Initially I put this down to the film missing a large portion of the source material, which, of course, it does, but actually that’s not the problem. Broadly the film covers the major points of the book, however, it does come off rather like a whole lot of set pieces strung together with a weaker narrative. Whilst on the train to school Harry meets the two people that will become his lifelong friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and together these three discover exactly what is hidden within the walls at Hogwarts and use the meagre skills they have developed over the first year at Wizard school to prevent it from being used by a hardly human Voldemort. He also informs him that his parents were killed by a very powerful dark wizard called Lord Voldemort, and that it was he who was responsible for the lightning scar on Harry's forehead. The story sees 11 year old Harry, who has been living with his brutish Uncle and Aunt and their equally brutish son, visited by a half giant called Hagrid, who informs him that he is a wizard and hands him an invitation to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rowling was brought in to consult and the director chosen was ‘safe’ and ‘family friendly’: Chris Columbus. As such there were very few, if any risks taken. Just like the first book, this first film had a lot riding on it because the future potential was huge.
0 kommentar(er)
