Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with a complimentary commemorative Limited Edition Remembrall enamel pin from the Harry Potter Fan Club Pin Seeking collection. Not when Voldemort and his Death Eaters are gaining in power, sowing fear and panic through the wizarding world, and disrupting the Muggle world too. But it’s stuff that goes into explaining character motivations, fleshing out the plot, and it’s why I feel that the Harry Potter films work best in conjunction with the books, not by themselves.

He makes this a character focused movie, it’s about the three young leads, and it’s about Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, it’s about understanding who these characters are and how they fit into the story. It may be a speed-walking pedestrian, but it’s still a matter of getting from A to B, hitting all the right points in between, and there’s very little room for cinematic flourish, very little that distinguishes the Goblet of Fire from a straight up adaptation, and it doesn’t feel like a movie in the way that Prisoner of Azkaban did. They weren’t killed in a car crash, they fell afoul of a dark wizard, Voldemort, a wizard whose power waned and vanished when he tried and failed to kill Harry, leaving him with a lightning shaped scar on his forehead. When I first read The Goblet of Fire, I was fully convinced that there was no way that this story could be told in less than two movies. Also, included is a collectible retrospective photo album made to look like the album Hagrid gives to Harry at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.It’s the traditional orphan existence, living in a family lacking in love, but with no end of petty abuse and indignity. The Harry Potters You Never Met - Meet the stunt doubles for Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as they demonstrate how they balanced major stunt work with seamlessly mimicking the actors they represented and share their favorite moments.

I was expecting to be hit with the usual instant Blu-ray upgrade sense of wonder as I usually get with Blu-rays, before starting to pick nits, but not this time, as the foggy start to The Philosopher’s Stone became indicative of one of the transfer’s weaknesses, and it wasn’t until daylight at the Dursleys that I saw the detail, colour definition, and pop that I was expecting. This is the darkest of the Harry Potter films, the battle of Hogwarts takes place at night for one thing, but black levels are consistently strong, and contrast and dark detail is never lacking. Part 6: Magical Effects - Watch how technical wizards conjured up an amazing alternate reality using CGI and practical effects. All that Harry, Ron, and Hermione need to do is to find the final few Horcruxes and destroy them, to render Voldemort vulnerable. At the Mall, Harry is surprised to learn that he is indeed well known and in fact famous, seems everyone knows more than he does.Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizarding community. Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) and Pomona Sprout (Miriam Margolyes) have joined the staff and Harry and his friends soon find that once again all is not right at the school - pupils seem to be petrified, literally, and a monster is on the loose. The first two movies came out in collectable digipack form, but then Warner Brothers went and released Prisoner of Azkaban in a standard Amaray, and suddenly the symmetry of my shelving was thwarted. The Harry Potter stories continue to get darker in tone, and that’s reflected in the look of each subsequent film.

Bloomsbury, Scholastic, or any of the individuals or companies associated with producing and publishing Harry Potter books and films. Extras: Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1. For the conclusion of the film, we follow Harry’s arc all the way through, which is a great choice, as it hold the narrative and emotional focus of the film while all the action set pieces and destructive conflict happens around him. The Goblet of Fire' (2005) sees Harry board the train to Hogwarts School, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Suspecting that new dangers lie within the castle ramparts, Harry discovers a mysterious old book marked 'property of the Half-Blood Prince' and begins to unlock the secrets of Voldemort's dark past, aided by Ron, Hermione and new teacher Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent).That it’s very much a visual film, one that revels in its dark and moody atmosphere, one that really paints its story on screen is an obvious plus. Perhaps it helps that I only read the book once, and have long since forgotten what probably had to be cut out to get it into a manageable screenplay, but The Half-Blood Prince is the first Harry Potter adaptation since The Prisoner of Azkaban to really feel like a feature film that belongs on the screen, not on the page.