The Best Harry Potter Movie Reviews 🧙‍♂️ (Part 1)

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Because sometimes we wish we could go to wizard school (and sometimes we like to point out how crazy Dumbledore can be).
Here are some of the best/funniest reviews of the first four Harry Potter films. (All reviews are from the site Letterboxd.)
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0:00 Philosopher's Stone
4:23 Chamber of Secrets
7:00 Prisoner of Azkaban
9:58 Goblet of Fire
#harrypotter

[@xenithiidx819]

"I LOVE DOBBY WITH MY WHOLE HEART" "Me and my friends would've killed Dobby with hammers I can tell you that much" there are two types of people

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

I’m the second

[@ChrysanthosC.]

I would poisoned him 😐

[@muddashucka9743]

@@LillianGraceFullofficial Amen

[@notateendemon]

I am both simultaneously

[@imnotcrazy7108]

Yes

[@UJEvans]

Hagrid: class dismissed! Rest of the class: but all we did was watch Harry take off and then we all sat here for half an hour

[@MySerpentine]

You forgot Draco getting his arm ripped open.

[@beccacroce7380]

@@MySerpentine It was mostly just his sleeve that was ripped

[@MySerpentine]

@@beccacroce7380 Do we know that? Or is magical healing just really good?

[@beccacroce7380]

@@MySerpentine Idk

[@Noxthedox-_-]

@@MySerpentineyeah it was just his sleeve if you read the books it says he was just being dramatic to get buckbeak executed because he hates hagrid

[@IDontExist768]

I feel bad for the grandma that fell in love with Dumbledore because she will never know how truly gay that man is

[@filthylittlepureblood6412]

Was* 🤪

[@IDontExist768]

@@filthylittlepureblood6412 I get the joke you were trying to make but it's still not funny

[@hydrusalphy4654]

I don't really think that's the biggest issue she'll realize as the movies continue.

[@IDontExist768]

@@hydrusalphy4654 good point lol

[@Rat-tat-two-eee3614]

Yes.

[@atseptic]

I just realised Voldemort could have made his name into 'Red Olive Doormat' and now I can't stop thinking about it

[@raymondshaw]

No comment I have ever seen has given me more joy than this one... XD

[@atseptic]

@@raymondshaw lmao really?

[@Platypus403]

"Red Olive Doormat" misses a few letters (an m and an l), and it has an extra e, but that's still a hilarious thought 😂

[@wolfbyte2468]

@@Platypus403 Redi Oliv Doormmat (Ready Olive Doormat) perhaps?

[@celestesencounters]

You mean to tell me these guys have complicated magic spells that can kill many in the worst way possible and they haven't found anything to cure bad eyesight?! "Like can't you make the phoenix cry in their eyes and boom they are healed?!"

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

Thank you for giving me the beautifully cursed image of crying into someone else's eyes.

[@simsgirlgem]

I’ve seen fanfic try to explain it from if the patient is a minor they need a guardian to sign to Albus makes sure Harry doesn’t know so that he has a look albus cultivated for him

[@celestesencounters]

@ElectroTherapyFTSoul They are like eyedroppers not that hard Put phoenix tears in glass viles and market it to wizards with bad eyesight. And they are cured

[@MySerpentine]

@@celestesencounters Yeah, but you can use that stuff to heal fucking anything, bad eyesight is a waste it you can cure like cancer with it.

[@justaperson4656]

As a British person, a caged owl in a train station is just a Tuesday

[@elephantearrings]

CORRECT, I CONFIRM

[@mikeyassbutcg]

*chewsday

[@justaperson4656]

@@mikeyassbutcg damn you right

[@mikeyassbutcg]

@@justaperson4656 I know

[@bill_cipher9861]

Can confirm!

[@alesbianwithabook]

can we talk about how the review talking about how remus is gay for sirius was marked for spoilers? iconic

[@Littlereddevil94]

I love that there's at least one person per movie who talks about Draco flirting with Harry. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@pageturner2958]

When I was in elementary school, I decided to dress up as Harry Potter himself for Halloween. However, my school wanted us to have "gender specific costumes." I will never get over the fact that I didn't retaliate by pointing out that the kid in a banana costume technically wasn't gender specific either. This moment shaped my view of my gender expression for a few months into my teen years until I recently realized I am non binary. In short, Harry Potter transed my gender

[@crazycreaturestudios]

Wth kinda bs rule is that for a Halloween costume!? I’ve almost never heard anything dumber in my life.

