Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone MOVIE COMMENTARY!!

The Crew record a commentary track for the 2001 Warner Bros. Movie - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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[@imonceagainaskingforyourfi4432]

Akira!!!! 😱Am I dreaming?🤩

[@TheBirdOHermes]

Philosopher's Stone you gits.

[@surtoutdesidees]

Well, you obviously have to react to the Deathly Hallows part 2 now ;-)

[@fabianeschneider8578]

Harry is actually a horcrux so the family treat him so badly because they were living with him and get afected

[@Mary_PuppinsDP]

You guys should've done a normal reaction to Harry Potter

[@strangeturtle5947]

You know you're a Potter nerd when you don't need to have ro see the movie playing along the reaction to get which scene their on. It's like the movie's playing in my head while watching them 😂

[@ln7075]

That's exactly what I'm doing right now. I was going to run grab my movie, but I know it well and decided not to in the end.

[@MarisuSedai]

That’s how I am with Star Wars. I can close my eyes and watch A New Hope anytime I want.

[@Goddess_Isis]

Omg 😂😂 yup. I'm bored at work and I'm just listening as my day goes

[@Simran-sr1wc]

SAMMME 😂

[@GentlyUsedFrog]

they're****

[@jessicag2924]

I usually hate when people talk during films but Eric is literally a book of knowledge and I'm here for it.

[@gavanhill5132]

He lost a point in my books for mixing up Bill and Charlie when talking about smuggling Norbert(a).

[@idrc1415]

This isn't a huge deal, but just wanted to point out that it was Charlie is the one that works with dragons.

[@dragonhunter1315]

Who also never shows up in the movies.

[@idrc1415]

@@dragonhunter1315 very true.

[@leighanderson5621]

Glad I wasn't the first one. Also thought they'd throw in that Norbert is "Norbeta" or whatever.

[@alixvalove]

​@@dragonhunter1315 He was in the vacation photograph that Ron showed around in Prisoner of Azkaban

[@Jack-qu9tr]

I love Harry Potter. Please do the whole series.

[@americanproud2990]

Fir That’s what sucks about the Patreon polls.

[@witchking008]

Jack Hudson hell yeah!!

[@yepperdeedooda]

I don't understand why, but I just love watching these kinds of videos where they run through the whole movie and say stuff. This is a great way to spend my Saturday.

[@Brandon-tz5pn]

Daniel Rodriguez nice

[@anishpatel3118]

@Daniel Rodriguez hey man thanks for letting me borrow your Lamborghini aventador the other day, I'll return it to you tomorrow at your mansion in Hollywood

[@martophrenia]

тоталли

[@edwardmohora9481]

@@anishpatel3118 MVP

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

Daniel Rodriguez not being a creep at all 🤣

[@rebeccabibergal3057]

Poor Eric, getting shamed for knowledge.😂

[@tokyomootsie]

fyi the "wig" he's talking about is called a murkin and is not male-exclusive.

[@eddiebrock1068]

No one should ever be ashamed about their Harry Potter knowledge lol

[@eddiebrock1068]

@@cooper1171 Yea I know, I'm just speaking in general

[@gavanhill5132]

I’m most annoyed that they mistook Bill Weasley the curse breaker for Charlie Weasley the dragon handler.

[@10k10t]

I love Harry and Hermione's friendship in both the book and the movies. I do understand people wanting them together who have only watched the movies because Book Ginny was so much more! She grew so much from her first introduction to when they got together. Book Ginny was such an amazing character in her own right.

[@stonewall01]

Yes I agree. I love Ginny in the books. Even Ron and Hermione's relationship made much more sense in the books than in the movies. They actually spent much more time together and Ron wasn't useless in the books. I love both books and movies but they do have their differences from each other of course.

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

Ugh. Book Ginny annoyed me just as much. The relationship dynamics (in terms of romance) were Rowling's weakest creation. I can buy into it a little as the sort of people that date in school, but them lasting into adulthood, marriage, and children... I really don't buy it.

