Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) | Movie Reaction | Part 2 | Time For Some Quidditch!

[@thaisseachick4529]

It’s so crazy that you noticed that Quirrell was also casting a spell, almost no one notices that!! It’s a huge plot point too so that’s awesome!!

[@seattlecryptid]

Mrs. Movie's eye for Quirrell at the Quitch game! I will never get over how observant she is.

[@Pkjackal13]

Watched these movies soo many times yet never noticed that or Hermione slamming a book on Harry's fingers until now

[@daviddalke926]

I don't think i've seen any other reactor catch that bit with Quirrell. Good job Mrs. Movie.

[@AniwayasSong]

My late wife and I both read and thoroughly enjoyed the books. Attending the movies when they came out was an extra-special treat (They did SUCH an amazing/respectful job on them!)! Sadly, she passed-away before the final book (then movies) came out. I read it aloud as-if she were there beside me, and when I finally got to see the movies, I bought two tickets (Gave one to a family behind me, as a way of saying 'Thank you!' to her generous spirit). These bring back so many fond memories, yet also fill me with a deep sense of loss at her being gone. At least folks can still read/watch this Series and become as enthralled with them, too! :-)

[@TheGoddamnBacon]

I'm sure she enjoyed them with you too, even though she's gone from this realm.

[@AniwayasSong]

@@TheGoddamnBacon 🙂

[@alittle2high]

Dang. I’ve never seen someone notice Quirrel casting his spell during the quidditch match. Nice 👏

[@LaurinGarcia]

To answer your questions about Hogwarts house colors; Gryffindor house mascot is a lion and their colors is red and gold (is connected to fire); Slytherin house mascot is a snake and their colors are green and silver, (connected to water); Hufflepuff mascot is a Badger and their colors are yellow and black, representing wheat and soil (to earth); and Ravenclaw mascot is an eagle and their house color is blue and bronze; sky and eagle feathers to air. 🦁🐍🦡🦅

[@Zso-VIII]

Harry cast no spells in this movie, and beat the antagonist by grabbing his face. A great wizard.

[@OfficialSoraOkami]

He Rolled A Nat 20 on Burning Hands

[@talkshow69]

Considering his hands were rated E for evil, yeah.

[@robertbaird9267]

@@talkshow69 *mermaid man from spongebob* “EEEEEEEVIIIIIILLLLLL?!?”

[@Hapsard]

When you say Hermione is the smart one I want to point out that someone in the filmmaking process like Hermione more than Ron. In the books she was very "book smart" but, for instance she knew that devil snare didn't like light but forgot that she could cast a spell to make light in the heat of the moment and had to be reminded by Harry. At other times in the franchise she is given lines that Ron said in the books, even though it made more sense that Ron would know what was said because he was raised in the magic world well Hermione and Harry were not. This always confused me. The movies are fun but the books are amazing, and the three protagonists are much more balanced in the books.

[@rubenlopez3364]

Hermione being the smart one of the dumb boys was a feminist choice by JK Rowling, she ended up going a little crazy when the movies were being made and was trying to say Hermione was black and that Harry and Ron were gay interracial lovers

[@kassard1]

It was Ron that reminded Hermione that she was a witch during the devil's snare moment.

[@jjc5871]

@@rubenlopez3364That all happened long after the movies were made. She was trying to appease the idiocy of the far left once they started calling her racist and anti-semitic.

[@Mokkari77]

They needed comic relief because the movies became too scary for kids.

[@Hapsard]

@@kassard1 ahh ... my bad. Been a while since I read them 😋

[@tacticalgrace6456]

Want to say we don’t only say “Happy Christmas” universally across the board in the UK. Probably use Happy and Merry in equal measure.

[@connorredshaw7994]

Richard Harris was just perfect for the role of dumbledore nothing against Michael Gambon he was fantastic too shame they are both passed away. 😞

[@gilgameshricardo3867]

Gambon was better. He had a stronger precence and energy. Old but not frail looking.

[@Hapsard]

@@gilgameshricardo3867 I don't know. I felt that Richard Harris brought a loving gentleness to the roll. It would have been really interesting to see what he did with the rest of the series.

[@alinachrist8416]

​@@HapsardI think the latter parts of the series needed a stringer Dumbledore. Someone who could be terrifying at a point. All Dumbledores felt pretty good in their parts.

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

@@alinachrist8416 It's honestly kind of difficult for me to imagine either one in the other's place. It's not like I can't, but, the way it is is too ingrained in my mindset.

[@papahamdrew9962]

I agree, love both but I prefer Gambon, he has more of a presence I feel, I can’t imagine Richard Harris dueling Voldemort. Richard is more calm and accurate to the books though. They were both great in their own ways, RIP to both

[@christophercrane9540]

According to the books, the Dursleys had Dudley's tail removed privately by a surgeon. But I bet he's got a hell of a weird scar to explain to his future girlfriends.

[@biswojyoti1]

for me rupert grint stood out to me this movie, he had such an expressive little face

[@rikmoran3963]

I'm in the UK and in my fifties and when I was young it was always MERRY Christmas and a HAPPY New Year. However, in the last 20 years or so, HAPPY Christmas seems to have taken over as the norm, often appearing on Christmas cards as well. To me it's as weird as saying MERRY Birthday! 😂

[@ammaleslie509]

Really? I remember British people saying Happy Christmas from much farther back than that: in movies & TV, plays, and books.

[@malcolmrowe9003]

Both are used. Maybe i the difference is regional or class-based in origin

[@vamvam7690]

Weird, I’m English and I’ve hardly ever heard anyone say Happy Christmas, everyone says Merry Christmas that I know. Maybe it’s different regionally? 🤷‍♀️

[@VonOutlaw]

When it comes to Quidditch it's whoever catches the golden snitch and the game, and whoever catches it gets 150 points however your team could still lose so say if you had zero points and your enemy team had say 160 you catch the snitch you only get 150 so you would lose by 10 points. When it comes to scoring goals you can score on either side.