[@Thirteenth-cs2cm]

Now I'm just imagining literally every kid in a school wearing banana suits in protest XD

[@simsgirlgem]

Moments where we hope time travel becomes a thing so we can go back and verbally drag people

[@thelord1917]

funny considering jkr is transphobic

[@kulazu]

IN YOUR FACE JK ROWLING!

[@ruinparadox4812]

A magical world with terrible world building. Truly a classic franchise.

[@glasscardproductions4736]

And a terrible author :3

[@ruinparadox4812]

@@glasscardproductions4736 what do you mean? Hatsune Miku is a great author. She just messed up a bit on her first book franchise.

[@maxy_pooYT]

@@ruinparadox4812 they’re talking abt jkr but yes hatsube miku

[@emoji3266]

@@ruinparadox4812 What do you mean about terrible world building? Do you mean the fantastic beasts series because that I could understand

[@murkrowo]

Truly one of the franchises of all time

[@coyotix]

“But I thought she was the Beauty not the beast!” I got that reference and i’m PROUD

[@melonie_1510]

SAME LOL

[@acidbunny5]

I feel like I'm the only one who didn't hate 4th movie Harry's haircut

[@pigeon.projects]

my hair is basically his hair then

[@crow1247]

long hair harry loNG HAIR HARRY

[@likemossIgrowonyou]

The 4th movie is how I discovered I like men with long hair. I had a frankly insane crush on the Weasley boys when I was a kid. 😆

[@crow1247]

@@likemossIgrowonyoushsjsj same!! Except I found that out when I first saw sirius. The fourth movie was basically a heaven for me lol

[@fl9936]

I didn't even notice it until the video pointed it out lol

[@conspiracypanda1200]

My first ever convention I went to was in what was essentially a giant, concrete-floored, decomisioned production shed in West Australia. I had to do a tripple take when I saw Draco Malfoy himself was doing signings at the booths, alongside some other probably famous people that his pale hair and skin distracted me from completely. Between the insufferable heat of an average Australian day and the random appearance of most eggshell-white wizard the world has ever seen, I wholeheartedly believe I will never again experience such a bizarre reality disconnect as I did in that moment.

[@stardust7635]

Finally someone brings up how weirdly competent Ron is a driving. I mean it wasn’t Fred or George who is driving the car when they picked up hairy, It was Ron. He out drove a train. drove through whatever the forbidden forest’s ground is covered in and around its trees. I can’t believe this doesn’t come up more. He should have taken over driving the knight buss.

[@chipcho_o]

Ever since I've played the lego games, I have taken every opportunity of Cedric's death or the lego games being mentioned to bring up that mentioned scene. Little child me found it so hilarious, it stuck to this day as the most memorable scene from the game

[@MiyuuisSleepy]

I got into HP very late into my childhood (late high school years) because my family *hated* the idea of witches and wizards they would make me avoid this franchise like the plague. Now being older, I love HP despite its whole world building problem, author issues, and lore mess-ups. Maybe its because it brought me back to a feeling of childhood I never had.

[@grimcowboyer]

SAME. i got into harry potter in my late teen years for quite the exact reasons like yours and yes can confirm how it gave me the comfort of my lost childhood (which wasn't good but anyway).

[@simsgirlgem]

I’m hugging every last one of you these comments make me appreciate my family for accepting me and my younger sister for who we were

[@laeiraO-O]

Same! But the reason is far more ridiculous; basically my mom (who considers Nightmare before Christmas to be a horror movie) went to see The Philosopher's stone with my older cousin back in 2001, and she thought it was too scary so she discouraged me to watch the series whenever I brought that up. The first time I saw the first movie was probably in 4th or 5th grade I think :')

[@evanqs9352]

are your parents the dursleys?

[@verylostdoommarauder]

Discworld is a better series

[@simonmann4922]

I mean Dumbledore only chose Lockheart to expose him as a fraud by using Harry as bait, the others though probably were chosen through a giant game show wheel

[@MySerpentine]

It never actually says that, though. And using kids as bait is, you know, bad.

[@simonmann4922]

@@MySerpentine there’s enough context clues to point to it though, and Harry was only used to draw Lockheart to the school since he viewed teaching Harry as a way to boost his own popularity (which was literally suggested to him by dumbledore), in which he would be exposed for his lack of knowledge in the teaching role he was placed in, Rowling explained this in wizarding world, saying that dumbledore knew two of the wizards that Lockheart took the credit from and believed that if Lockheart was put into a school setting, his ignorance would expose him as a fraud

[@alpii_3254]

I’m pretty sure that it was mentioned in the books that lockheart was literally the only one to apply to the position and that’s the reason that he’s a teacher.

[@MySerpentine]

@@alpii_3254 That makes a bit more sense, but then how was there a teacher at all the next year?