[@bananaslin]

it's annoying that people think that the only people who want harry and hermione are people who haven't read the books. i read all the books and still shipped them over ron and hermione and i didn't even know what shipping was i just know i preferred them. book ginny was still annoying to me. movie ginny was just awkward. it's just weird to me that they just put them together bc she wanted to recreate james and lily's appearances. hermione embodied lily more as a character anyways.

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

@@bananaslin And the names of Harry & Ginny's children still infuriates me. It's ALL about Harry's life. The children are named after people he knew, and people he lost. There's no allusion to the fact that Ginny also lost a brother to the Second Wizarding War. It's as if she has no agency whatsoever, and still remains the little girl that simply idolises "the Boy Who Lived" and will go along with anything he says. That isn't love, it's worship or obsession.

[@wreckedchaos1464]

I still prefer Harry and Hermione even though I've only read the books watched a few movies

[@RiverBecca]

Is it weird I’m watching this without even watching the movie

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

I'm doing the same. I don't actually have the movies myself to sync up with the crew.

[@tokyomootsie]

the thing is I have faith that lots of us know the movie well enough that we can easily follow along w/out the movie :)

[@eddiebrock1068]

@rebecca wiseman Not weird at all, every true Potterhead knows pretty much every scene by heart

[@rebeccabibergal3057]

Well now I want you guys to comment on the Pirates of the Caribbean

[@nordicrain]

The original POTC trilogy is fantastic and Dead Man's Chest is the best of the three.

[@Bankotsu10001]

Yes Please!!!

[@raymondyongho5757]

I’d watch that.

[@leahmarie112]

Yesssssssssss!!!!

[@MasterZeus94]

"Hagrid's a half-giant, which means his mother was a giant and his father was a player." HAH!

[@leighanderson5621]

Just wanted to add, when Aaron asked why there was 3 spaces, and how Quirrel filled the spaces in the Wizards chess game. In the book, Ron decides which pieces each of them should play, and the pieces hear him, and get off the board, the knight gets off his horse. So Quirrel would've just taken over one piece. Also not only did they miss the potion challenge, they missed the fact that Quirrel had set up a challenge as well, an even bigger mountain troll. But it was knocked out already so they didn't have to deal with it. Side note: Bill was a Gringots Curse Breaker, Charlie was a dragon "handler". and Norbert turns out to be a girl, so they changed her name.

[@yellowlili221]

Imagine if they make tv show of Harry Potter without anything left out from the books, it'd be so awesome

[@imonceagainaskingforyourfi4432]

It'd be great

[@brandonlyon730]

Especially with Goblet of Fire, it felt like they cut out almost half the book out with the movie.

[@JoshJr98]

I want a Hogwarts show where we follow day by day life as a student, they go to class and get into trouble out of class, learning spells, competitions, etc

[@qdominika7253]

@@brandonlyon730 especially with halfblood prince, i live for voldemort flashbacks

[@gavanhill5132]

They managed to drop a Weasley. Where’s Charlie!?

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

1:14:59 The actress they cast for Harry's mom does have blue eyes, just like Daniel Radcliffe.

[@inkeriananas]

Well not the girl they cast as young Lily for the memories in DHpt2, she had brown eyes. I'm not sure about Lily in the Order of the Phoenix, we didn't really see her face.

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

The only problem I had with the casting of Harry's parents is that they were supposed to be 21 years old and died in the early 80s but they looked about 40 and were dressed for the late 60s/early 70s. I don't know why, but that always bugged me.

[@jldmistery6840]

Oh and no Mark Radcliffe is not Dan's father. As I saw on the first Ultimate Edition it was revealed that Dan was at a play called "the Stones in his pocket" or something. Daniel's parents are involved in the film business as well , so they know everything about it. They were actually familiar with David Heyman the Producer of the Harry Potter films. David was sitting on the row behind Daniel and his parents during that play. And David every once in a while looked at Daniel which made Daniel quite nervous, during the break David went to Daniel and his parents and talked for a while because, as I said they knew each other. At some point the topic "Harry Potter" came along and David thought Daniel might be good for the role and he wanted him to audition for the part. Dan's parents were not very excited about it because they thought it might be bad for him growing up and they didn't want to, but eventually the decided to shoot the film in Leavesden , and not in the US, and so his parents finally agreed and the rest his history. Dan's audition was phenomonal, I've never seen a kid actor being so good at age 11 with so many emotion in his eyes. Fun fact Dame Maggie Smith had also told the filmmaker that they should look into Daniel Radcliffe prior to that meeting at the stage play. Because ofcourse she had worked with Daniel in '99 and she had very good experiences with Daniel. Sorry for this long extra message, but I couldn't help to send it LOL

