for women who have been abused and are living in women's shelters and feel uncomfortable or panic because they're being forced to be in the same safe spaces as people with full on male parts. We all just get called "Terfs" or "phobic" for.. you know, caring about that. Or not wanting to called a "menstruating person". I feel like there's plenty of people who don't even look into what she ACTUALLY SAID and WHY she said them before calling her names and just hear what other people are saying she said. I mean, I've been there. I've lived in women's shelters after being abused and THE LAST thing I would have wanted while recovering was to have to share restrooms and other facilities with men. Regular women are being *completely* left behind when it comes to shelters, prisons and athletics.
it's a pity that you guys felt the need to condemn JK Rowling for her views about transgenderism, which are views held by the majority of the population in her country and also across the west (men cannot be women, women cannot be men). in recent years, the medical associations in nordic countries have prohibited puberty blocking and transition for minors and the UK's own Cass Review also concluded the medical evidence is unsatisfactory. i'm not trying to change your minds, but i figured if you felt it appropriate to comment on her views then i am also free to reply with my own. i really enjoy your reactions to arrested development keep up the good work.
Being trans is a fucking HUMAN RIGHT. EVERY human being has the right to identify as ANY gender they want to identify as just like they can freely pick their sexuality. Trans people are peaceful people like you and me. They pay taxes like you and me. They contribute to society like you and me. Transphobia is a CRIME just like homophobia or racism. Its basically all the same thing. Transphobia is NOT a harmless "opinion" and those criminals like Rowling need to be called out for that. Trans people have to live in fear because of dipshits like her
A few comments. This is the least good film in the series, it is too long and while the visuals are great, the waste a lot of talent. John Cleese is wasted and so are man others. Columbus directed the first two, and David Yates came in directed 5-8. Yates Tarzan movie is... fine... Columbus wrote Gremlins, Joe Dante directed it. I do think you are wrong about Rowling, but that is an entirely different discussion, not worth to have here. It was fun to see you get into this series though and I hope you like the others in the series.
I think the first movie captures the best how it felt like reading the books as a child, there's this magical atmosphere and the music goes really well together with the story
Not just as a child. I read them as an adult and I feel the excitement and wonder if the first time they walk into the great hall and of Diagon Alley. (I’m 70 and still waiting for my Hogwarts letter.)
Calling Malfoy "The golden snitch himself" was such a top-tier joke omfg lmao-
Welcome to the world of Harry Potter! I hope you enjoy the journey. That being said, it does crack me up when first time viewers say "It's a kids' movie, nothing too bad is going to happen" 😂
One of Harry’s Potter ancestors invented a hair elixir, which made the family very rich. As a matter of fact, Hermione uses it in the fourth movie.
also 'skelegrow' used in the next film.
@@bettygorman4545 where in the book does it say that?
@@davebrown9707 I don't think it was in the books. Skele-gro was invented by a different ancestor of Harry Potter. It was in one of the articles on Pottermore (now Wizarding World, I think?) Jk Rowling wrote probably a whole other books worth of lore for that website! You should read some of it if you're interested.. she went into SO MUCH extra stuff, like family histories for other characters, looking more into the lives of the teachers, etc.
@@LadyBeyondTheWall was it actually written by jk Rowling? because I have zero interest in some fans speculation.
@@LadyBeyondTheWall people keep telling me facts that are nowhere in the books. And they keep trying to make the characters gay and shit where it makes zero sense like Sirius and lupin like lupin wasnt married to tonks and Sirius didnt have pictures of girls in bikinis on his bedroom wall lol
I believe the production values were so great in the Harry Potter franchise because JK Rowling kept contractual control on how it was filmed. Not that she made EVERY decision, but that a lot had to be run past her for approval.
JK Rowling took 17 years to write most of the Harry Potter book series. This was NOT a 'write one book, market test it, if it does well then write the next sequel' type of thing; Rowling wrote out more than half of the series, with each book acting more like chapters in a saga than separate books. She researched, wrote, edited, re-edited, and went back and forth to work out when and where and how to introduce plot devices and essential clues. She had more than half written and the remainder already diagramed before she took it to a publisher. She also took care to have each book's publishing spaced a year apart and maintained control over her intellectual product.