[@alpii_3254]

@@MySerpentine it’s probably just one of the many plotholes that jk didn’t bother to fix. Or Lupin just missed Hogwarts.

[@keiraeditsstuff]

"You're about to meet dumbledoor in about half an hour" FACTS 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gracefuldoodles]

when I was in first grade we had 3 foot tall dobby statue in the back of the classroom and lemme tell you that was the most emotionally scarring moment of my childhood

[@ur_mam]

The owner of this channel narrates my life. Anytime something weird happens to me, I imagine them narrating it

[@tonkajoey08]

That is amazing, and I am very honored to be your narrator 😎

[@ur_mam]

@@tonkajoey08 thank you for being my narrator

[@BiologicallyincorrectPlatypus]

There are two types of people: Those who love Dobby. And those who would kill him witha hammer.

[@brightboi4291]

Back in 2018, I had the BIGGEST obsession with Harry Potter. Everyday I was thinking about it like my average hyperfixation. HP was actually one of my only interests that not only did I completely let go of, but I also cringe about nowadays.

[@Cinnamatime]

OMG THAT'S THE SAME YEAR I GOT INTO HARRY POTTER! I remember finally reading the books after my homeroom teacher and a kid from my class said it's really good and that I'd like it lmao.

[@roopabrungi4958]

Yes! You are me! I am you! Seriously I had the same fixation it got so bad that everything I watched was drarry or something similar and I'm so glad my exams finally fixed that weird fixation! I still love it and I still read it and it's the one thing I haven't completely let go of lol😊

[@Danka42]

0:25 and meanwhile, school houses are, in fact, real 🤷‍♀️

[@Queerlyness]

FINALLY NOT THE FIRST FILM BEING CALLED THE COMPLETELY WRONG NAME OF SORCERERS STONE

[@QAIMIFplays]

Wut

[@TheZincMaster-on1fy]

It's different depending on country. US: Sorcerers' Stone UK: Philosopher's Stone

[@Queerlyness]

@@TheZincMaster-on1fy I am aware of that dw, it’s just I was happy to see it not be referred to as sorcerers stone :)

[@pinkajou656]

it’s also the philosopher’s stone in Canada!

[@--CHARLIE--]

​@@pinkajou656yeah. Its philosopher's stone literally everywhere except the US. Except I guess in other language versions, where it wouldn't be an English word.

[@YourDadsUnclesFriend]

0:29 We actually do have owls deliver our mail, but if our main owl is sick, a rat or a cat to gives us our Amazon packages.

[@musilovesbooks]

amazing.

[@lilautieunicorn6632]

“Harry Potter and the year nobody got a haircut” I shouldn’t be laughing this hard but I am.

[@jiaqizhang1737]

"I aspire to be as extra as Snape in his cape" me: "same here"

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

02:15 One of my ancestors was named Hermione, pronounced “HER-me-own”. 04:38 The cat isn’t dead and the blood isn’t hers. She’s just petrified and gets revived at the end of the movie alongside all the petrified students. If she had seen the basilisk directly she would have died, but instead she saw it’s reflection in a puddle of water.

[@Platypus403]

It's still blood, regardless of whether it belongs to the cat or not.

[@Doodle_Dragon]

I swear. The lego games are so funny. You should do their reviews next XD

[@laeiraO-O]

OMG YES PLEASE

[@ivypool2856]

Dumbledore: Hm, what should I do so that the school's can learn together, yet compete against each other? President Snow: Make your own version of The Hunger Games Dumbledore: Genius!

[@someonewithunpopularopinions]

May the odds be ever in your favor!

[@ivypool2856]

@@someonewithunpopularopinions Why thank you

[@Lua_computa]

My only knowledge of hp comes from My Immortal lmao

[@SwaggyPants]

Oh my freaking gosh no 💀

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

...I...I don't even know what to say in response to that...

[@ul8532]

@@Amy_the_Lizard there are no words to describe that feeling

[@thelord1917]

omj thats. somewhere between amazing and definitely not amazing

[@doritodorito492]

My only knowledge comes from AVPM

[@its_al3xisw]

6:52 - 6:58 There are 2 kinds of people😂

[@justusb.plorer8773]

As wonderful as I find the idea of Sirius and Remus being gay for each other, the people saying that seem to be forgetting that the latter literally has a wife with which he had a biological son.