[@CarlosAlexDanger]

But your total points for the season matter just as much as your wins. So it may be worth it to cut your losses and only lose by 10

[@Kylopod]

Yes. It’s a design flaw in the game, because it reduces the incentive for trying to score goals. I imagine that it would cause teams to play a mostly defensive strategy, focused on preventing the other team from scoring rather than trying to score themselves, and that would lead to less scoring overall. In the books it’s explained that teams are evaluated based on number of goals scored rather than number of games won, thus evening out this discrepancy. But it means you’d have to play a lot of games before seeing the value in scoring goals. What’s interesting to me is that in the real world, a form of quidditch has been developed (without the flying and magic of course), and I’d be curious to know how well it functions compared to standard sports like football or basketball.

[@Senkoau]

@@Kylopod I think part of the issue is we only see the Hogwarts games while Harry's there and obviously something has changed massively in broom design during that period. The Nimbus 1,000 (Predecessor to Harry's broom) could reach a top speed of 100 mph, the Nimbus 2,000 is unknown but said to be fastest at the time of its release meaning its faster than the 1,000 and the Nimbus 2,001 (What Malfoy bought his way onto the team with in Harry's second year) was said to be faster again and then we get the Firebolt which Harry gets in his third year and its confirmed speed is 150 mph. That means over the course of four years (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) the brooms used in Quidditch increased their top speed by 50 mph and we don't see anything about Golden Snitch's or other equipment being similarly upgraded. We know the longest match in history lasted 3 months and none of the games in the series even the world cup don't last more than one eavening yet for the world cup wizards are bringing tents and camping to watch it. So my personal theory is that part of the reason quidditch has issues is that in the time period we're watching it the players are getting a massive upgrade in how fast they can move but the snitch isn't. So the game has changed from seekers having to spot and anticipate the snitch's movements to end the game meaning the goals scored play a large part of the final score since a game can last day's to being able to overtake and catch it in a direct chase. So the games are ending far quicker than they used too but the rules and equipment outside of the brooms aren't being upgraded to deal with this. To put it in real world terms they seem to be going from racing with Model T cards (top speed 35 mph) to racing with F1 cars (230+ mph) while being judged on how long it takes them to complete a set number of laps of the track.

[@SonOfIzalith]

Ok so that was an awesome theory/explanation, did you come up with it yourself ? Never thought about that but it makes sense ​@@Senkoau

[@Senkoau]

@@SonOfIzalithMy theory based on the canon speeds of Harry's brooms and a few other ones we know about. For example we know the first mass produced racing broom the cleansweep one was in 1926 and by 1927 every British quidditch team was using it. We also know the silver arrow was the predecessor to the cleansweep one reaching speeds of seventy mph and eventually being replaced by the cleansweep because they couldn't make enough silver arrows to meet demand. Meaning racing brooms have only been officially produced for about sixty five years and went from around seventy mph (silver arrow) to 100 mph (Nimbus 1,000) in that time period then as I said in Harry's first four years at school their top speed jumped by 50 mph to 150 mph an increase nearly equal to the probable top speed of the first racing broom and 20 mph more than the increase over the previous 65 years combined. So my theory that something changed in 1990/1991 that saw a huge jump in broom speed like in real life we had a huge jump in computing power when going from vacumn tubes to transistors. Meanwhile the rest of quidditch hasn't kept up with these speed increases by the seekers. If we assume the Nimbus 1,000 wasn't part of this jump then it could be say 100 mph vs a snitch at 105 mph, if it is part of the jump then it could be 100 mph vs a snitch at 95 mph. If the broom before the Nimbus could only reach 90 - 92 mph then you can't catch it in a direct chase and thus longer games people are still expecting.

[@VonOutlaw]

The last scene with the Train scene, the reason why Harry's eyes look all puffy like he's been crying is because they tried having him wear green contacts cuz in the book the character has green eyes like his mother. Unfortunately he had a really bad allergic reaction to it and that was actually the first scene that they filmed for the movie. And you'll notice that Hermione Granger had buck teeth in that scene is the only time Emma Watson wore the fake teeth but they just did not work out so well and so they had them removed.

[@marii_lilmonsta]

They could’ve made his eyes green with CGI like Johnny Depp in Alice In Wonderland but maybe they didn’t have the capacity at the time

[@VonOutlaw]

@MariCruzLilMonsta correct they could have but it would not have looked anywhere near like Johnny Depp's, remember now the first movie came out in 2001. Johnny Depp's movie came out in 2010 the CGI can't be really compared they look completely different after that much time has passed improvements were made. Now when it's used like in Johnny Depp's case it looks amazing, but if we tried that in 2001 and wouldn't look so well, look at the scar that they put on the baby that was CGI. So you are correct they would have been able to do it back in 2001 it just would not have looked as good and so I think that's why they chose not to. On top of that most of the budget went in towards the Quidditch and fluffy

[@eliocosmos]

Wow that’s a great bit of trivia. First I’ve heard of it.

[@VonOutlaw]

​@@eliocosmosyeah there's a behind the scenes movie documentary kind of thing, and Christopher Columbus talks about how they had him put in contacts but he had a bad reaction to them and could not wear them so they had to remove them and shoot the scene without the contacts.

[@christineirving4491pluviophile]

Actually, "Merry Christmas" is pretty standard in the UK, 'Happy Christmas' not so much.