[@aerrow9821]

Yes! I love your reactions to classic British film/tv culture. It's the stuff I grew up on and it highly influenced my other interests. Love you guys

[@aerrow9821]

Also, when you've caught up with Doctor Who, I'd highly recommend checking out TheGaroStudios' Doctor Who fan edits. They really highlight some of the show's best parts.

[@Skagiggs]

1:48:04 I'm from France and the first book (and movie) is named Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers which means Harry Potter at wizard school :')

[@braymax]

I always assumed the spell didn't work on scabbers is because he wasn't a "Real" rat and had his own magics to keep himself hidden.

[@gavanhill5132]

I like the subtle nod that you can’t turn a coward yellow, because he already was.

[@gavanhill5132]

@@jjmmm515 "Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow." Fred gave Ron the fake spell so that Ron could make a fool of himself, but for people who already know about Pettigrew, the subtext is great. Ron is trying to turn a coward yellow, and yellow is the colour of a coward. You can't change something into something it already is. Earlier, Hagrid tried to turn Dudley into a pig and when it failed he said that he was already such a pig, all that was left to change was the lack of a tail.

[@aros0018]

Obviously I'm talking mostly about the books here but I've always liked Harry and Ginny together. I get why people would want Harry and Hermione as a couple (especially with that dance in Deathly Hallows part 1 and because the two argue much less than Ron and Hermione) but I still really like that the two are genuine friends, just as much as he and Ron are. Plus, a criticism I tend to have with many shows, movies, and mangas is that the main character and his love interest never get together until the very end and I'd argue that 8 times out of 10 the actual RELATIONSHIP is way more interesting than the build-up to it. I loved seeing Harry and Ginny as a couple and that's a huge reason why I ship them so much, because I've actually seen that they are a good couple (by contrast, take Korra and Mako, whom were not a good couple and we never would have seen that had season 1 of LOK been where the show ended).

[@johnellisbushbush]

Alexander Sigstad yeah Harry and Ginny together works in the books so much better. Never got the Harry and Hermione stuff other than Ron is a dick to Hermione some of the time ... even the dance just seems like he’s trying to cheer up his friend

[@Liam-Swann]

My people. Where have you been. Hahahah i share my opinion on this in some comment sections and just get shit on. I do like Harry Ginny together in the books.

[@SasukeTurkey]

I'm not a big fan of Harry and Ginny or Hermione and Ron but I also wouldn't want Hermione and Harry to be together mostly because Harry and Hermione's friendship is one of my favorites in the entire series, and I think romance would just take away from it. Wouldn't really add anything to it.

[@helinituhhh]

I like neither of those ships personally. I’m one of the few(?) who never really dug Harry x Hermione books or movies. I’m fine with Ron x Hermione either way, but I agree that Harry x Ginny was at least more believable in the books. In the movies they were just a pain to watch.

[@johnellisbushbush]

Jln Acb yeah the movies didn’t o Ginny justice

[@rainbowquartz9513]

I’ve read every Harry Potter book over 10 times already and I even have some merchandise

[@Haluna11]

RIP Robbie Coltrane

[@JaydenDimaio]

* Philosopher's.

[@Taveren]

yeah the third movie made all the wands a representation of their personality - harry's keeps the cross guard but it becomes more stylized and the rest become super personalized

[@MissSarahG107]

I love your guys' opinions and observations of some of my favourite tv shows and films but I'm British, so whenever I see or hear the phrase Sorcerer's Stone, I feel an overwhelming urge to say Philosopher's Stone. To this day it still baffles me that it was changed for the American audience.