Rowling had approval over scriptwriting, set design, costuming to an extent, and even had input over casting. I'm sure she would not have let filming go forward without a proper budget to do the story properly. When there were issues, the producers and directors went to Rowling to problem-solve and to prioritize, letting some things go (like Harry's green eyes when Radcliffe had a bad reaction to contact lenses) that were of lesser importance to the story.
Part of the genius of Rowling's writing was the increase in reading level and maturity of the material with each successive book. Basically, the books kept pace with the target audience, who would be a year older with each publication. As a result, the stories get darker and more mature as time went on. As the readership entered adolescence, each year reflected their experiences and concerns. And the genius of the films is that the films did the same thing, becoming darker and more mature. You may be watching a 'kids movie' right now, but the final film is more danger-filled.
Yes, this film is a great introduction to the Wizarding World, which continues to expand with each film. The world-building is exceptional. There's actually quite a bit of historical research that went into Rowling's work; it's not all 'imagination', as it's actually very logically based on real facts. The majority of things mentioned in the film derive from historical documents. Sure, 'magic' isn't 'real', but there were times when educated minds were taught that magic WAS real. The main imaginative step from history to fantasy is positing that magic functions according to specialized physics. There is a very rich background that this story springs from.
Rowling wrote the novels that other scriptwriters adapted to the Harry Potter franchise. For the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise, Rowling wrote the script (Redmayne has said she does an incredible job in scene and motivation description). She has since written the stage pay for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", which played London's West End and New York's Broadway. Currently, "Cursed Child" is being filmed for release in 2025. Only the initial Harry Potter saga has been published in book form.
So excited you’re watching these!! They will get more mature as they go on so don’t worry about them being “kids movies”
The Sorting Hat was voiced by Leslie Phillips, OBE. He had a wide-ranging career in film and television. He is perhaps best-known for the long-running BBC radio comedy series 'The Navy Lark', in which he played silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, as well as many other 'guest' roles. (Several 'Navy Lark' episodes can be found on TH-cam.) He died in 2022 at the age of 98.
Ron has to stay on the knight. Hermoine and Harry took empty spaces on the board, but Ron did not. Just like Hermoine could not move before the game was over neither could Ron.
I read somewhere (and I don’t know if it’s true) that they put Ron on the statue because this scene was filmed later than the others and Rupert had a growth spurt between filming. That made him noticeably taller than Daniel and Emma when he was standing with them. True or not-I don’t know.
The last time I visited Scotland, I was able to ride the train. The train is actually called The Jacobite. It leaves from Ft. William and goes to Mallaig and, along the way, it stops off at the little station that the movie uses. Such an awesome experience. I was also able to visit the castle used for Hogwart's out door scenes, like the flying lesson. It is located in Northumberia.
Wow, I just happened upon your channel today, for the first time and you just watched the first HP movie! Good for you! Ha, this was an excellent movie reaction! What a plot twist at the end! This movie had successfully convinced you that Snape was the bad guy in this movie, when all along it was Professor Quirrell, it also made you think there would be a Harry and Hermione thing later on, ha! I can say this much there are a lot of plot twists in this series, not everything appears as it seems in these movies. Remember that Snape was saving Harry Potter at the quidditch match. Looking forward to more! Peace. ☮
You’ll be waiting a few movies to see that bridge.
Edited to add: Many of the scenes are set in real places- some at Oxford, a castle for the broomstick class, etc.
It’s good to see that you appreciate the movie and story for what it is and was meant to be. I look forward to your reactions to the rest of the movies. As you probably know, the books get longer and darker as the students age. The movies don’t get much longer, other than the final one, which was split into two movies.
Enjoy!
Welcome to The Wizarding World rabbit hole that is Harry Potter.
The best thing about the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, to me is that the chambers following the third-floor corridor containing Fluffy each play to the strengths of Harry, Ron and Hermione.
The Devil's Snare chamber caters to Hermione's knowledge of spells.
The room with the winged keys caters to Harry's skill with quidditch.
And the chess room caters to Ron's knowledge of how to play chess.
Side notes:
The Sorting Hat chooses new students' houses based on their corresponding personality traits:
Gryffindor-Bravery, helping others, and chivalry.
Hufflepuff-Hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play.
Ravenclaw-Intelligence, knowledge, and wit.
Slytherin-Ambition, cunning and resourcefulness.
Erised (The Mirror of Erised) is the word desire spelled backward.
Hedwig is a snowy owl. They have ruffled wing feathers to silence their flight so prey animals don't hear them coming. They also have natural camouflage due to their coloration, and they're the only birds who don't have bare feet due to their habitats, like the Arctic Tundra.
