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Having reread Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone last month, I'm now watching the film. Not sure when I last watched this but it's been awhile, probably a few years.
McGonagall asks Dumbledore if it's safe to leave Harry with the Muggles. She's not bothered about him being left on a doorstep alone outside all night though 
Dudley Dursley shouts "wake up cousin, we're going to the zoo!"
Seems like he definitely would NOT have called Harry "cousin".
Seems like he definitely would NOT have called Harry "cousin".
This film looks pretty dated by the way.
The snake is from Burma in the films instead of Brazil in the books. It just says "thanks" as well. I was waiting for "Thanksss amigo" 
You can tell this isn't going to go well if I'm picking fault over this sort of thing already
You can tell this isn't going to go well if I'm picking fault over this sort of thing already
I'm not against all changes. Things like all the owls on the house work well in a movie.
So, Harry wasn't moved from the cupboard under the stairs to the spare bedroom. Does that happen in film 2 then? Or is it never explained in the films 
The "Just Harry" line is a bit lame.
Bit harsh Dudley getting the pigs tail.
Hagrid and Harry don't stay the night. They walk out but who knows where they go? Next thing, they're walking in London in daylight.
Hagrid and Harry don't stay the night. They walk out but who knows where they go? Next thing, they're walking in London in daylight.
Only 3 people are interested in meeting Harry in the Leaky Cauldron
Harry still doesn't know why he's famous. Who knows what he and Hagrid have been talking about since last night?
Harry still doesn't know why he's famous. Who knows what he and Hagrid have been talking about since last night?
My FAVOURITE LINE in all the Harry Potter films.
Hagrid: "Here's where you get your quills & your ink. And over there, all your bits & bobs for doing your wizardry".
What does it even mean What bits & bobs - a wand?
"Doing your wizardry"
Hagrid talking like a Muggle.
Hagrid: "Here's where you get your quills & your ink. And over there, all your bits & bobs for doing your wizardry".
What does it even mean
What bits & bobs - a wand? "Doing your wizardry"
Hagrid talking like a Muggle.
For some reason, the films want us to think the goblins are a bit scary. Hagrid tells Harry they're not friendly so he should stay close. Then the goblin at the desk leans right over to look down at Harry with menacing music in the background.
Harry is rich.
Harry said he still needs a wand and Hagrid all like "oh a wand?" as if this isn't a total priority. Then he tells Harry to go to Ollivanders himself cos he's got stuff to do and he just walks off.
Harry destroys various things in the shop. But the bit where he finds the right wand is pretty cool tbf.
Ollivander refers to Voldemort and says "we do not speak his name". I forgot Harry STILL doesn't know anything about anything.
It's interesting really that Hagrid thinks Voldemort has not died and is "still out there, too tired to carry on" when it's commonly accepted that Voldemort is dead and Harry is responsible.
Harry and Hagrid seemingly do not return to Privet Drive. Hagrid takes Harry to Kings Cross and then basically says "shit! I forgot, I've got stuff to do" and LEAVES Harry without telling him where to go or how to get onto the platform. He even leaves without saying goodbye.
Ron apparently has been wandering up and down the whole train for hours trying to find a seat while Harry has an entire compartment to himself. By the time Ron joins him, they seem to be going past Scottish lochs.
Harry buys the *entire contents* of the snack trolley.
Hermione said she's tried simple spells at home successfully, in breach of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery.
Draco Malfoy has gone a bit heavy on the hair gel.
There are a LOT of extras at the teachers table in the Great Hall Who are these people and where are the rest of the actual teachers?
Who are these people and where are the rest of the actual teachers?
The Fat Lady is not Dawn French.
Harry and Ron seem to be WAY late to their first Transfiguration class.
Meanwhile, Snape storms into his classroom after the students have arrived, which is the complete opposite of the way he is in the book.
Harry is writing down "bottle fame, brew glory" for no reason.
Meanwhile, Snape storms into his classroom after the students have arrived, which is the complete opposite of the way he is in the book.
Harry is writing down "bottle fame, brew glory" for no reason.
Alan Rickman is great though
They have the only flying lesson they'll ever have.
Neville's first experience on a broomstick is SIGNIFICANTLY worse in the film than book.
Even though half the class are supposed to be Slytherins, the entire group run towards Harry cheering when he lands with the Remembrall.
Considering the professors went to so much effort with all their enchantments to protect the Philosopher's Stone, it seems like they might have done more to the door so it couldn't easily be opened by alohomora.
There's a troll in the dungeon so Dumbledore tells the prefects to take their house back to their dormitories. Unluckily for Slytherin, theirs is in the dungeons
Harry and Ron save the day with the troll and get a measly five points each.
Hedwig delivers a broomstick to Harry ON THE DAY of his first Quidditch match and Harry, Ron and Hermione don't know what it is until it's unwrapped.
McGonagall apparently bought it for him because Harry didn't think to buy a broomstick himself
McGonagall apparently bought it for him because Harry didn't think to buy a broomstick himself
Even though they are witches and wizards, someone is sitting next to a little score board thing and has to manually press a button every time someone scores.