[@kelstwin3176]

In the book Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli the author relates that tptb at Scholastic decided that their U.S. audience might mistake the book for a children's book centered around Philosophy- particularly given that the popular trend in children's lit just before the Potter series hit the scene was to provide topical or educational themes. They figured "Sorcerer's" quickly clued one in that this is fantasy (fun).

[@MissSarahG107]

@@kelstwin3176 See I didn't know that but I still find it strange, but it doesn't change fact that the book and film are amongst the first things I remember. So when you grow up with something 1 way, it feels strange to hear it be called something else.

[@_mad_cat_]

You a Simpleton : Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Me an intellectual : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

[@Xethuron]

@kimidori in German it's called "The stone of the wise"

[@dragonhunter1315]

Man, i grew up with Harry Potter movie series, but Deathly Hallows part 2 was the only one i ever saw in theaters, and i didn't actually start reading the books until after Order of the Phoenix movie was out.

[@tranquilk5912]

I know you're American but it's PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

[@nordicrain]

Too complicated of a word for american's.

[@ethanperreault7470]

@@nordicrain You must be one of those EU pricks who think they are superior.

[@nordicrain]

@@ethanperreault7470 Incorrect, better luck next time.

[@MegaBoeboe]

@@ethanperreault7470 You set the bar very low

[@FarseerOfCearath]

Hm, even if they insisted on changing the name you'd think that "the _wizard's_ stone" would have made more sense, right?

[@JeM130177]

Maybe the train station thing is like the hidden house in Order of the Phoenix where it squeezes in between two other houses but no one notices hahah

[@gavanhill5132]

I didn’t notice until today, but when you first see the train, if you look at the ceiling on the other side of the tracks, there is a security camera.

[@amberyoungblood714]

Hagrid dragging the tree, Warwick Davis decorating, can’t tell the actual size of the tree… 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Aaron

[@bronsonparadis6374]

Eric: I know things! Me: *immediately thinks of Tyrion saying he drinks and knows things* In other news this is a great commentary. Can’t wait to listen to the rest of the Harry Potter series with you

[@brandonlyon730]

They completely butchered the Bloody Baron Ghost in this movie. I know he isn’t in the first book much or in this movie but the Bloody Baron is suppose to be a complete nightmare with all the other ghosts afraid of him not some happy go lucky pirate ghost. Heeven wears chains over guilt of his past crimes. His backstory is also pretty important in the later books with one of the holcruxs so he’s not like some minor character in the series as a whole.

[@Wannabe_Baby]

If I had to guess, I would say that JK Rowling likely didn't even know that the Bloody Baron would have any kind of important role later in the series.

[@samtheking25]

It's the Philosopher's Stone

[@eugeniamarch]

51:59 oh my god of course Eric is Gryffindor XD tbh i would say Eric's Gryffindor, Shane's Slytherin, Calvin and Rick are Ravenclaw, and Aaron is Hufflepuff upd: wow i got that almost right :D

[@muttteeth2569]

*excited slytherin noises*

[@americanproud2990]

Ginny was written so better in the books and so was her and Harry’s relationship. They ruined her in the movies.

[@carlycchapman]

I disagree, I hated Ginny in the books too and I both read the books and watched the movies.

[@lilith1992]

Agreed. Even if some people don't like her in the books, at least she had a personality there.

[@asdf12341355]

Man, Eric, despite knowing so much, said that Bill is a dragon hunter? It was Charlie man! I am disappointed.

[@johnbean8942]

I would pay all the patreon tiers to see Eric play mass effect

[@4rmbiggi32pac]

More familial connections, Gordon from AoS is also a son of Richard Harris. And Harry Melling, who plays Dudley, is the Grandson of the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton. I'm sure there are more.

[@somerandomguy2073]

And Dean Thomas (I think that's his name, the black guy) is the grandson of William Hartnell (the First Doctor).

[@4rmbiggi32pac]

@@somerandomguy2073 I thought he was the son of the Doctor's Male Companion?