[@doublejayjay]

bi

[@ryanwatt6706]

AO3 is down rn and I suffer, bit I drink fancy espresso from my Italian espresso maker I got f9r Christmas

[@ryanwatt6706]

I am on my third cup, trying Bustelo now to see how strong it is. My heart races for joy. My peasant ancestors would be proud

[@MDSpencersLs]

Please get some help

[@ryanwatt6706]

@@MDSpencersLs I didn't drink it it was suuuuper gross. 0/10 I don't recommend for espresso, but as regular coffee it's chill

[@crow1247]

@@ryanwatt6706 hun you need like. *water.* and a healthier way to cope

[@ryanwatt6706]

@@crow1247 but, but.... *coffee* 🥺🥺

[@piquuq]

Harry Potter now seems more chaotic from when i watched it after seeing this

[@lilac_reed]

Ok Idk if there are reviews for it But please please PLEASE do reviews of the Harry Potter Starkid shows (A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, and A Very Potter Senior Year). They're amazing.

[@emoji3266]

Wait…. there is letterbox reviews for Starkid musicals?!!!

[@lilac_reed]

@@emoji3266 I don't know if there is, but I feel like there's should be

[@tonkajoey08]

I'll see if there are! Thanks for the idea :)

[@dontburstmybubble686]

Two parter? Doing god's work!

[@kurt50alien]

7:25 That is written like these kids know how to do math at that school. I don't know if the Wizarding World has taxes.

[@lauruoriii]

This series is so comforting to me

[@f1zzyl3m0n]

Awww the disclaimer about JK in the description ❤️ thank you so much for clarifying, I was scared for a second ;v;

[@milesgoering3755]

About the review at 6:44, Lucius didn't actually try to use Avada Kedavra on Harry. The subtitles actually say "Vera..." My personal theory was that he was going to use the spell "Veraverto" to turn Harry into a goblet. Still cruel, but not exactly an unforgivable curse.

[@foxdapple]

Tbh I’m absolutely terrified of that screaming book to-

[@PhilospherDjPsychologist24]

so randomly I got recommend Harry Potter videos all day and then this got released less than an hour ago, clearly this is all about me

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

2:51 That's me with those cheesy train PSAs that aired here in Adelaide in, like, 2006. Anyone who's seen Nostalgia Critic's "Commercials Resurrection" knows what I'm talking about.

[@kaplooeygames8515]

The tinge of sadness as the narrator delivered "we broke up lol" was *masterful*

[@ArtoriasAz]

Wait... The grandmother hadacrush on Dumbledore! Well, He had style!

[@Idk-oe9tc]

I hate J.K Rowling but there's nothing she can do that will stop from loving Harry Potter with my entire soul.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

Discworld. Sir Terry Pratchett. Start with either Color of Magic or Wyrd Sisters.

[@humbleebumblee]

never stop doing these, these are too great!

[@kryw10]

Looking forward to the next bit, this was fun!

[@OrielleAloysia]

Amazing! I can't wait for part 2!

[@koolunicorn6818]

Tonka Joey's videos on reviews always make me smile :D

[@laeiraO-O]

NO WAAAAY! I had compleatly forgotten about the drawing scene in poa! Now Malfoy's drawing gag in "A Very Potter Sequel" makes so much more sense, haahahah

[@flaxyus996]

I'm from Russia and we legitimately can pronounce Hermione's name like HER-ME-ONA so yeah, when I found out about how it pronounced in the original I was like "TF IS THIS"

[@willow4049]

wild that this came out bc i've been rereading the first book

[@elephantearrings]

to the lady who said her grandma got a crush on Dumbledore: tell her hes gay, and see what happens

[@floweringmantis198]

I am thoroughly disappointed that no one commented on all the romantic/s3xual tension between Harry and Cedric

[@Chorsanoidka]

yeah, honestly. I remember watching the movie with my cousin and constantly pointing out the subtext. I did it mostly because it pissed her off and that was funny, though.

[@savvathun4901]

0:28 If only, Robin, if only

[@yassvaritaass]

I’ve been waiting for this one 😂

[@emoji3266]

Hey If Letterbox has those types of reviews, can you do a video on all the Disney direct to DVD sequels sometime?

[@tonkajoey08]

Yes! It's on my to-do list :)

[@maryglaze418]

Me a Harry Potter fanatic scrolling throughout KZbin and seeing this :OMG YESSSSS

[@demispectra9783]

2:17 Actually in polish version it ends up sounding like this, but you add an A at the end. Voila.

[@blueghost4769]

Yeah, in hungarian it's her-me-oh-ne and honestly i think it sounds better than the original pronounciation

[@AgnesM_Ribeiro]

In the Brazilian version her name also sound like her-me-one

[@raineblackstar3522]

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf. Now get ready for Snape in his Cape.