At the time of the deaths of Lily and James Potter at the hands of Voldemort, Harry was only 15 months old.
This is not a spoiler. I'm from the UK originally. I had all boys and read the them all the books and watched the films.
For just general information, Hogwarts is actually Althorp Castle. And the train line does run the same route. You can visit there however the train schedule can be a bit dodgy in winter as the castle is in Scotland. Welcome home guys, you belong..
The castle is Alnwick not Althrop: that's where Princess Diana was layed to rest and not open to the public.
@@grahamgresty8383 Thank you for correcting my spelling. In my defense my phone is possessed, sometimes it says things I do not type... Perhaps I am missing something... I'm almost 71 so some facets of technology are,... difficult.
The movies get darker and better as they go. Each book/movie covers one school year. Movies 7 & 8 split book 7. It took 10 years to film the 8 movies so the actors play close to their real ages. Also by the later movies, it is quit obvious the kids did not waste their time spending literally half their lives working and learning from some of the UK's greatest actors. You can look forward to some intense performances.
@@hilarytoffler5636 if you are commenting on some TH-cam reaction channel, I think you're doing OK with the tech. My mom is 80 and really struggles with her smartphone. I am 50 and my younger colleagues could run rings around me when it comes to newer apps. It's weird having grown up in a world without the Internet and now having to navigate it for almost everything. I miss the 80's and 90's. Heck, even the early 00's.
@@020redbandita WOW, thank you, however my Mum 93, is the computer/phone mobile tech. for her senior condo association. At 86 she went to University for the first time and started taking computer classes. She's my hero and I hope I am half the amazing woman she is.
The reason most muggles don't see magic happening around them is sometimes attributed to protective spells having been places on objects or places so that regular none magical folks can't see or notice them. For example, Hogwarts is a massive castle located in the highlands of Scotland. But when muggles come across it they only see old ancient empty castle ruins. If muggles find themselves getting too close to it then suddenly the muggles will start to think they have someplace important they have to go to that they previously forgotten about.
In rare other cases when a muggle happens to witness magic by mistake, the local wizarding government called The Ministry of Magic will come and magically erase that particular memory from the muggle's mind.
Certain cases are allowed only to a certain extent, like in the case of a wizard or witch having been born from a muggle family or is being raised by a muggle family like Harry and the Dursleys for example. But even then the wizarding child is not allowed to perform magic even in front of their muggle family even though their muggle family members know about their relative being born a witch or wizard and that they attend Hogwarts.
The Wizarding communities consider it vital that their existence remain a secret for their protection incase for example muggles decide to bring back the witch trials and start burning wizards at the stake again among many other reasons as well.
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Welcome to the incrediblely wonderful rabbit hole of a ride called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Enjoy it well. 😊
This is the song that the Sorting Hat sings in the book version of Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone before he sorted the first year's students into their houses;
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
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BTW, I was sorted into Gryffindor and my brother was sorted into Slytherin in the Pottermore (now called Wizarding World) official website. The website was created by the Sony company and the author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling. I had to take a fun and special personality test to find out what house I am in.
Go go Gryffindor!
❤💛❤🦁🏰🪄👍
😊 Buckle up & enjoy the 8-part rollercoaster ride, fellas!! 🎢
There are no best or worst Hogwarts houses. Every house has good trait qualities. If a student is good or bad, it is because of the choices they personally made in life. Not because of the house they are in.
They never explained it in any of the movies, but Harry did meet several good Slytherins while also meeting several bad people from the other houses as well.
So it makes no difference what house you are sorted into. It is the choices that we make in life that determines who we are. 🏰😉👍
If you mean good ex-Slytherins (as in grown-ups who used to be in that house), I'd agree. I don't remember any "good" Sly students during Harry's time that we meet, though (even in the books). I think there is an interesting point regarding the bad wizards from Slytherin and the other houses: It seems like people with Slytherin-traits would be most tempted to be Death Eaters, while those of other houses more tempted towards other "bad" paths of life. So while probably each house produces some morally bad wizards, those of Slytherin stand out (at least during the time of these books / movies) by joining together into a group around Voldy. Which on one hand enables them to live out their "badness" to a greater level than others and also makes them more visible to society in general, thus they (and by extension their house) are generally viewed as the big bad.