[@eshadhawan3020]

I love how well Eric explains stuff to others without being too braggy about it... love this guy! 🖤

[@uggggggghhhhh]

he is at some points

[@Olochgu]

Harry does in fact not remember this lesson to safe Ron in when he is poisoned. He remembers reading it in the potions book of the halfblood prince. Later when Hermione tries to convince him to throw away the book he defends it by saying it helped him safe Ron's life and Hermione answers he could have known that himself if he had paid attention in Snape's first class.

[@gavanhill5132]

Turn to page 394 . . .

[@MrMatsudi]

That's not how you spell philosopher's... I kid, I love you guys! ;)

[@JeM130177]

Zoe Wanamaker is Cassandra! MOISTURISE MEEEEEE

[@a.lex_iy3140]

fun fact for you guys. the Actor Adrian rawlins who Plays James potter is the same Actor who Plays Nikolai Fomin, one of the three "scientist" who were one Trial in chernobyl. I listened to the HBO podcast and it was said there :) also here in Germany we have 4 years of elementary School and by the age of 10 or 11 we go to a different School for 5 to 8 years. so i Always imagined hogwarts being Kind of the replacement of that. :)

[@jldmistery6840]

I love how passionate Eric is about Harry Potter, so relatable haha. I sometimes can absolutely freak out Harry Potter to my friends and they are like "oh please stop for a minute" haha

[@ReconRecall]

I'm fairly certain Aaron will not have any worry about needles in this series.

[@x3xstoneyx3x]

2 years later and I still love to watch this and the movie at the same time

[@DocStewie77]

Charlie is dragon, Bill is bank.

[@jldmistery6840]

1:23:45 Ofcourse I very much agree with Eric here but on the other hand for that time I think they really did it very well. Back then you couldn't imagine doing Quidditch so well. Chris Columbus himself has said if he could have done it over he would have spend much more time on Quidditch. Overall I think he did a great job with the scene., could have been much and much worse, though ofcourse in HBP it looked best. I am personally a big fan of Ginny ( yes from the books). So I loved seeing her in action there.

[@connorhughes4758]

love you guys but there is a lot of misinformation here from Eric. I feel like Calvin knows way more and when Eric is wrong but is to polite to say.

[@gregwodzynski941]

Eriks knowledge is awesome

[@KaiLucasZachary]

I've never heard the theory that Neville forgot to put his robes on. That's brilliant.

[@KaiLucasZachary]

No, it isn't "endless" the wand parts. There are only very specific parts used, and each wand maker may use different parts.

[@jldmistery6840]

So nice to see you have been rewatching the films again and that you all like it so much. I became a fan in 2001 when the first film came out. I was obsessed with it from the beginning. It was so magical seeing Hogwarts for the first time on the big screen. Never forget that. It's insane when you think about it what Chris Columbus did for the franchise. He had to start from scratch..what does a wand look like ? What does it sound like when you throw a spell ? What does school uniforms look like ? What does the castle look like? And the most challenging quidditch how did that work on screem ? Nothing he had to start from zero. I got so much respect for Columbus what he pulled off and how he created Harry's world on screen. It's insane how good it was. The films was like the perfect entry into the series. It was exactly like the book. And the cast they were able to get for all the roles was incredible Richard Harris, Dame Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman etc. Some of the greatest british actors and actresses at the time. Most of them were cast so perfectly for the roles and it was very important because if Chris' vision for the film failed it would be dead and that guy had to deal with so much stress. Because there was such a high expectation from the fans it was insane. As a fan I see this film as one of the better films in the franchise they almost copied the book on screen, I couldn't have wished for a better film. My favorite casting ofcourse was Richar Harris who was literally exactly like I imagined Dumbledore. Also my respect for the child actors most had their first jobs, for a first job they did a pretty good job. Though you can see the camerawork is adjusted to it, they worked with 3 or 4 camera's with each scene in the first film because they never knew when they'd get the right scene or good shot

[@silascallison]

Eric is the best at describing everything about the Harry Potter series he has read all of the books and so when this video started he was doing what you would listen to in other movie commentary’s

[@theponyisday]

Wow I’m so fucking excited for this !!!! Hope you do all 8 movies !!!

