in a warm glow

[Schlobin1 at aol.com]

Well, I DID take time off work today, and went with two of my friends,
and the whole thing put me in a warm glow.

It was an amazing, magical, incredible, lovely wonderful experience.
I loved it.
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So, the nitpicking, processing and analysis begins! Long live the 
internet!

Okay -- I LIKED Dumbledore. He IS my favorite character, and I liked 
Richard Harris in Camelot. I too was annoyed by his comments, but 
expected him to be awful. They did pull some of his best lines -- the 
oddment line..the warm pair of socks line..they didn't GIVE him any 
humorous lines. He WAS really mysterious in the Philosopher's Stone,
he came alive in this movie, and oh, those costumes...his robes were 
just lucious. The scene in the hospital was wonderful, and the Mirror 
of Erised was good.

If I had to say the only thing that REALLY annoyed me is that it's 
NOT CALLED THE Philosopher's Stone....what a sad commentary on 
popular culture here in the U.S....

Molly Weasley did not look like herself. 

I thought the Dudleys were a tad too comic in their portrayal...and 
their house covered with owls didn't quite seem right..

I doubt you could have followed if you had not seen the book.

But I kept doing little gasps and squeaks, I was so excited..Seeing 
Dumbledore and McGonagall at the same time...when Hagrid flew in..

Yes, Robbie Coltrane made Hagrid come alive for me...a wonderful, 
wonderful portrayal...The great hall didn't look right to me, I 
thought the children sat horizontally, not vertically.

Yes, yes, Alan Rickman was brilliant, and I actually like Snape 
more..I'm not sure they made him nasty enough in this film....to be 
true to the book...

John Hurt as Ollivander was great. Yes, James should have been 
younger, and Harry's hair should stick up in the back, and his should 
have stuck up too.

The scenes of Hogwarts were breathtaking..the changes of the seasons, 
wonderful, the Halloween scene terrific....

Diagon Alley was absolutely and totally realistic..I want to go there 
RIGHT NOW

Maggie Smith was wonderful...the young man playing Oliver Wood was 
great, I LOVED NEVILLE! He was PERFECT! Yes, the boy playing Ron is 
an outstanding actor...several people said that they don't like 
Hermione, but she's not too likable in the beginning of the film.

Did Ginny have red hair? Percy was not pompous enough...Fred and 
George were perfect...Draco oozed evil......very well done...

MRS. NORRIS was terrific. A beautiful cat, as was McGonagall's 
alter/ego. 

Tomorrow I'm taking Jesse my four year old and I'm wearing my witch's 
hat and black robe, just for fun.

Susan, who is very, very, very happy here in Ann Arbor, Michigan