Rewatching Harry Potter Part 1

Info: I'm rewatching all the Harry Potter movie in preparation of an article I plan on writing about Harry Potter the hero. I've never read any of the book and at the start of this I would have ordered the movies 4,5,3,6,1,2 from good to bad.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Review:
Going back and rewatching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is similar to going to back in time; you've always wanted to do this, but when you go back, it's different than you remember. This really isn't the Harry Potter I remember and it isn't the Harry Potter that is in The Half-Blood Prince. This Harry has all the staples of the traditional hero; he's the underdog, he's got power he doesn't understand and he's got a terrifying villain. I'm not sure where this series got off track, but I do have to say that it started off strong. There is a sense of wonder and amazement that is lost in later films. Harry Potter is a freaking wizard! He's grown up in this horrible world that he never was meant to belong to and he gets out of it in the most awesome way. Part of the reason this works so well is that it IS the first movie and Harry isn't the hero he is supposed to be yet, but you get to see the glimpses. You really feel like he could be the greatest ever and you feel like this could be a great series, things that have yet to happen.

Movie Order After Watching: (from GOOD to BAD)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Interesting Points about the Movie:

• I like how the woman who tried to seduce Tom Selleck in "3 Men and a Little Lady" is the evil step mom.
• I'm not quite sure why these people want to keep Harry. They clearly hate him.
• Hagrid is the coolest character in the movie (why isn't he anymore?).
• 30 minutes in there is a sense of wonder and amazement that doesn't really exist anymore in the movies.
• Harry Potter is rich.
• Same type of wand (phoenix feather wise) was Voldemort's.
• Dumbledore claps by slapping the back of his hand.
• They get a PG rating when a guy partially removes his own head.
• Harry Potter doesn't just follow the rules, in fact he breaks them all the time in the movie.
• Why does everybody freak out and try to leave the cafeteria where all the teachers are when they find out about the troll?
• Even the troll tries to the sneak into the girls bathroom.
• Quidditch seems to be the most nonsensical sport EVER.
• Ron's parents ditch him on christmas...lol.
• Why use the invsibility cloak if you are going to have the lamp outside of it? (nobody is going to care about a floating lamp?).
• Why didn't Dumbledore just destroy the stone to begin with?
• The house cup never seems to get mentioned again?
• Dumbledore gives Gryffindor the house cup.
• Why is there an "evil" house? (I'm half joking here)

Here is my list that I'll be continuing for each movie and then adding together at the end (1 less cool/lame -5 more cool/lame):

Harry Potter
COOL:
Makes glass disappear in the reptile house. Replaces glass once his "cousin" falls in: 3
Talks to a snake: 1
Explodes some boxes, blows up a glass: 2
Snubbs draco: 1
Gets his broom stick "up" the first time (first sign of something extra powerful): 3
Stands up for neville and tries to get the memory ball back: 2
Gets to be a first year seeker in quidditch: 4
Hits the bludger right through the arms of a statue: 3
Returns to tell Hermione about the troll: 4
Fights a troll: 4
Gets the snitch 2
Has a freaking invsibility cloak: 3
Sneaks into the restricted section of the library: 2
Catches the key: 2
Kills a teacher: 4

LAME:
Get's shown up by Snape on the first day: 3
Gets saved by ron when fighting the troll: 5
Didn't realize a broomstick shaped present was a broomstick: 3
Appears to be watching most of the quidditch game instead of playing (super lame): 5
Doesn't see the little seeker thing until it is right in front of his face: 3
Eats the snitch: 1
Gets saved again, this time by a centaur: 2

COOL - LAME = 22 points

Draco Malfoy
COOL:

LAME:
Scared to go into the forrest: 5
Whining about getting into trouble: 5

COOL - LAME = -10 points

Hermione
COOL:
Fixes Harry's glasses: 2
Knows the answers to Snape's questions: 3
opens a locked door: 2
finds out the cerebus is standing on a trap door: 3
Levitates a feather first: 2
Takes blame for the troll fight: 4
Set's a teacher on fire!: 4
Freezes nevil: 2
Creates sunlight and saves Ron: 3

LAME:

COOL - LAME = 25 points

Ron
COOL:
Fights a troll: 4
Levitates the trolls club and knowcks him out, saving Potter: 5
wins thechess match by sacrificing himself: 4

LAME:
Can't turn a rat yellow: 5
Can't get the feather to float: 5
Insults Hermione: 5
Can't relax in devils snare: 5

COOL - LAME = -7

Voldemort
COOL:
Drinks unicorn blood: 5


LAME:
Lives on the back of a head: 3
Can't touch Harry: 5

COOL - LAME = -3

COOLEST CHARACTER OF HP1 = Hermione

LAMEST CHARACTER OF HP1 = Draco