It’s a series of tests so dangerous that only 17-year old students are allowed to enter, and only one champion from each school will be chosen. After all, there’s really just the one major plot in the film, that of the escape of Sirius Black, the targeting of Harry Potter, and the revelations of how Sirius Black was involved in Harry’s past.

Of course I’ll begin by re-evaluating The Philosopher’s Stone, thirteen years after I first reviewed the DVD for this site. Harry will finally learn the truth about his tragic childhood, but the truth may come too late to save him.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. For the week that ended on October 15th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Jurassic World: Dominion topped the Blu-ray-only chart, just edging out Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Thor: Love and Thunder, which dropped to second place in its third week. I don’t see them as great cinema, They are fulfilling, decent adaptations of the books, which bring that magical world to life with visual flair certainly, but it was usually a case of distilling the books down to fit the screen, rather than finding what is most cinematic about the stories.

Such movies need to find one or maybe two or three ongoing plot lines and develop them through the script so that you get a narrative flow through the film. They weren’t killed in a car crash, they fell afoul of a dark wizard, Voldemort, a wizard whose power waned and vanished when he tried and failed to kill Harry, leaving him with a lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Year 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Harry must confront soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and learn the truth about the escaped prisoner of Azkaban - Sirius Black. Home Entertainment's Tenet topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts for the fifth time in six weeks of release. It’s all about the Triwizard Tournament leading to the momentous climax of the film, and any scene not at first appearing to be associated with that, winds up adding to that plot anyway.The image wasn’t all that degraded when it came to smoky or misty scenes, usually retaining depth and clarity throughout, with the one exception of the rock fall just prior to the film’s conclusion when Harry, Ron and Lockhart first discover the location of the titular chamber. Also the film has a distinctive tone to it, a sense of ominous foreboding and suspense that permeates the story, and the darker look of the film. Generally The Philosopher’s Stone gets a decent transfer, with adequate detail levels, wonderfully rich colours, particularly in the magic world, and the organic feel of film, natural grain and even the rare fleck of dirt on the print. For the conclusion of the film, we follow Harry’s arc all the way through, which is a great choice, as it hold the narrative and emotional focus of the film while all the action set pieces and destructive conflict happens around him. But despite all of the action, the pace, the better than ever special effects, there’s something pedestrian about Goblet of Fire.

Put it all together, and you do have a good movie, with a beginning, middle and end, with Part 2 serving as the climax to Part 1’s build up. Audio Descriptive English track for visually impaired viewers, and optional English subtitles plus English HOH subtitles too. When Harry Potter learns on his eleventh birthday that he is, in fact, a wizard, he is quickly swept up into the spellbinding world of Hogwarts School of Whitchcraft and Wizardry alongside new best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. If Harry, Hermione and Ron can’t get to the bottom of the mystery, then Hogwarts may be closed permanently. You might be left wondering at what else is happening in the world of Hogwarts as we stick with the road movie aspect for the duration.

In 'The Half-Blood Prince' (2009) Lord Voldemort exerts his power over both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and, consequently, Hogwarts no longer provides the safe haven it once did. Year 7 - Part 1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - Harry, Ron and Hermione set out to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's power - the Horcruxes. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. They’re no longer child actors, but actors full stop, and deliver consistent, strong, and effective performances, really conveying the emotional content of a scene.