The guy who played Filch was also recently in a super sweet/sad Lewis Capaldi music video!
I feel like maybe I must have bad taste in film because I loved that 2016 Tarzan movie.
I think a lot of people went in thinking it was going to be the same old story about Tarzan when it was a story about after the main story when Tarzan becomes "Civilized" and then returns to the jungle. I thought it was a great addition to the Tarzan stories.
Hang in there! Way back when the books first came out, I warned my sons and daughter-in-laws not to have their kids read the books until my grands were at least 11 years old. They didn’t listen.
There's a movie called something like Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, which is 100% CGI, just actors in a green room and everything is added later. It'd be interesting to see you react to that.
Not to get ahead of myself here, but if you guys enjoy this, could we potentially hold some hope for avpm in the future?
The books and movies, ironically, are about racism and how bad it is. It’s a very good story no matter who it’s told by.
I don't disagree. However, a more accurate description would be eugenics. These movies contain many parallels with the Third Reich.
I always thought they were about the shocking level of neglect of child protective services in Surrey.
@@andrewgrant6516 😅🤣😂🤣😅😂
Chris Columbus's daughter is in this film and moreso in the next. See if you can spot her! Also magic folk are more robust than muggles, that's why things are rougher: magic can inflict serious damage! It is possible to loose a Quiditch match by catching the snitch if the other side has more than 150 points ahead of your score. This happens in the 4th book although it is not shown in the film.
The films get darker as they progress, the first one or two are quite “cute”.
The quidditch stuff and some other bits of Hogwarts were filmed at Alnwick castle in Northumberland, I live there, and many of the extra students were taken from our local schools. It was over 20years ago though!
Have you guys watched The Last Kingdom?? Great series
The third movie is with Alfonzo, and its my favorite❤❤❤
Must be an age thing... I've only seen this movie once, like 20 yrs ago. It became a phenomenon I couldn't have anticipated. More movies kept coming and I missed the boat lol Curious to see what you think.
I do know that this series is pretty precious, so I hope the fans will be kind❤
They would release 1 movie a year so we would grow up with the actors. And being the same age as them it was pretty awesome as a child. So disappointing what Rowling turned into but the franchise is bigger than her now.
yay the next movies r even better and better
After you finish watching the series go watch the SuperCarlinBros Dumbledore's Big Plan compilation, then come back and watch it again.😊
For the algorithm Gods
Expelliarmus! 🪄
Fingardium leviOsa.
Excellent. I love the books and movies.
It will be great to follow this journey with you.
Look, I know this may get some hate. However I always want to look deeper into what the outrage is about. To actively imagine people complexly. When it come to JK Rowling. It's not cut and dry.
If you want, I recommend the podcast by the FreePress. The Witch Trials of JK Rowling.
Of course you are free to have your own opinion and come to your own conclusions. It makes me uncomfortable that we have become a society that jumps on a hate train, sticks to a narrative because no one wants to be swept up "on the wrong side". That we forget to discover and think for ourselves. I mean that with all due respect. I would hate to see the enjoyment of these movies poisoned by online cancelling of a human being. It's choppy waters I know. But you are free to sail them as you wish. With an open mind, a smidge of caution, a drop of healthy scepticism and taken with a pinch of salt.
People need to research the full backstory about this, if they want to make comments and take sides! Otherwise, jumping on the hate train is no more than virtue signalling. Because of my love for JKR's writing, and the work she has done to help children around the world with reading programmes, I spent several weeks looking at both sides of the 'issue', and am now 100% happy to state that in my opinion she is patently NOT transphobic, and simply wants to protect women and their spaces, and only speaks about biological, scientific facts.
J.k. spit facts. All the hard started because she pointed out the FACT that only women have a period. If you are gonna hate on her for that, I won't sub or watch anymore of your videos. If a man is bleeding out his privates I hope he goes and sees a doctor!
She has said a lot more than that. Nobody is mad at her about saying women have periods, and I think you know that.
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 pray tell what has she said that is NOT facts?
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 21 hours and can't answer. She was talking facts, never cared for her personally, she was a staunch feminist. She did have it right on the trans crap! There are women and there are men. Please tell me what else she said?
@@TheJhale2011 they won't answer you because they don't know, just your typical liberal bandwagon experts doing their part for the echo chamber. It's a shame people can't think for themselves these days. The son is still young and naive so maybe the dad is a little more grounded, but unfortunately the apple doesn't (usually) fall far from the tree.
