What is a great story; well-cast; and with rich cinematographic license (a long word to say special effects), is spoiled by the worst editing job of the year. Scenes that go nowhere and mean nothing are interspersed within the movie. And they leave one wondering what the hell the director was doing. The library-research scene with the warm lamp and the bad guys rushing off to locate the intruder is completely left hanging. The scene beneath the trapdoor where the heroes have to win at chess to enter, only to find the bad guy already there without any such challenge. And the fifteen minute Quillage scene which is merely a set-up to a stupid gag (literally) joke. These mistakes, and others, left me bored and bewildered. However if you have a ten year old, or younger, they will probably be more taken with the tricks than with the failings.
Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