[@chris...9497]

'Merry' originally had a different connotation than it does in the US. For one, 'happy' is a feeling, but 'merry' is a behavior. If you paid attention to the Charles Dickens story "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge's overworked and underpaid clerk apologizes for coming into work a few minutes late after Scrooge begrudgingly allowed him a day off for the holiday. Because the previous day he had overdone the festivities a bit, he says "I was making rather merry yesterday, sir." 'Merry' was a behavior that often involved drinking and loosening up. So, when you wish someone 'Merry Christmas', you are telling them you hope they enjoy themselves; 'Happy Christmas' means you hope their Christmas will be pleasant.

[@lukefisher2000]

"Fine day Sunday" with the letters coming through the house at the beginning Richard Griffiths plays that role superbly always cracks me up 😂

[@kylemiller5148]

20:48 That is literally nightmare fuel, his appearance brings me back to the ringwraiths in LOTR,how Harry is not screaming I will never know coz seeing a figure in black with no discernable features walking towards you so menacingly should technically make pretty much anyone scream especially if it's walking towards you whilst not saying a word 😳

[@joshuacoldwater]

Gryffindor is Red and Gold Slytherin is Green and Silver Ravenclaw is Blue and Bronze Hufflepuff is Yellow and Black

[@Fardawg]

While "Merry Christmas" is more popular in America now and Happy is popular in the UK, Merry Christmas actually originated in England hundreds of years ago (1500's I think) and was popularized by Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol. Queen Elizabeth II apparently preferred using Happy Christmas over Merry in her Christmas messages to the public and it became the most common form in the UK. Though I've seen Brits who say Merry is actually more common now.

[@vamvam7690]

As a Brit I hear Merry Christmas WAY more personally but I’ve seen some other Brits saying the opposite in the comments so maybe it depends where in the UK you live or your age etc

[@HuntersMoon78]

I'm British and I say "Merry Christmas", all ways have done.

[@joerexhausen8897]

There's a charm to the movies but i will always prefer the books since there is so much more explained that movies can't include.

[@VBSuper]

Hopefully, the new tv series will be more faithful to the books.

[@mirkoschwandt5451]

I used to have high blood pressure when watching the movies in cinema, as I felt they are rushing through the books at such incredible speed

[@CarloisBuriedAlive]

I think Mrs is going to enjoy these because each installment is basically a mystery story disguised as fantasy

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Just to let you know, here in my part of Northern England we say "Merry Xmas". Whilst, we always say "Happy New Year" which has always been a popular holiday in the northern border area. The latter phrase however, is not supposed to be uttered until 12 midnight on New Years Eve. Both these things are probably due to the Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland being such a big thing.

[@Roughguy666]

Dumbledore and McGonagall both were Gryffyndor Now the house colours you guys were talking about and looks like it kinda confused you both. Here they are... Gryffyndor- Scarlett and Gold Hufflepuff- Yellow and Black Ravenclaw- Blue and Bronze Slytherin- Green and Silver Hope that helps 😊

[@crazzyjjj1]

In the movie Ravenclaw colors are blue and silver, witch has cause confusion. Most mercedize use the movie colors instead of the book.

[@theshadowfax239]

​​@@crazzyjjj1 Yes and the movies' merch would always uses ravens as the official animal of Ravenclaw, when in the books it was an eagle. Fyi for anyone wondering: Griffindor- Griffin Hufflepuff- Badger Slytherin- Snake

[@thewhitewolf7728]

@@theshadowfax239 a lion is for Griffindor

[@flaysol7719]

Ravenclaw is a raven

[@nwyk153]

@@flaysol7719 In the BOOKS it's an Eagle. In the MOVIES they use Raven. I find Raven suits more, as in the name Ravenclaw.

[@jami099]

These movies are amazing. I think you'll both have a blast if you're planning on watching them all

[@CarloisBuriedAlive]

They have Prisoner of Azkaban listed on their patreon for this week, so looks like they’re doing one installment per week

[@patrickcromwell7554]

This scene with Dumbledore eating a candy establishes that he has a sweet tooth. In the books, Harry often buys Dumbledore an assortment of candy (Wizard AND Muggle candy) for Christmas.

[@beverlyarcher546]

What book has him buying Dumbledore candy? As the books I read Harry never buys Dumbledore anything

[@patrickcromwell7554]

@@beverlyarcher546 It's very quick; a passing comment fi I remember properly. I believe it may be the Half-Blood Prince, but don't take that as a confirmation. Like I said it was just a passing statement about Harry Christmas shopping.

[@Fettman89]

These movies are just magical, even as an adult re watching I get that feeling of awe still. Also McGonagall is my favorite teacher too, I love them all really, but she's just awesome.

[@genny5309]

While Dumbledore rewarded them for their actions, he also restored the 50 points each they lost for going to see Hagrid past curfew. The 150 points was a LOT to lose, as you can see by the final tallies.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

10:58 I have always been confused about why we say "Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year" as I would have thought (and personally do) want "A Happy Christmas & A Merry New Years"

[@LaurinGarcia]

Professor Snape is head of House Slytherin. Professor McGonagall is head of house Gryffindor. Professor Flitwick (who teaches Charms class with the Winguardian Leviora) is head of Ravenclaw. Professor Sprout is head of Hufflepuff.

[@hashtagPoundsign]

That’s not a knife, that’s a sword. This is a knife: 🥄 “That’s a spoon.” Ah I see you've played knifey-spoony before.

[@foxmcleod64]

Hey you two, Ravenclaw here! Welcome to the Wizardering World of Harry Potter! I think I remember seeing the first two films when they released then read the third book and it was on for me from there. It's funny you referenced Matilda in the first part because that's what got me into both the books and films was the very heavy Roald Dahl influence on the story.

[@nerdguru86]

Hey fellow Ravenclaw here.. Have been a fan of the series since 2001..

