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Jasonic's Favorites: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Hello and good evening, Internet! I had previously reviewed only one of the Harry Potter films on my last blog, "Jasonic Reviews Favorite Movies", however it was only the Prisoner of Azkaban since that is my favorite film in the franchise. Seeing as this blog is about reviewing favorite character films, I figured I would start from the beginning of the franchise this time and get a more critical look at this series that helped shape my life as a teen and, as an adult, my love for literature. Released in 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Britain) started the film franchise soon after the success of the books starting in 1997 with the book of the same name. The books, after all, made J.K. Rowling a household name so it was only natural that a film company like Warner Bros. would want to capitalize on their success and purchase the film rights 2 years prior to the movie. While other astounded directors like S