[@bainayt5245]

How have I never seen these reactions!!!

[@primrosedragomir7001]

i don't know if this is ever mentioned or not, but there is a theory that for the Platform 9 3/4 scene, the reason Molly is so loud is because she saw a lost, scared kid alone on the platform with an owl, and was trying to help him find the platform, and let him know that she was someone he could ask for for help if he chose to. She was being obvious on purpose to catch Harry's attention and help him out

[@brittanycoyne4973]

I thought Bill was the Curse Breaker and Charlie was the Dragon Wrangler. You see Bill in the movies later on and I thought he was the reason they got to go to Egypt in Book 4.

[@rhitujamallick7054]

58:35 ummm no he doesn't, Harry finds out about it from the old potions book. It's Hermione that remembers it

[@OakhheartIX]

Great video! Loved watching it "with you" guys. As a side note, the US isn't the only country to have changed the title. Here in France the first book and movie are called "Harry Potter at the Wizard School". I suppose the reason for the change is similar.

[@Supercfc1888]

gentlemen - "it gives you what your heart desires" - i can't believe no one said janci, joy, carmen, melanie.

[@Supercfc1888]

@@cooper1171 your better half should always be your heart's desire.

[@Supercfc1888]

Having desire - a strong attraction to - for someone you love is in no way irrelevant.

[@Supercfc1888]

Yes, there is.

[@GTKreations]

Eric's facts throughout this video were very entertaining.

[@toni4470]

in Germany we have the "Harry Podcast" on KZbin. Where a woman talks about 5 minutes of the first Harry potter movie, Frame for Frame and gives you every Detail she could possibly find. Ist awesome

[@aros0018]

Let's get a comment thread going here. Of the Harry Potter books (you can include movies if you want), which is your favorite and which is your least favorite? Favorite: Half-Blood Prince (Runner up: Chamber of Secrets) Least favorite: Goblet of Fire

[@thekernewekpenguin]

Wow, Goblet of Fire as your least favourite? I'm curious as to why. XD Favourite: Order of the Phoenix (Runner up: Prisoner of Azkaban) Least favourite: Philosopher's Stone (don't dislike it as such but regarding the book and especially the film, it's the one I enjoy the least!)

[@aros0018]

Naturally, least favorite doesn't mean I think it's bad. That book just kind of drags in some places and has the most parts that are hard to get through. It's the book where we got a lot of in-fighting between the three friends, especially between Harry and Ron, the Yule Ball is hit and miss for me, and, because I like Harry so much, it's hard to watch almost all of Hogwarts hate him and see him as some kind of glory hound for getting to be in the Triwizard Tournament against his will. Mind you, most of this stuff is meant to be uncomfortable, so it's not like JK did a bad job on the writing. I'm just judging based on what I like reading about the most vs. what I like reading about the least. The book still has plenty of parts I love, including Voldemort's return.

[@thekernewekpenguin]

Alexander Sigstad yeah it’s not the most concise thing but personally I liked seeing the school turn against him, it shows how fickle school kids are. I also enjoyed seeing the realistic dynamic between the trio and JK showing how it’s not all sunshine and rainbows between them, though I understand that if you like Harry a lot then it would be difficult with all the turmoil he’s having to endure! I personally enjoyed the yuleball but my favourite part about that book was definitely how it delved into the wizarding world more and we got to see other schools, even within Hogwarts it felt to me like more detail and emphasis was put into more characters than the main three and even more years other than the one we see. As you say though, it’s written to be uncomfortable thus I suppose if it’s hit that mark for you, it should be congratulated! It’s fair enough if that (partly) makes it your least favourite. It just took me by surprise as I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone list it as they least favourite before!

[@kelstwin3176]

Prisoner of Azkaban (book & movie) ties with Deathly Hallows (the book) as favorite. Half-Blood Prince is my least favorite, particularly the movie version because I felt too much of the book got left out of the movie.