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 Guys ... I really enjoy your reactions, but if you are going to take sides in a controversial topic, I hope you have made concerted efforts to find out the full story? Otherwise, jumping on the 'hate train' is little more than virtue signalling. Because of my love for JKR's writing, and her work with children's reading programmes around the world, I spent several weeks looking into it from both sides until I was 100% certain of the facts and how I felt about them. At one point you said, "Educate yourself" ... I would echo that, but not directed at JKR! 🤨
I will say you're not going to see dimensions for a couple of movies they're introduced in the third one I won't tell you anything specifically about them except for fun fact JK Rowling actually created that magical creature and it's designed around the concept of depression all other magical creatures for the most part in the series are from some sort of mythology around the world even if they're not super well known cuz like you know dragons and unicorns and s*** like that there are a lot of other creatures in this series that are something I thought she made up better actually from mythology from around the world
Ron doesn’t get on the knight in the books. Such a dumb choice lol
the first movie has a unique magic to it, the later movies are all amazing in their own way and I love the ride, but movie 1 is just pure childhood, I have yet to see a kid that doesn't adore it
I was right at the sweet spot where I grew up alongside the books and every summer meant a new harry potter book where he is your age, it was so fucking cool to experience that, needless to say me and my brother would read and re-read the books all summer long even while travelling
21:42 you gotta do what now?
For some reason you’re super quiet!
Sorry about that. The volume is coming through normally on our end?
I could hear them fine.
Barely audible on my end.
You find safe spaces for women "gross"? Well this is a pass for me then. Gross misogyny isn't my thing.
Transphobia is gross. Trans women are women.
Right? God forbid there be places for women who have been abused and are living in women's shelters and feel uncomfortable or panic because they're being forced to be in the same safe spaces as people with full on male parts. We all just get called "Terfs" or "phobic" for.. you know, caring about that. Or not wanting to called a "menstruating person". I feel like there's plenty of people who don't even look into what she ACTUALLY SAID and WHY she said them before calling her names and just hear what other people are saying she said. I mean, I've been there. I've lived in women's shelters after being abused and THE LAST thing I would have wanted while recovering was to have to share restrooms and other facilities with men. Regular women are being *completely* left behind when it comes to shelters, prisons and athletics.
@@LadyBeyondTheWall your my new favourite person lol
it's a pity that you guys felt the need to condemn JK Rowling for her views about transgenderism, which are views held by the majority of the population in her country and also across the west (men cannot be women, women cannot be men). in recent years, the medical associations in nordic countries have prohibited puberty blocking and transition for minors and the UK's own Cass Review also concluded the medical evidence is unsatisfactory. i'm not trying to change your minds, but i figured if you felt it appropriate to comment on her views then i am also free to reply with my own. i really enjoy your reactions to arrested development keep up the good work.
Being trans is a fucking HUMAN RIGHT. EVERY human being has the right to identify as ANY gender they want to identify as just like they can freely pick their sexuality. Trans people are peaceful people like you and me. They pay taxes like you and me. They contribute to society like you and me. Transphobia is a CRIME just like homophobia or racism. Its basically all the same thing. Transphobia is NOT a harmless "opinion" and those criminals like Rowling need to be called out for that. Trans people have to live in fear because of dipshits like her
Let’s bash JK Rowling, the creator of these movies, but let’s profit from her work by making reaction videos from it. Typical liberal grifters. Ewww
A few comments.
This is the least good film in the series, it is too long and while the visuals are great, the waste a lot of talent. John Cleese is wasted and so are man others.
Columbus directed the first two, and David Yates came in directed 5-8.
Yates Tarzan movie is... fine...
Columbus wrote Gremlins, Joe Dante directed it.
I do think you are wrong about Rowling, but that is an entirely different discussion, not worth to have here.
It was fun to see you get into this series though and I hope you like the others in the series.
@@bw24summit True, but I would also argue that the two scenes he does get aren't much fun as they are either.
What a trashy poster to have behind your heads!
11:42 - And (primarily for me) Jim Henson's _Storyteller_ !!
It's an effect of harry potter that the even movies and books are always worse than the odd one
If your going to bad mouth jk Rowling then you dont deserve to witness her genius
she engaged in holocaust denial, she's just a bigot who's gone senile
She factually is a disgusting human being despite what she created. Transphobia is a CRIME.