[@JamesSmith-bd2is]

Haha. You can tell Mrs. Movies was wanting to comment on Marcus Flint's teeth at 6:58 but perhaps wanted to avoid any 'British teeth' remarks. Don't think anyone would blame her but just to reassure you that those teeth were prosthetic. In the book, ""Harry thought Flint looked as if he had some troll blood in him", so I guess this is their attempt to make him troll-like.

[@danracz6297]

"Let's look at picture book.. The Big Book of British Smiles."

[@chefskiss6179]

Your editing is always top-notch. Loved this watchalong with you two. Thanks for this series.

[@parker469a]

This isn't addressed anywhere in the series but half of all of Hermione's best lines are supposed to be done by Ron. The guy who did the adaptation of the script went way overboard with his love for Hermione and gave her pretty much all of Ron's helpful moments. It becomes more apparent as the movies go on that he isn't given any real heroic moments which doesn't make a lot of sense that he would be part of trio and have nothing to add to it for the most part. Even as the "heart" of the group he doesn't get a lot of implementation throughout the movies. First, Ron is the one with all the knowledge of the Wizarding World at large. She is knowledgeable but only about things written in books. She knows nothing about anything she's not being taught in class or reading from the library. Second, Ron is supposed to be constantly defending Hermione and giving her the self confidence she needs to succeed. Even in the pit of vines she's supposed to be freaking out till Ron calms her down. She is the one with the knowledge to get them out but she isn't supposed to be this much of a rock. Ron is her rock.

[@juice6521]

It's probably done so that she's a remotely likeable character and not just a massive know-it-all.

[@hkpew]

The philosopher's stone was one of two traditional goals of alchemy. As explained in the movie, this was supposed to confer immortality on the possessor. (The other goal was the transmutation of base substances into gold.) So the original title, Philosopher's Stone, was perfectly logical to anyone who knows about alchemy. But the US publisher figured that no one (or at least, no kids) in the US would recognize that reference and changed the title to Sorcerer's Stone. I have to agree that it would be a rare kid in the US who would know what a philosopher's stone is, but I'm not sure that isn't just as true of British kids. Well, probably not now, but before the book became popular. On the other hand, for the first book before anyone knew what Harry Potter was all about the name change probably made sense from a marketing standpoint as it clearly indicates the magical nature of the world in the book. Philosopher's Stone wouldn't have done that even for those who recognized the alchemical term. Alchemy is widely considered a pseudo science these days. That's a fair assessment in that a lot of alchemists were clearly charlatans, claiming to have knowledge of already existing means to achieve either the philosopher's stone or the transmutation of base materials into gold as a way to bilk money out of gullible rich people. But there were others who did a lot of real science while sincerely seeking one or both of these goals. Modern chemistry is very much indebted to alchemy for its foundations both in chemical knowledge and investigative techniques.

[@RobertMorgan]

We knew what a philosopher's stone was from Fullmetal Alchemist...

[@hkpew]

Except that Fullmetal Alchemist came out after the publication of the first Harry Potter book, so no one knew about it that way at the time the book received its US title.@@RobertMorgan

[@richardzinns5676]

I learned about the philosopher's stone as a child from reading the Mickey Mouse Club magazine; how esoteric is that? By the way, Nicholas Flamel is the only real person mentioned anywhere is the Harry Potter series; he lived in the 14th century, but it was only three centuries later that he was first reputed to be an alchemist who had discovered (or created) the philosopher's stone.

[@Senkoau]

@@RobertMorgan I knew it from a book series I read as a kid. Two cats (one good, one evil) get taken in by an alchemist pursuing turning base metals into gold. At the end of the first chronological book a fight between the two cats causes a fire killing the alchemist and making the evil one immortal. He's the main villain of at least one of the later books, I never could find most of the series to read though.

[@chris...9497]

I learned about alchemy and the philosopher's stone during my childhood in the 1960s, but I was a kind of Hermione myself, reading almost everything I could get my hands on. My curiosity was deep, wide, and insatiable.

[@RabidDoughnut]

These edits just keep getting better & better! & the reactions are just becoming more & more entertaining. Awesome job guys! Much love.

[@conniegaylord5206]

I started watching HP as I was transitioning to an empty nester. As much as I love the movies, bit by bit I'm loving the books more. In the book Harry does many strange things which spooks his uncle. Please keep an eye on Aunt Petunia in the future, she is always fascinated at Harry, never really frightened.

[@natsohigh5552]

Petunia was jealous of Harry, as she was of Lily. She wanted to be magical.

[@gilgameshricardo3867]

​@@natsohigh5552no spoilers lol. Let her read the books first.

[@YenellyT]

If I were her I would force that magic out of my genes so hardddd@@natsohigh5552

[@ChrisReise]

7:50 Noticing that Professor Quirrell was doing something suspicious during the Quiddich game - 20 points awarded to Gryffindor.

[@evanreid6917]

Great reaction Mr and Mrs movies, I liked how you guys did the reaction as a 2 parter it works. 👍👍

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

Why they say "Happy Christmas" is believed to be because "happy" took on a higher class connotation than "merry," which was associated with the rowdiness of the lower classes. The royal family adopted "Happy Christmas" as their preferred greeting, and others took note.

[@Tallenn]

House info for you: Gryffindor: Lion Colors: scarlet and gold Traits: Courage, nerve, chivalry Head: McGonnagall Slytherin: Snake Colors: silver and green Traits: Ambition, cunning, resourcefulness Head: Snape Hufflepuff: Badger Colors: yellow and black Traits: Hard work, loyalty, patience Head: Sprout (herbology professor you'll meet early in the next movie) Ravenclaw: Eagle (my house) Colors: blue and bronze Traits: Intelligence, wit, curiosity Head: Flitwick (charms professor, you saw him teaching the gang wingardium leviosa) Also, quidditch doesn't end until the snitch is caught. Games have gone on for weeks.