[@clq15]

On the subject of sitting on broomsticks, there’s a cushioning charm cast on them 😃

[@gretchenortner]

Damn Eric I've read all the books and watched all the movies multiple times and I thought I knew everything about them and their cast, but you're really teaching me a lot 😂

[@Fardawg]

He also gets many things wrong in these commentaries (not just the HP films), so I wouldn't assume it is all correct just because he says it with confidence. He will also "correct" others from time to time and shut down further discussion on the topic when the other person is actually correct. That's happened with Shane several times.

[@biocapsule7311]

In the books, Dumbledore sees his family in the mirror because his deepest desire at the time was to apologizes to them.

[@agnw000]

They didn’t build the great hall until the second film. The stairs they walk up and the great hall in the first film are at Christchurch college at oxford. A lot of the filming was done in Cambridge and Oxford as there are lots of old building

[@erikalulea3608]

A Muggle born have somewhere in the Family Tree Pure-bloods that get a squib and marry muggle and then the magic kind of is dorment (resting but the magic gene is kind of there ) and then in a future line of the family tree the magic reapear like with Hermione that is Muggleborn.

[@leav4g]

They didn't mention Ron was not with them when they got in trouble because he was bit by the dragon. Neville was cause he was forgot password.

[@mitchoconnell6944]

You guys are living the dream thanks for the content!!

[@alexandruandros1271]

For the Flitwitck design change, the story is a bit more interesting: Warwick Davis' role in Prisoner wasn't actually Flitwick, it was the choir head, who was a completely different character. The next director however, Mike Newell, really liked the new character design and decided to make that new character actually Flitwick

[@gavanhill5132]

I read a possible retcon where he was pranked to look old by a student and it only wore off two years later because of his mixed-blood heritage.

[@UnlicensedOkie]

I liked this video before I even watched it I love commentary tracks

[@SkyWolfPirate]

It’s not necessarily the space he sleeps In that is the problem it’s how everyone treats him and also that there is a bigger space easily made available for him. I grew up with less personally living/sleeping space than harry but I wasn’t treated like he was… I’d have loved to have a cupboard as my own growing up but not if I was treated as harry was I’ll take my barracks sleeping arrangement over that

[@mykeyacosta8434]

Yeah mr filch is considered a squib, someone born into a family of wizards, but doesn't have any magic himself. Of course Dumbledore would never replace him lol also filch tells dumbledore to read out banned items every year lol

[@SuperDora150]

This is great. I love "magic" explanation 😂 Plus about chess at the end: Ron chooses which piece should Harry and Hermione replace and then those pieces move out of board.

[@gavanhill5132]

In the movie the three pieces were already missing from the board when they came in. Given the choice, the safest position to play would be the King.

[@ytsejam58]

I loved the extended editions of the first 2 movies.

[@ChrisDixon__]

Fuck yesss!!!!!!! I love movie night with Blind Wave! _~chef kiss~_ that Harry Potter theme. Getting my food & snacks prepared.

[@Neofilmcritic]

This is my favorite series of all time! So happy you guys are doing this

[@tabithah7322]

The time has come. I'm actually frothing right now. I can recite this whole movie. I LOVE IT

[@dmidkif]

The reason Quidditch makes no sense is that J.K. Rowling thought it was a bit silly how seriously people took sports, so she made a game that was intentionally nonsensical so that she could parody organized sports. The cool thing is that Quidditch has been adapted to be a competitive game, and they adjusted the rules so that catching the snitch is not so OP.

[@KubbsWickedSoul]

“Savages! Savages!” Brilliant.

[@johnyshadow]

It would be really quite cool if we got an animated Harry Potter someday in the future.

[@Dragonbornabc123]

I really would love if eric reread the books before each , just so it's fresh to compare and contrast and of course add great detail

[@iamspartanss300]

When he says "put a stopper in death" he doesnt mean stop death, he means literally put a stopper as in a rubber cork in a bottle of a death potion.

[@JeM130177]

HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE WHO'S WITH ME

[@Beltims]

Pride? Aren't Hufflepuffs supposed to be modest? Being proud of your house seems more like Gryffindor thing. I don't think Hufflepuffs care about such things.