Hermione sets Snape's cloak on FIRE in a wooden structure which seems pretty extreme.
Gryffindor win and everyone is happy except the Slytherins.
They're talking about Snape cursing Harry's broomstick and Hermione says she knows a spell when she sees one - "I've read all about them".
Well, duh. You've been learning spells all year
Well, duh. You've been learning spells all year
Ron says there's a change of plans and his parents are going to Romania to visit Charlie, thus abandoning four of their seven children at Hogwarts for Christmas. Wizard parents sure don't mind going almost an entire year without seeing their kids.
We don't really get to see Christmas Day at Hogwarts. Harry opens his presents in the morning and gets the Invisibility Cloak. Suddenly it's night time and he's wearing it in the library.
Filch and Snape are pretty excited to discover there's a student out of bed. It seems like this should happen way more often in Hogwarts than it appears to.
Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised in a large room that looks like the Glasgow University cloisters.
Huh. Hermione finds a book in the library that explains who Nicholas Flamel is and what the Philosopher's Stone is. I forgot the films don't have the Flamel/chocolate frog connection.
Hagrid's dragon hatches infront of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Ron immediately identifies it as a Norwegian Ridgeback
Harry, Ron and Hermione are walking back to Gryffindor Tower when McGonagall catches them (thanks to Malfoy telling her) and docks them 50 points EACH. Things have escalated significantly since they were rewarded 5 points for the troll incident.
So, the wizards duel thing with Malfoy never happens. Sneaking Norbert up to the tower for Charlie's friends to collect never happens.
Instead Filch tells Hagrid off for moping about, and Hagrid reveals Dumbledore sent Norbert away to a dragon colony.
Instead Filch tells Hagrid off for moping about, and Hagrid reveals Dumbledore sent Norbert away to a dragon colony.
It kinda makes you wonder what was the point in including Norbert in the film at all when so much about it was cut out?
He literally hatches in one scene and then in the next, Hagrid's upset that he's gone. The end.
He literally hatches in one scene and then in the next, Hagrid's upset that he's gone. The end.
Draco is upset he's being sent into the Forbidden Forest (or Dark Forest as Dumbledore called it at the start of the film) for punishment. Which is fair as a) he was only out of bed for about 10 minutes in the evening and b) they were literally told not to go into the forest.
Hagrid splits them into two groups and sends Harry and Draco off into the Forbidden Forest with nobody except Fang to look after them.
It's really a miracle that students don't get hurt more often at Hogwarts.
It's really a miracle that students don't get hurt more often at Hogwarts.
Quirrel notices Harry while drinking unicorn blood and starts towering over him. Then Firenze scares him off and Quirrell FLIES away.
Hagrid blabs about playing music to Fluffy while Harry, Ron and Hermione are blatantly standing infront of a green screen.
Snape tells Harry, Ron and Hermione off for being "indoors" while they're standing in one of those open corridors that are basically outdoors and while loads of other people roam past in the same corridor.
Neville is upset Harry, Ron and Hermione are sneaking out again and says they'll get Gryffindor into trouble again but it doesn't really make sense in the film.
Neville was cut from the previous scene where they were caught out of bed so we don't know why it's a big deal that he's standing up to them. & Aside from the fact we know they lost 50 points each, we haven't seen any evidence anyone in the school was actually annoyed about that.
Harry can't use Hagrid's flute to send Fluffy to sleep because we didn't see him get that for Christmas so instead Fluffy is already asleep from a harp that Quirrel left.
In film world, you can escape Devil's Snare by RELAXING 
Harry and Hermione just slide out of it.
Harry and Hermione just slide out of it.
Ron doesn't though so Hermione casts a spell. We miss out on the whole "are you a witch or not" thing from the books.
You know, if you've read the books, the Harry Potter films are mostly okay. You can fill in the gaps yourself. But I do wonder what understanding people have of the HP world if they've only seen the films.
I remember explaining Horcruxes to someone at work when the films first came out as they didn't understand anything
It's Ron's turn to be a hero with McGonagall's chess board.
I feel Ron gets slated so much for being a bit moany sometimes so I like the scenes where he gets to be the hero or does something brave
Okay so I forgot they cut the entire scene with Hermione solving the Potions riddle. Harry just goes straight from the chess board to find Quirrel standing infront of the Mirror.
Quirrel immediately confesses everything to Harry
Harry gets the Philosopher's Stone out the mirror and looks down at his pocket SO OBVIOUSLY that I'm surprised Quirrel didn't notice.
Voldemort being on the back of Quirrel's head somehow looks rather absurd but not scary. It should be horrifying.
Harry literally takes the Philosopher's Stone out of his pocket infront of Quirrel and Voldemort which seems unbelievably stupid.
Oh, Quirrel is flying again.
Harry drops the stone on the floor - but instead of just picking it up, Quirrel remains focused on Harry. I mean, it seems like Quirrel literally could've just grabbed it there.
Quirrel disintegrates instead which is quite scary. Harry seems unaffected by Quirrel's death.
Some sort of smoky form of Voldemort flies through Harry.
Harry is suddenly in the hospital wing and we don't know how or who rescued him.