[@ElderYautja666]

We say Merry Christmas in the UK also and Happy New Year. Dont know why they have the kids saying Happy Christmas 🤷‍♂️

[@D25Bev]

We say Merry Christmas too ha i certainly prefer it

[@crazzyjjj1]

In the book Ron mention to Harry about a Quid-ditch game lasting for 3 months because until someone finally caught the snitch, and that they had to keep replace the place with sub to keep it going. It was a pro game not.

[@fish_thefilmcollector]

I'm glad you're taking this journey. I hope you actually take the Sorting Hat Quiz on Pottermore to find out your true houses. I'm a Ravenclaw.

[@gkiferonhs]

If you look at the names on the trophy that Hermione showed Harry with his dad's name on it, you'll notice another name on the plaque - M. McGonigal. She's a quiddich jock too.l

[@01000001011100100111]

In the UK we generally say "Merry Christmas" not "Happy Christmas". The term "Merry Christmas" itself comes from an English Christmas carol.

[@Rocket1377]

Depends on what part of the UK you are from. In Scotland, "Happy Christmas" is actually more commonplace.

[@MrEckybhoy]

​@@Rocket1377no it's not😂 it's merry Christmas in Scotland aswell 😂

[@vamvam7690]

As an English person I only ever hear ‘Merry Christmas’ really, hardly anyone I know says ‘Happy Christmas’ Maybe it’s more common elsewhere in the UK though I’m not sure 🤷‍♀️

[@misscryptoria]

They don't mention it in the movies, but in the books Dudley's tail had to be surgically removed.

[@Heida77]

The book/film is called the Philosopher's Stone literally everywhere but in the US. It was changed by the US publisher, Scholastic, and J.K. Rowling because they thought American children wouldn't want to read a book with "philosopher" in the title, since it commonly refers to a scholar of philosophy rather than an alchemist or a wizard. Rowling has since said that she regrets having granted permission for the title change, but as a new author she wasn't in a strong enough position to fight it at the time (they even asked her to use the initials J.K. instead of her first name Joanne because apparently teenage boys would not want to read a book written by a woman). The Philosopher's Stone is an actual real-life legend; an alchemical substance of legend capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, used for achieving immortality. Additionally, Nicolas Flamel was a real person, an (alleged) alchemist believed to have created the stone. Fun fact: Each scene where the stone is mentioned in the films had to be shot twice, with "philosopher's" or "sorcerer's". The houses and what they represent: Gryffindor - Bravery, chivalry, honor, helping others, determination, recklessness, self-righteousness, short tempered and a desire to always be the hero. Someone who stands up for the little guy, challenges authority and has a tendency to act first & think later. Hufflepuff - Hard work, patience, loyalty, modesty, dedication, kindness and fairness. Someone who has a strong moral compass, is usually accepting of everyone and rarely starts arguments. (I am a proud Hufflepuff!) Ravenclaw - Intelligence, wisdom, knowledge, creativity, originality and wit. Someone who is academically motivated, logical, curious, eccentric, and accepting of people & things that others would consider 'weird'. Slytherin - Ambition, cleverness, cunningness, resourcefulness, pride and self-preservation. Someone who is always one step ahead, has a dark sense of humour, thinks reputation is important, doesn’t let anyone (or almost anyone) see their soft side and is possibly destined for greatness. While a lot of dark witches and wizards have been in Slytherin, not all of them are bad. I suggest taking the Sorting Hat Quiz on wizardingworld.com (formerly Pottermore). The house colours represent the four elements: Gryffindor is red and gold (Fire), Slytherin is green and silver (Water), Hufflepuff is yellow and black (Earth-wheat and soil) and Ravenclaw is blue and bronze - (Air-sky and eagle feathers). Prof. McGonagall (Transfiguration) is head of Gryffindor. An M.G. McGonagall won best seeker in 1971 but it cannot have been Minerva as she was already a teacher at Hogwarts by 1910. Prof. Snape (Potions) is head of Slytherin, Prof. Sprout (Herbology) is head of Hufflepuff and Prof. Flitwick (Charms-Wingardium Leviosa) is head of Ravenclaw. The way Qudditch works is that the seeker who catches the Golden Snitch earns the team 150 points and ends the game. But the team with the most points overall wins, so catching the snitch alone doesn't guarantee a win. Interesting fact: Daniel Radcliffe, who's eyes are blue, was initially meant to wear green contact lenses to match Harry's eye colour as well as his mother's, but the lenses gave him an allergic reaction so after consultation with Rowling, it was agreed that Harry could have blue eyes. However, he does have them in the last scene which was actually the first one that was filmed, and his green eyes are clearly visible in close-ups. In contrast, Ron has blue eyes in the book but Rupert Grint has green eyes. Emma Watson also wore fake buck teeth but she couldn't talk clearly with them. This is something that is never explained in the films so it's not really a spoiler, but Harry HAS to stay with the Dursleys because when Lily sacrificed herself she invoked an ancient and powerful spell in which her blood serves as protection for Harry against Voldemort. As her sister, Petunia, is her closest living blood relative, Harry is protected as long as he stays where she stays until the age of 17. Mirror of Erised = Desire backwards.

[@allisongrinnell5107]

I have watched this a million times and just now noticed Hermione drops a book on Harry’s fingers. Afterwards you see him try to hide rubbing them to make them feel better.

[@grahamgresty8383]

Hufflepuff are mainly yellow (you will see a Quiditch match with them later). Snape is the head of Slytherin house: note not all Slytherins are bad. You'll see Voldemort as a normal looking person, later in the series but you will also see him further distorted due to some dark magic he insists on performing: more of this in later films.

[@hkpew]

"Why do we say Merry Christmas and they say Happy Christmas?" Because we're A-merry-can.

[@kassard1]

Love it!

