'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone': A Commentary

1. The first bit of magic that you see in the first movie is the DELUMINATOR! Dumbledore is the actual coolest.
2. You guys, Dumbledore's unfailing trust of Hagrid is GOALS.
3. Imagine McGonagall reaction to Hagrid bringing a BABY on a FLYING MOTORCYCLE.
4. TBH any of us would think Hagrid's choice of baby transportation was a little sketchy.
5. "Good luck Harry Potter." #theFEELS
6. What kind of people are the Dursleys to feel totally fine locking a child permanently in a cupboard under the stairs? Did no one think to call child protective services?
7. Also, why is Dudley so excited for Harry to come to the zoo? He literally *cried* in the books because he didn't want Harry to come.
8. The SNARL that Harry gives Dudley when he's yelling about his presents. #sassforDAYS
9. They left all the sass for Harry's face anytime Dudley speaks. Harry literally didn't have to say anything.
10. The kids in the green school uniforms leaving the reptile house. #SlytherinPride
11. Harry's automatic assumption that the snake can hear him just because the snake lifted its head. “Can you hear me???”
12. I wonder if anyone walking by heard Harry speaking Parseltongue and were like "No, no, walk past the crazy child, just ignore him," while giving sideways glances of horror.
13. Interesting that when Harry speaks Parseltongue in Chamber of Secrets, his mouth forms the words as they sound in Parseltongue but in this scene, his mouth is forming normal English words.
14. The first question that comes to poor Harry's mind—"do you miss your family?" Wonder what he's thinking about, the poor thing!
15. The music in this movie is golden. #Somagical
16. I wonder what Dudley thought when Harry looked at the snake and said "anytime!"
17. Always sad that they left out "Brazil, here I come" in the movie.
18. It was not very smart of Harry to try and open his letter in a room full of Dursleys. Really, Harry, couldn't you see how potentially problematic that was?
19. Vernon's sweater when he's drilling wood over the letter slot is super in style right now.
20. That Dudley characterization though when the letters start flying around the room and his first instinct as an eleven-year-old boy is to jump into his mother's lap and yell "PLEASE MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE!"
21. And Harry's first instinct is to jump? Get one off the floor, Harry. Seriously, you’re only making this harder for yourself.
22. That moment when McGonagall is like “Hmm, I wonder why we haven't heard from Harry, yet? Well, I suppose I'll just send thousands of letters all at once as he's bound to receive one of them!”
23. Wonder if they do that with all muggle-borns? That’s a lot of letters to have to address. Good thing they have magic.
24. The look on Dudley's face when he's like, 'Why does Harry get a present and not me?'
25. "IT'S AN OUTRAGE, IT'S A SCANDAL" #FriendshipGoals
26. THE TINY POCKET WATCH THAT HAGRID CHECKS! IT'S LIKE THE SIZE OF A QUARTER!
27. Wow, Harry sure found the perfect wand super quick. It only took him like three tries. #Booktomovie
28. Every time Harry tries a wand and it ends badly he sets it down like he's afraid it will explode at any moment.
29. THE MUSIC WHEN HARRY GETS THE RIGHT WAND - SO MAGICAL
30. Hagrid's hair looks like that of a 20-something female in the 80s with those poofy bangs.
31. That moment when Hagrid straight up walks away from eleven-year-old clueless Harry in the middle of a train station holding a ticket that says Platform 9 3/4.
32. The fact that Molly just casually says "Muggles" and "Platform 9 3/4" in the middle of a muggle train station.
33. I wonder how Mollydidn't recognize Harry at first glance because of how much he looks like his father?
34. It took Ron a very long time to figure out that everywhere else on the train was full.
35. Harry straight spits out a Bertie Bott's bean—it's casual.
36. Emma is 100 percent the standout actor in this movie among the trio.
37. My favorite thing to do when watching Sorcerer's Stone is to quote the entire scene where Draco talks about "making friends with the wrong sort."
38. Still tragic that they left out "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
39. Susan Bones—because we can't only sort the trio and Draco for the movie.
40. They didn't sort a single Ravenclaw. #discrimination
41. The house point counters behind the teacher's tables have red, blue, green, and black? Ummm...
42. My second favorite line to quote—"My dad's a muggle. Mom's a witch. Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out."
43. It has always bothered me that Harry and Hermione aren't sitting in the same seats that they sat down in when they got sorted. They switched places so Harry was sitting beside Percy instead.
44. Also, first look at Oliver Wood in the Great Hall and preteen me is swooning.
45. One of the twins is sitting between Ron and Oliver. Where is the other one??
46. Honestly, the Gryffindor common room is a bit small for how many students live there.
47. Harry looking out the window of his dormitory with Hedwig is the actual sweetest thing. HE IS SO HAPPY!
48. For real though, how were Harry and Ron the only students to get lost? That castle is crazy confusing.
49. I always find myself defending Harry during his first potions class because he was just being a good, super extra student.
50. Check out this cool article from Pottermore for the meaning behind the three questions that Snape asks Harry after he calls Harry out for not paying attention.
51. "What's Seamus trying to do to that glass of water?" Seriously, Harry, just listen to the spell.
52. Neville's rememberall turns red because he forgot his robes. #Funfacts
53. Poor Neville probably never got on another broomstick again.
54. I wonder if Harry was surprised at all at how easily he managed to fly and catch Neville's rememberall mid-air.
55. OLIVER WOOD YAAAS
56. Did Harry even have to try out for the Quidditch team?
57. Hermione looks super suspicious of the staircase right before it moves.
58. It always creeps me out that Mrs. Norris has red eyes.
59. When Harry and Ron give up when the door is locked and Hermione is like dudes, you call yourselves Wizards? #GirlBoss
60. Always wondered—how could they tell that Filch was gone from BEHIND a massive door?
61. If that door was so thin that they could hear Filch's voice through it then Fluffy totally could have broken it down.
