I think the amazing worldwide success of Harry Potter (especially the very wide and varied audience the films and books attract) has taken everybody by surprise. The books had the very real potential to be dismissed as pulp fiction for pre-teens, and condemned to obscurity as a simple trilogy. But in fact they took off around the world, spawning Harry Potter action figures, lunchboxes, t-shirts, costumes, video games, and just about anything you can think of! Today we start our overview of the story so far in film.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The first movie in the Harry Potter series introduces Harry and his family life - he is being brought up by his aunt and uncle (and tormented by his cousin!) when the groundskeeper for Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hagrid, takes him away to the school. Harry learns that his parents were killed by the evil wizard Voldemort, and that he is actually one of the more powerful wizards in the world. Harry befriends Hermione and Ron Weasley at Hogwarts, and together they attempt to stop an enemy stealing the Sorcerer's Stone.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The second instalment of the film series that gave rise to so many Harry Potter action figures quickly starts becoming grim and foreboding … not really one for the little kids! Harry is warned not to go back to Hogwarts, for horrible things are happening … messages written in blood, attacks on students, voices coming from within the walls. Apparently the Chamber of Secrets was opened, and everybody thinks it was Harry that did it!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The third movie is aligned with Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School. In this movie Harry starts to learn more about his past, finding that he has a connection with the escaped Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Black. The Ministry of Magic entrusts the Dementors of Azkaban to guard Hogwarts School from Sirius Black.
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