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I’m right there with you on mastiffs. Such a wonderful breed, but they can be a lot to deal with.

[@elizabethdarroch3000]

Most of us brits do say merry Christmas I always thought americans said happy holidays Tim Allen recently defended the saying merry Christmas over happy holidays but it gives me a headache so I just say merry Christmas to everyone if they don't like it just tell me and I'll use another saying lol

[@chris...9497]

Most Americans believe it's just good manners to wish the best to people regardless of terms used. And most Americans with even the slightest enlightened sensibility are happy to use whatever is the most appropriate term or context for the recipient of such good wishes. Not everyone celebrates Christmas, not everyone is Christian. Well-wishing is shared by Christain and non-Christian alike. And the reality is that the winter solstice is a period where an abundance of religions celebrate a major holiday. I personally find it far more Christian to wish others well regardless of what religion they practice. Jesus is portrayed as inclusive; but modern day political christians use their professed religious label in a very domineering and possessive way that doesn't fit with the biblical Jesus. They aren't practicing religion, they're practicing politics. The Pharisees tried to trip Jesus up at one point, asking him a political question about money and taxation, brandishing a coin with the Caesar's image on it. Jesus said 'Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." I think Jesus would be disgusted with the politicizing of his ministry and message. Kindness and consideration is being inclusive. Using words to disinclude 'nonmembers' is not Christian. Wishing others a 'Happy Holidays' is NOT being unChristian in the least. Jesus never said kindness or consideration had to be earned; the parable of the Good Samaritan is proof of that. I apologize for my countrymen. I have found ignorance and small-mindedness occurs in all countries, all cultures, all belief systems. Like the poor, we will have them with us always.

[@RunicMike]

There is no time limit. If nobody catches the snitch the game doesn't end.

[@bidwell13]

5:02 the reason McGonagall is into Quidditch is because she’s the head of Gryffindor and all the heads want their house to win the quidditch cup and if I remember right Slytherin beat Gryffindor for many years so McGonagall wanted to win. 5:55 there’s no time limit to Quidditch they’ve had games in their world that lasted months. 7:08 there are rules to quidditch but the ref didn’t seem to call stuff. The points can keep going up until someone catches the snitch but catching the snitch doesn’t mean you’ll win. The other team could have 900 and your team have 200 and catch the snitch and not win. 35:26 Snape would give points to his house and take from others and the other house teachers would try to balance that out. 37:39 if you read the book you’ll find out more about Dudley and the tail. It’s pretty funny.

[@hanlouise96]

I'm here for this journey keen for the next ones! Good idea splitting the reactions into 2 parts, much more detailed that way!

[@aea9420]

These movies get better and better please keep doing HP reactions!

[@Zhaggysfaction]

These movies/books/stories are such a journey, it's always fun to see people experience them for the first time. There are great things coming.

[@Thecanadianwitch]

Fun fact: Nicolas Flamel is actually someone who lived in real life. I've known about Nicolas Flamel and the philosopher's stone since probably 1995 which is 2 years before the first Harry Potter book came out. Merlin who has his card is as i guess you already know, a magician from a 12th century mythological story and linked to King Arthur. It's pretty cool that there is some reality in this magical world.

[@joanward1578]

Nicolas Flamel is an actual historic figure.

[@lucieudem]

Yes same thing as philosopher stone... Well known to Europeans and others (I knew about it since High school and I am Canadian) because they are often mentioned in historical/fantasy novel

[@ChrisReise]

I've been keeping score for you. See my comments for Parts 1 & 2. This film awarded and deducted the following points: Gryffindor Slytherin +30 -10 +20 -10 -15 +20 -5 +15 Making the scores: Gryffindor 35 points Slytherin 10 points.

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Keep it up! At the end of the franchise we will see who won ;)

[@MeisterdiebKid]

HP is such a good movie series ❤ 1 and 2 are more childfriendly, after that it gets more mature and darker, part 3 is my favorite :)

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 MRS. MOVIES: 6:39 "In order to score a goal, a Chaser can throw or kick the Quaffle through one of the three hoops. The entire ball must pass completely through the hoops to receive the 10 points for a goal. Goals may be scored from either side of the hoops." 😉

[@nataliestclair6176]

The two of you got confused with the quiditch team Harry's father played on. McGonegol was not on their quiditch team. She was much older and already a professor at Hogwarts when Harry's parents were students. Her name was on the cup becuase she was in charge of hosue Gryfindor at the time

[@nicholascampbell7334]

So the Philosopher’s Stone is an actual legend in Europe and the legend is Nicolas Flamel was the one who made it. They changed it in the United States because they didn’t think the American kids would understand it.

[@halcundiff6886]

The books explain why he must return each summer, until he becomes an adult. It extends the protection spell his mother placed upon him. Petunia is Lilly's sister.

[@chris...9497]

And in the Wizarding World, adulthood is reached at age 17, not 18 or 21. This occurs in the final year at Hogwarts. Technically, you don't have to attend Hogwarts once you reach 17, and you'd be 17 by the day you enter the final year. But most students do finish.

[@youyeedyourlasthaw]

I'm excited for you guys to get to the fourth film, it’s the best for sure

[@RobertMoore-mm9ub]

I love the book not the movie spoilers I hate they took out my favorite scene in the book Molly holding Harry while he cried

[@Cybernautz]

34:48 🦁 One of my house brothers just saved the fucking world so lmao 🤣

[@lilykindrick]

I love that it's such a long reaction!!