62. Honestly never noticed that this is the only time that we ever see the trio go up the stairs to the dorms. Usually, they are either in the common room or in the dormitory—never in between.
63. "Now. If you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you can come up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or worse, EXPELLED." #Priorities
64. I love Oliver Wood. #ManCrushMonday #He'sAKeeper
65. When Harry just knows to hit the bludger with the bat like it's no big deal.
66. #Acting when Wood puts the bludger back in the case.
67. Remember when Flitwick used to look super old? I think he took a de-aging potion for the later movies.
68. Did Ron really think that jabbing his wand at the feather would help? You grew up in a house full of wizards, kid.
69. Fun fact—they all have different wands for movie one than they do for the other movies.
70. Hermione: "Don't hate me because I'm talented."
71. I love that they made Seamus blowing things up a thing.
72. Quirrell fainted very convincingly, considering he was the one that let the troll into the school in the first place.
73. I wonder how many kids stepped on him before he got up.
74. Richard Harris as Dumbledore FTW.
75. *Throws sticks at troll.*
76. *Harry confidently gets on the trolls shoulders.*
77. The moment in the bathroom when Ron shrugs his shoulders has become one of my most used memes.
78. How did the teachers find them?
79. Honestly, Hermione could've just said that she was using the bathroom and Ron and Harry came to tell her about the troll.
80. One of my favorite book quotes says something about how there are some things you can't do without becoming best friends and taking down a 20-foot mountain troll is one of them.
81. "Sheer dumb luck"—story of their entire lives.
82. And... the trio is formed!!
83. Ron always just looks mildly confused.
84. "Let's open it"—as if it's not completely obvious what the package is.
85. Wood's face when he sees the Nimbus 2000.
86. The Gryffindor Chasers are fierce queens.
87. Lee Jordan—never biased.
88. I'm glad they gave Marcus Flint bad teeth and the worst facial expressions so you would know he was the bad guy.
89. Harry has totally appropriate reactions for every good and bad move. You can definitely tell what his feelings are. #Acting
90. That moment when Quirrell thought he could kill Harry in the middle of a super public Quidditch match.
91. You can see in the background when Snape notices the fire on his cloak that Quirrell just straight up falls out of his seat.
92. Harry standing up on his broom as a first-year flier because he is a true Gryffindor.
93. I love that Hagrid totally chooses a side during the Quidditch match. #GoGoGryffindor
94. I hope Harry got the same level of celebration after his first game as Seeker that Ron got after his first game as Keeper.
95. We definitely all want our own Weasley sweater, right?
96. The saddest and also sweetest moment is when Harry is so surprised to have gotten presents.
97. Use it well = use it to sneak into the library to research a school secret.
98. This would have been so much easier if Harry had been able to use a flashlight instead of a lantern.
99. I wonder if Quirrell wore the turban pre-Voldemort? If not, what did the other teachers think when he showed up wearing it?
100. If I had been Harry at the Mirror of Erised, I think I would have just started bawling, rather than running and immediately dragging my best friend to take a look.
101. Hermione: "A bit of light reading." Ron: *raises eyebrows*
102. I love seeing baby Golden Trio sitting in Hagrid's giant chairs.
103. I wonder what Hagrid was planning to do with Norbert once he became a fully-grown dragon.
104. The most heart-warming, genuine trait of Hagrid is his joy in naming his creatures—Norbert, Buckbeak, Fluffy, etc.
105. Malfoy is a little punk.
106. Filch is kind of terrifying, especially when you're eleven.
107. *Sends two eleven-year-old boys off into the Forbidden Forest alone with a cowardly dog.*
108. They're in trouble for being outside of the castle at night so their punishment is to be outside of the castle at night.
109. Harry, why didn't you RUN?
110. Imagine Voldemort's joy when he looks up from his midnight snack to see the very person he is looking to kill.
111. Firenze is one of my favorite side characters. He's totally underrated.
112. Hermione always expects Harry and Ron to understand what she means and they never do.
113. "People will think you're... up to something."
114. Poor Neville just wants everyone to be good and not lose house points.
115. Also, Neville's go-to was FIGHTING them. Bless him, he thought fighting three against one would be a better idea than using magic.
116. The real question is why did Ron touch the saliva after Fluffy drooled on him?
117. Such brave Gryffindors wandering into each obstacle on the way to save a valuable stone from a skilled adult wizard.
118. I adore Ron's tough-guy face when he proclaims he'll be a knight in the chess game.
119. Lucky there were three empty spaces on the chessboard—perfect for the trio. I wonder how Quirrell handled it?
120. I'm still bitter that we didn't get to see Hermione's boss potions obstacle scene. #Booktomovie
121. I love how mirror Harry winks at real-life Harry when he pulls out the stone.
122. Harry definitely considers running away when Quirrell starts to take off his turban.
123. I wonder how Voldemort lost his nose because he totally has one on the back of Quirrell's head.
124. Lord Voldemort, manipulating children since 1926.
125. I think there is a second there where Quirrell wonders if this is all really worth the trouble.
126. I want to wake up to a large pile of sweets at the end of my bed.
127. I miss Richard Harris as Dumbledore.
128. Basically, Harry, Ron, and Hermione just recovered the same points they lost by being outside of the castle at night.
129. The one year they wear the pointy wizard hats...
130. Dumbledore awards 160 points to the trio for basically saving the entire wizarding community. I think that's totally reasonable.
131. You can see the hope rising in McGonagall's eyes.
132. Hagrid blatantly cheered on Gryffindor's side during the Quidditch match, but gets embarrassed when he cheers after Gryffindor wins the house cup.
133. "I'm not going home. Not really."

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