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`Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone` Comparison and Contrast from book to film
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone : From Book to Film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone was the first of seven book series by J . K . Rowling first published on July 1997 . It is about the adventure of an eleven-year-old boy who grew up with his aunt and uncle and later discovers that he comes from a family of witches and wizards . The film adaptation of the book was released in 2001 by Warner Bros , and , like any film adaptation , has had its share of praises and criticisms . Some held that
the film had been faithful ' to the book , but of course just like in any other film adaptation , there will always be some alterations from the book from which film adaptations were based
Some of the criticisms of the film adaptation of the first Harry Potter series include the director , Chris Columbus , being too slavish a devotion to the book and too little of his own creative input (Silvain . Corliss criticized that Columbus is content to make a student 's copy of the original master portrait ' He held that the Harry Potter film has loads of technical expertise but lacks the enthralling life of Rowling 's original ' Indeed , the film adaptation had barely altered the story from the book . Nevertheless , there were alterations and the film still falls short from the magical experience enjoyed by the readers . There are some minor differences in the film 's depiction of characters . As an example , Hagrid , who was described in the book as being almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide (Rowling , 14 , although depicted in the film as much taller to be almost twice as tall ' than any man , was not five times as wide ' These differences , however , are almost negligible because of the other characters brilliant depiction in the film . The depictions of Hogwarts professors were perfect : Dumbledore 's long silvery hair and beard marked him unmistakably the wisest , if not the strongest , wizard in the story Professor McGonnagal 's commanding presence and Professor Snape 's intimidating presence were brilliantly played by the actors . The other characters ' depictions were superb , most especially the Dursleys the Weasleys , Hermione and Malfoy . Harry 's Scotch-tape bound eyeglasses could also not be missed out
When it comes to the storyline , the film has altered a lot from the book without losing the overall content . For starters , the film did not begin with the Dursleys , not with their indifference to witches and wizards and most especially not with Uncle Vernon 's experiences , unwittingly of magic , on his way to office and back home , as was first presented in the book . Hagrid did not mention in the film that he borrowed the motorcycle from Sirius Black , who Rowling foreshadowed in the book as we learn from a later series that Sirius is Harry 's godfather . Also in the book , when Dumbledore left baby Potter in the Dursley 's doorstep , he left the letter with Harry clutching...
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