[@bunny-9201]

When I was a child I thought Lord of the rings and HP was in the same world and I remember thinking that the Malfoy's had elf blood 😭

[@doritodorito492]

Immediately thought of Draco from AVPM

[@freebrandyornot]

I love the order in which you read these all the time. Going from one person loving dobby to the next cruelly describing how they'd kill him

[@eh-dk5sc]

i have to admit, prisoner of azkaban has the best hair like omg

[@liaistotallyfine]

No cause why was Barty the second best DADA teacher they ever had? Like, Remus was the best obviously but Barty literally taught Harry, and everyone else, vital spells and tricks to defend themselves against Voldemort? None of the other DADA teachers (again, except Remus) were even slightly as helpful or competent, like????

[@flutehammer_]

why is nobody talking about the one kid from the third film who has 2 insane lines and never shows up again

[@slurpeekyler]

I love harry potter so much! I am so excited for this!

[@bellaknightR597]

I will never forgive Dumbledore for screwing Slytherin out of the House Cup like that

[@AtrisaUwU]

10:05 That's basicly 2020 and 2021. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lilanxty8807]

Honestly I love GOF so much, but mostly because the Weasley Twins hit their peak 🥴

[@jaxsmolenbee4683]

That last review omggg

[@trashotaku]

I’m still mad the Remus ended up with Tonks of all people when he clearly should have ended up with Sirius

[@chespin9078]

When I was nine and read the books for the first time, I loved the adventures of Harry Potter, Herman Ganger, and Ron Weasel.

[@dickottel]

Hermione with cat face is the scariest scene in all movies for me ngl 🤣

[@radio.silence]

I just thought - remember Voldemort's alleged curse on the defense professor position? How they never last longer than a year, maybe even die? WHAT IF... Dumbledore knew all along and *meant* to appoint them all to death? Quirrel, Barty Crouch Jr., Umbridge... I mean, yeah he's just being petty with Lockhart, but his scammy incompetence kinda qualified, for lack of better (available) candidates. Wouldn't put it past Dumbledore tbh.

[@radio.silence]

Doesn't make sense with Lupin though. If only to put him out of his misery, but that's a bit much even for Dumbledore. Hm.

[@luigiboi4244]

My favorite "Chamber of Secrets" joke has to be the fact that Kenneth Branaugh, the director of Thor 1, plays Gilderoy Lockhart, or maybe he obliterated the original director's memory LOL. Also the GALL to have David Tennant play a villain who shows up for only 4-5 minutes in their true form.

[@electriccc.glypphh.arttttttttt]

i am in fact a proud rovencley

[@Ramsey276one]

Now that I think about it the first thing they should teach in Wizarding School is HEALING SPELLS!

[@Ramsey276one]

3:59 thanks for sharing! XD

[@intellectualbug7423]

made my day

[@soha4686]

2:46 I used to be scared of lupins werewolf form un the prisoner of azkaban, when I watched it for the first time I cried.

[@hauntedcircus7475]

the voldy feet.......

[@Achillunes]

please never say words again

[@hauntedcircus7475]

@@Achillunes ok

[@Ramsey276one]

1:35 Agilao with Fire Boost! WOW XD

[@p1xierose]

My sister's first reactio to seeing drago in the 1st movie is: "ma sembra tizio troppo gel"

[@princessofmoonxx9653]

I thank my mom for introducing this series to me it helped me to grow into the person i am today

[@lettuce_soup5557]

You’ve heard of elf on the shelf now get ready for 2:33

[@squirlis1189]

2:19 i used to do this for years 😭

[@HoneyM1lkart]

8:52 cracked me up far more than it should have

[@aleridream7105]

Ha! Love this!!

[@Ramsey276one]

4:55 without Google! XD

[@Lord_Of_The_WhoLock]

4:12 I freaking love shelby(the girl in the video)

[@Jgumyjymghjvmhvj]

12:20 MY FAVOURITE REVIEW FROM THIS FIASCO

[@Fauxipaliscoolio]

when i was 11 i cried so hard until i couldn’t breathe because i wanted my hogwarts letter

[@WS_Studios]

My grandma thought her name was pronounced _Her- me- oh- one_

[@potatochips2240]

2:16 was a revelation and a half

[@lizzygrrant]

here before the video even premiered 👹

[@Who_evenamIanymore]

👹

[@lizzygrrant]

👹

[@-Morgan_Hailingsun-]

👹

[@esobelisk3110]

👹

[@shoeglue737]

3:21 THIS WAS ME WHEN I WAS 8-9 and still now 💀

[@qw_is_cool]

8:53 “Harry kissy kissy dementors” poa in nutshell

[@Sanwise_Gamjee]

2:18 VIKTOR KRUM