Entrance to Diagon Alley (Sorcerer's Stone Movie)

Mon Mar 3 05:48:14 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 53043

I just rewatched Sorcerer's Stone for the 100th or so time and 
noticed something. When Hagrid taps the bricks behind the Leaky 
Cauldron to get into Diagon Alley, he reaches UP!

Now Hagrid is somewhere between 9 and 12 feet depending who you ask, 
so how would a normal size wizard open the portal?

My hypothesis? The dent that you tap the bricks around magically 
orients itself to the wizard. (I wonder whether it keeps any wizard 
out if they tap the wrong bricks. That wouldn't exactly be 
productive to the Diagon Alley Shopkeepers Association! I picture 
the whole alley owned behind the scenes by the goblins, who oversee 
the alley to maximum monetary efficiency.)