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Rating: Already in 2001, Harry Potter enchanted us with his magical world made of spells, moving staircases, broomsticks, etc... but that's not all.
The little wizard from Hollywood didn't just have spells to pronounce, but also something else: the formula of love. That which was left to him by his parents, cruelly murdered by the dark wizard Voldemort;
the villain who possesses Professor Quirrell in the first chapter of the film saga.
I remember the excitement as soon as the movie ended; at the time, I was only 8 years old, and for me, the Harry Potter experience was a real revolution. If other kids were growing up with dreams in their pockets, Harry Potter was a great train to travel towards that world.
So after "The Philosopher's Stone," I was literally fascinated, and I couldn't wait to see both the movie on videotapes and the sequel: those were magical years, even if magic didn't exist, children (including me) had a vivid imagination and a unique ability to see things as they began with blessed wonder. And so, for me, Harry Potter was that very blessed wonder that didn't exist before then.
The perspective with which I saw and appreciated the saga is, and remains, important, immortal, and special.
Each release represented an ecstasy of happiness. The plot, the characters and their story, the soundtrack, etc...
Director Chris Columbus did an impeccable job on the first 2 films along with Alfonso Cuarón who directed the third chapter.
I would describe the first movie as a "fairytale" that could very well end with the closing credits without a sequel. It is important to specify that for an 8-year-old, a film like The Philosopher's Stone has a different effect than it would have on a 12-year-old: those who grow up with Harry Potter (myself included) will always have a different perspective. But it is also objectively true that the first 3 adaptations are the most faithful to the novels of their mother, J.K. Rowling.
The Chamber of Secrets follows, with all the magical formula of the first: dreamy soundtrack, castle on a mountain under a blanket of clouds and a shining moon. Much more action, but it doesn't become annoying. And most importantly, it doesn't eliminate that "magical" and "mysterious" touch.
Mysteries and conflicts in the Chamber of Secrets follow one another with problems without battles: this is the beauty of the first 3 blockbusters, there are no battles pumped with action-movie special effects, if there are action scenes, they have been shot with techniques that make the film seem more like a "fairy tale" than a fantasy film.
In The Prisoner of Azkaban, we observe the apotheosis of all this, and for me, it confirms itself as the best of the 3 films.
Our story starring the little wizard continues with the discovery of a terrible truth: is it true that his godfather betrayed and sold his parents to l.Voldemort?
In the darkest chapter of the 3, we observe a very beautiful and fascinating story in which Harry has to prove himself as a true wizard: going back in time and trying to prevent certain things from happening for the sake of a better future.
It’s a solid plot made of good interludes and important scenes that never let us get bored: moments of empathy and sweetness (with Professor Lupin and his friends), and more dynamic scenes (Quidditch tournament and duel with the Dementors) alternate flawlessly, and, accompanied by an amazing soundtrack, a great moral stands out: none of us is only good or only bad, each of us has both light and darkness inside, the important thing is the side we choose to stand with.
In fact, it is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities.
A first taste of this theme (essential for the course of the novel) arrives in the first chapter when Harry, despite his qualities, chooses Gryffindor over Slytherin.
In the Chamber of Secrets, he discovers he accidentally received the ability to speak to snakes from Lord Voldemort himself: thus fearing he possesses innate evil traits, but the dear headmaster is keen to remind him that "it is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
And so the choice to spare Peter Pettigrew's life in the third chapter shows how the sensitivity and empathy of those who have suffered in life can be aspects of a character that doesn't need to be strong, impetuous, or reckless, a character that makes its choices with a calm heart and a peaceful soul, on a magical island far from nine and three-quarters track from those who live life with frenzy and competition.
Rating 10/10 will forever be a part of me.
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