[@JeM130177]

@@Beltims pride in one's house of kindness and loyalty and normality is never wrong!! 😁😂

[@gavanhill5132]

What the hell is a Hufflepuff!?

[@Moviesrule2011]

Just took the test and I’m Slytherin. Guess I’m an asshole. I knew it.

[@thecomicdirector8417]

You're a wizard blind wave

[@tpeack]

seeing it called the sorcerer's stone feels so wrong.

[@importantnobody1345]

I want to say that Rowling had actually planned for hermione to be with fred or George I cant remember which though, at least for a brief moment. I'm not 100% about that. Also she kept ron alive because everybody asked if he was gonna die and she realized how many best friend characters die. Hagrid was saved because she always pictured him carrying harry in the last book.

[@nicole.-.3]

I love this movie commentary videos!!

[@ydc777]

“you looked like a giant tomato” 😂😂😂

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

Allegedly, it wasn't just that the Dursley's were family. It is because Petunia shared Lily's blood, and therefore offered the same protection.

[@Supercfc1888]

an eric/shane mass effect series streams would be epic! one day please guys

[@thorbear]

Harry doesn't remember the part about the bezoar curing poison from the first year, he reads it in the book that used to belong to Snape, where Snape has written it as commentary on a complicated potion for curing poison: "Just shove a bezoar down their throat".

[@no.1garlicbreadenthusiast]

I gotta be honest I felt bad for Slythrin until I read the books. Snape is so much worse in them, giving his house tons of points for the most miniscule things while taking a ridiculous amount of points from other students (especially Gryffindors) for no good reason & even blaming students for stuff he knew was Slythrin students fault. That's why I think Slythrin loosing is pretty fair & why I don't feel bad that all the other houses cheered for Gryffindor as I see it more as Gryffindor getting points back that were unfairly taken from them than the house that was supposed to win loosing out to Gryffindor fravatisim. I mean I know I'd rather cheer for the house that was getting the most points stolen & had three kids in it that had risked their lives to stop magic hitlar from taking over the world again than the house that got tons of points without earning them. Of course in real life it'd be unfair to label every kid bad for being in a certain house but this isn't real life & it's pretty clear that JK Rowling did set up Slythrin to be 'The bad' house & this holds up for almost the entirety of the series as most Slthrins are portrayed to be selfish, cowardly & blood purists who clearly look down on other magical creatures despite a lot of them being more powerful than them. No offence to people who were sorted into Sltherin or who like Slythrin as having a sense of self preservation, being cunning & being ambitious are perfectly fine characteristics. It's how you use those characteristics though that's important. If you use your cunning to plan a surprise party for a friend, lovley. If your first thought when someone pulls out a nife on a bus full of strangers is yourself, understandable. If you have ambitions to be top of your class & graduate to become a scientist, amazing. It's only when those characteristics are used to bring joy to you through the suffering of the innocent that they make you a bad person. Which is exsactly what most of the Slythrins do throughout the series. Even later on when it's clear that Harry dose hold Slthrin in contempt you can tottally understand why as, outside of Slughorn, I don't think he ever really met a good person from Sltherin but even so Harry's such a good person that he riskes his life to save them even after some of them have tried to kill him & he's loved ones.

[@detdatho]

Fleamont Potter (Harrys paternal grandfather), ironically, invented the Sleekeazy's Hair Potion which quadrupled the Potter familys fortune.

[@strangeturtle5947]

Do the whole effing series!! This is actual fucking destiny. We're currently going into our Potter marathon month. (I do this with my little bro almost every year. Yes, we're weird nerds.) The point of this is to go back to our wizarding roots and just consume as much HP related stuff we can, Potter is a big thing for us. And now my favorite reaction channel gets to kinda be a part of it. I'm psyched.

[@TheRizGuy]

Okay, I guess you really like John Hurt, maybe react to Merlin then, he is in it, kinda. Loving this HP commentary.

[@jonte2343]

Crazy if you think about it that that cloak is from the ropes of death himself