[@youyeedyourlasthaw]

Btw there is no time limit to a Quidditch match. They can go on for days, weeks, or even months

[@LadyButterfly99]

Great reaction guys! 😍 Very very excited for the rest it only gets darker and darker and much more complicated every movie so it's a ride buckle up!😍👌🏻And all the kids AND the teachers would get better and more involved as you go on so you'll love it👌🏻 The first movie is a lot like an introduction yeah and world building, they say the first two but I disagree! The next one is very VERY important plot wise although they're still very young our main Cs but it HAS important info about the main plot! 👌🏻 BTW You should do the wizarding world test to know your houses for real! I'm a Gryffindor! 5:30 Gryffindor is red and gold actually, Ravenclaw is blue and rose gold/platinum, Slytherin is green and silver and Hufflepuff is yellow and black. According to the book that is.👌🏻 5:54 Nope, actually there isn't a time limit! The game only ends when the snitch is caught👌🏻 The longest Quidditch match lasted for 3 months! The players kept taking turns to sleep and eat LOL🤣 6:47 Yes, you're right, you can't score from the opposite side. 11:52 It's a family heirloom, been passed down in his dad's family from father to son. Dumbledore send it! James Potter lent it to him because Dumbledore wanted to inspect it and he didn't get to return in since James died so he sent it to Harry instead! 28:34 He can't, first of all he'll land on a wrong square and it's gonna count as a wrong move, second, he literally IS the piece if he managed to get out of the board the game would stop. Actually in the book he wasn't even riding anything so he did get hit on the head but it was minor and he woke up in a few.👌🏻 Ron was BRILLIANT at that match! This set was transfigured and enchanted by McGonagall herself! It was pretty hard to win. 32:31 It wasn't easy at all for an 11 year old! and keep in mind that Voldemort was the one who's very very weak at this point he can do no more right now.👌🏻 34:05 Well yeah! But it's not that simple he just simplified it for little Harry here. You see when his mom sacrificed her self out of love for her son she shielded him with a very powerful and ancient protective magic that Voldemort never saw coming so when he tried cursing Harry it turned on him because of her protection and he became what you saw and his powers got destroyed. So it IS her love that protected him yes.❤ This protective magic runs in Harry's blood and it would protect him as long as he's a kid still so it's "supposed to" wash off when he's an adult and you become an adult in the wizarding world when you turn 17 "You should remember this stuff for later" It also shields him only against Voldemort so Quirrell share his body with Voldemort got affected by it but Voldemort fled his body so only Quirrell died there.👌🏻 38:15 Let her celebrate! Slytherin been wining the house cub AND the quidditch cub for the past 6 years before Harry came to school!😂💔 Wood the captain and McGonagall the head of the house was ecstatic with how good of a seeker Harry was! 😂❤ 39:20 Well all we can tell you for now is exactly what Voldemort said. He was just like a parasite so he lived in this state you saw him escape in, or he shared the body of another being and that was animals till he met Quirrell over the summer and shared his body. First he made Quirrell brake into the bank to steal the stone if you remember and then when he found that it was moved he went with Quirrell to Hogwarts because he knew like Hagrid told Harry at the beginning that there's no safer place to keep things than Gringotts Bank except for Hogwarts! So he knew the stone must've been moved there because it was no secret that Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore were friends. 👌🏻 42:50 Yes you're right it was Ron who said it. And yes it's just statistically the most that brought dark wizards is Slytherin and the least is Hufflepuff.👌🏻 But every house has it's good and bad you know. 43:47 They won't tell you bluntly so here it is! You're absolutely right! Snape is a Slytherin, McGonagall is a Gryffindor as well as Dumbledore and Hagrid!

[@roonilwazlib4538]

I hope they read this. Very good explanation. :)

[@LaurinGarcia]

There is no time limit in Quidditch. A game can go on for days. The game can only end when a seeker finds and catches the snitch. You don't necessarily win when you catch the snitch. Yes, the snitch is 150 points and the game does end when the snitch is caught. But the team that catches the snitch can loose the game if the opposing team had already gained far more points prior to the snitch being caught. So it's important to score as many points as possible with the Quaffle and hoops before any seeker of any team catches the snitch causing the game to end. BTW, did you know that people became such a massive fan of the fictional sport of Quidditch that college students made it into a real world international sport that are played in real colleges all over the world. Players play with broomstick between their legs and the snitch is a person dressed in gold with a handkerchief tucked into his or her's belt running around all over the place. The seeker has to catch the person playing as the snitch by grabbing onto the handkerchief and pulling it off the snitch's body. You can do a KZbin search and view a few matches played in different countries. I have seen 2 or 3 Quidditch matches in person back in the day. Tons of fun. If you ever want to know how Quidditch is played and it's fictional history the author of Harry Potter, JK Rowling also wrote other books for charities. One of them is called Quidditch Through the Ages and it is written as if it were one of Harry Potter's text books. 🧹📚

[@stoopkiddreacts4635]

34:04 THATS THE POWER OF LOVE

[@GemnEyes]

We say merry christmas and happy christmas, it's interchangable :D

[@XRos28]

Nicolas Flamel is the Mythical name of the owner of the "Philosopher's stone", without this book or movie... Snape is head of Slytherin, McGonagle is head of Gryffindor, Flitwick is head of Ravenclaw and Sprout is the head of Hufflepuff (you'll meet her in the second movie,) just FYI. Read the books, all your questions are answered in them. And there are Six years in total, but the last year is split into two movies, but is actually one book.

[@petrinafilip96]

No time limit in Quiditch. They mention in the supplement books that matches would sometimes go on for months.

[@goblin2bis707]

Nicolas Flamel, the most famous alchemist, french, existed in real life (1330-1304, maybe 1418 death), he is supposed to have discovered the philosophical stone (an alchemy thing), giving a long life....and transforming lead in gold !

[@philn8122]

Erised is a mirror image of desire. (The mirror of Erised).

[@patrickcromwell7554]

These are Hogwarts' House Color themes: Griffindor - Red and Gold Hufflepuff - Yellow and Brown Ravenclaw - Blue and White Slitherin - Green and Silver

[@vamvam7690]

Ravenclaw is Blue and Bronze and Hufflepuff is Yellow and Black 👍

[@reaperscry2647]

Don't know if it's been said but there's an official website to find out what's your actual house if you're interested, would be fun to see. So excited to see you two reacting to the films

[@jjc5871]

Quidditch is definitely NOT the first to 150. Goals are worth 10 and the Snitch is worth 150 and the game only ends once the Snitch is caught. The team with the most points after the Snitch is caught wins. The team that catches the Snitch can still lose is the other team scored enough goals.

[@TheGeezerGeek]

Also in one of the books, it was made clear that there is no time limit, as one match between professional teams lasted for days. The teams had to switch in and out subs to allow other team members time to rest.

[@3DJapan]

My sister has an English Mastiff named Cerberus. He is huge and doesn't know how big he is.

[@houseofaction]

the winning team depends on which team has the most points, catching the snitch does two things 1 it gives the team that catches it 150 points and 2 it ends the game. its entirely possible that the team that catches it loses because the other team simply has too many points, and the match goes on until the snitch is cought.

[@VBSuper]

In the books, the record for longest game is a month, if not mistaken. Players kept being replaced so they could rest.

[@karlnaylor3800]

I'm a Brit and everyone I know says Merry Christmas. Perhaps happy Christmas is a class thing or just something that is done for movies 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vamvam7690]

Same, I only ever hear Merry Christmas really

[@Kylopod]

David Bradley, who plays Argus Filch, always seems to be cast as these mean old grouches. I’m surprised he never played Scrooge; he seems like all his roles are versions of that character.

[@chris...9497]

Loved his coarse old farmer in "Hot Fuzz", where his accent is so thick another old policer officer has to translate (and the police officer's simpler accent is still so thick that it further needs translation by the lead character's partner).

[@sharnieb2723]

I’m so excited that you guys have started this journey!!!!

[@Letssee92]

This movie series is incredible one of my favorite and it gets more adult as the movies go on and they’re really really good I think y’all will like it!!

[@peterkoester7358]

There is a lot of material in the book the movie producers just did not have the time to include in the movies. This first film is probably the closest to completely adapting the book upon which it was based and even then was unable to include everything, including the explanation for how Voldemart became attached to Quirrel (explained in depth in the book). And as you can imagine, as each successive book became longer and more detailed, more and more of those details were left out of the movies. Truthfully, the film series should have started to be split into parts 1 and 2 for each book beginning with number 4 - The Goblet of Fire. That fourth book was truly the first to be double the length of the books that came before. Instead the movie producers tried to keep one film per book until it came to Deathly Hallows (Book 7) and as a result left some very important information the audience could use to better understand certain plot points out of the films. Were they to remake the Harry Potter series now, their best bet would be to do it as an on-line streaming series with each book being one season and each book chapter a separate episode. However, the producers would still run into the same length issue beginning with Goblet of Fire and perhaps have to split books 4, 5, 6, and 7 into two season arcs each for a total of 11 seasons of a streaming series. Is any production company out there willing to take the risk of committing to 11 seasons of a TV series from the very beginning?

[@Yugioh420]

Yes, the tail would have been permanent. In the book, after getting his belongings, Hagrid doesn't drop him off at the station. Remember its Harry's birthday. School doesn't start until September 1st. So Hagrid, in theory in this movie, just left Harry at a train station for a month. But of course this doesn't happen either. In the book Hagrid drops him back off with his Aunt and uncle till September 1st. Anyway two reasons they were willing to take harry was one because they had to come get the tail removed, and two they didn't think platform 9 3/4 existed so they thought they where abandoning him in London.

[@nataliestclair6176]

I loved Herminoe, one if my favorite Harry Potter characters, her and Luna, but the movies fail to capture that when Ron told her she could be scary sometimes he was right. She did some pretty cruel things in the books they left out of the movies.

[@GemnEyes]

So Philosopher's Stone is an actual mythical object (in our reality, not just HP's) Nikolas Flamel; a notary and bookseller, did actually exist though, and really did claim to have discovered it in 1382. It's to do with Alchemy, but was also claimed to be the elixir of life, granting immortality. So the reason Sorcerer doesn't really make sense is because it's a real legend, with no mention of sorcery. I'm excited for you guys to see the rest, especially the later movies, you find out so much, the drama and story behind everything, think you'll really enjoy it!

[@lavinder11]

Alchemists were actually sorcerers.

[@theTemplar08]

The British would say happy boxing day, first of all. It’s probably not Harry’s first Christmas just the first time he’s gotten presents!

[@01000001011100100111]

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas.

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

It does have a short Home Alone vibe. Same director and composer

[@Huskeybear76]

Snap is the head of Slitheren house. Proffesor Mc Gonigal is head of Griffendor

[@hukoseft]

Gryffindor = Red & Gold Slytherin = Green & Silver Ravenclaw = Blue & Bronze Hufflepuff = Yellow & Black 10 points per goal, snitch is 150 points. Catching the snitch ends the game, it doesn't end otherwise.

[@rmhartman]

I thought Ravenclaw was Blue and Silver

[@Yugioh420]

Snape is head of Slytherin's house, and yes, he was a member in his youth

[@ThePharaz]

There is no time limit on Quidditch. The longest match was 3 months. There was a match that lasted 6 months but both sides forfeited. House Colors which may differ between the books and the movies. Gryffindor: Gold and Scarlet Red. Slytherin: Green and Silver. Hufflepuff: Black and Yellow. Ravenclaw: Blue and Bronze.

[@syx3s]

biggest thing with the end of the first one was that they're still very very young. it would be insane to make that conflict very epic. they managed by the skin of their teeth. they got lucky. they're little kids. as they get older and more experienced that's what the whole thing is obviously building up towards