HE WAS CHOSEN!| HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001)| FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

As the young cast has said, Alan Rickman took all the kids under his wing. Mentored them. Made them laugh. Learned life lessons and how to be a great actor. Apparently he was the most beloved of all of them with the kids.

I’m glad you chose to watch Harry Potter. Robbie Coultrane, who plays Hagrid, just passed in October. This is a great tribute to him!

RIP Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Helen McCrory, Verne Troyer, Robert Hardy, John Hurt All were brought to life perfectly, and stayed through most of the movies. The Books and Movies will always be my favorite.

Cerberus was the 3-headed dog from Hades. Dumbledore granting Neville 10 points at the end was a great life lesson, too (always gets me)-sometimes you gotta honestly call your friends out on their shit.

I always tear up a bit when Harry gets so excited that he actually has Christmas gifts ….. Mr and Mrs Weasley are such MVPs

I know ppl won’t see this, but the little fact that your dad cared so much to be involved with your brother he carved him a wand. 🥹 I love that! Made my heart warm.

Ron is the youngest son in a family of overachievers, his brothers were all successful at school either in Quidditch or Prefects or Head boys so Ron sees himself achieving all of that and more in the mirror. Any achievements he has are downplayed because he’s not the first to do it in his family, it’s kinda sad when you think about it 🥺

Amber’s reaction to the word Hufflepuff shows she is the definition of a true Hufflepuff ❤️😂

@35:53 when Amber picks out Alan Rickman. "That's an older Hans Gruber." It gave me "We'll be sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent." feels and I'm like... I helped with that!

If you watch again the scene with the quidich game, you can clearly see Quirell at the back giving the spell to Harry. But everyone focuses on Snape. Clever cinematography there.

Fun fact, Alan Rickman didn't want to continue to be Snape quite early in the franchise but J.K Rowling told him (no spoilers) something about Snape that made him stay to be the character for all the movies. No one except them knew about it until the last books so even when directors told him one way to act in scenes he did differently because he knew what was going to happen later in the story.

40:09 here you can see Professor Quirrel behind Snape not blinding and staring at Harry! Which is him Jinxing Harry’s broom. As viewers we get distracted by Snape’s counter curse. It’s always so cool watching it back and seeing the small details that you missed.

Without spoilers, I’m so excited for your journey with Snape. He’s written and pitched perfectly and Alan Rickman absolutely knocks it out the park. What a wonderful actor. RIP.

Welcome to the club: Guess what, you can be Harry Potter, StarWars, and Lord of the Rings fans all wrapped up in one. Because I LOVE all these series. You will love them as well. Well rounded super fans.

Alan Rickman plays Snape so well. Fantastic Actor. Gone too soon. RIP ❤

I love when they ask questions that everyone knows the answer to but no one wants to spoil and we are all just thinking "oh you'll find out." 😅

The actor who played Snape, Alan Rickman, was a legendary Shakespearian stage actor who also made a great name in films playing (mostly) villains -- the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Snape in the Harry Potter series, Hans Gruber in Die Hard, so many others. And also the Spock-like character in Galaxy Quest. He will be sorely missed.

Back in the day my 2 stepdaughters and I bonded over this series! It helped us get to know each other and still be close to this day!! Love it!!

The first thing Snape asks Harry is "Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning 'My regrets follow you to the grave' and wormwood means 'absence' and also typically symbolised bitter sorrow.A

The scene where Hagrid gave Harry a homemade birthday cake always puts a smile on my face. Hagrid will always be in my top 10 favorite Harry Potter characters. I was heartbroken when I heard his actor passed away. RIP Robbie Coltrane (3/30/1950 - 10/14/2022)

This is a series that starts out childish and then gets darker and more interesting as it goes on... And the ending will blow you away! It's so good! I love this series and I started reading the books as a kid so attending the movie premieres was always a family event!

We read the books out loud as a family while the kids were just starting to read chapter books. As they got older they took turns reading too. Eventually they got to a point where they independently read. We dressed up and went to the bookstore at midnight to get the copy of the next book. That’s how cool it was to READ these books. It gets a lot more mature and dark by the end but it really did hook my young readers.

Ron - "she knows more about you than you do!" Harry - "who doesnt?"

The insane thing is, that Quirel or what his name is, was in every scene where they wanted you to think that Snape is the bad one. Brilliant

You two are gonna love these movies!! Heads Up -- as the years go by at Hogwarts, and the kids grow up, the movies' themes get darker and darker and the evil in the stories gets worse and worse. Also, the kids get more and more knowledge in magic, so the magic elements increase every movie too. For the most part, each movie is a year at Hogwarts, with a few exceptions. It is soooo worth the journey!! Remember, one reason this series is so well loved is because JK Rowling was writing them as her target audience was growing up, just like the kids in the books....so that audience became VERY close to the characters.

*I can't wait for you guys to watch the whole series. I didn't watch it for years (unfortunately) because I thought it wasn't my thing. After the 1st one I was hooked, bought the rest of the movies the next day and binge watched the whole weekend.*

So basically each of the 4 houses represent a value: Gryffindor is bravery Slithering is ambition Hufflepuff is empathy And lastly Ravenclaw is intelligence. Basically if you read the books you would know many of the lines in the books that were Ron’s are Hermiones in the movie, although the movies are absolutely amazing they paint Ron to be useless and dumb when he really isn’t. Plus I’m so excited for your reactions to the movies, you guys are hilarious. 🤍☺️

Oh man, if you guys liked this one, you’re gonna love this series! Can’t wait to see your reactions. One of the coolest parts about HP (besides the story of course) is watching the kids grow quite literally and as actors. Also I gotta say RIP to the wonderful Robbie Coltrane aka Hagrid 💔

Your faces when Voldermort was revealed on the back of Quirrels head. Pure gold. Such a great moment. Can't wait to watch the rest if the series with you guys.

If u liked this you WILL love the rest. They get darker & more adult as they go on. Every movie answers (& raises) new questions. Im so excited for your other Harry Potter reactions!

I'm constantly impressed by how you really pay attention and the empathy (Amber) has when watching, so many people don't "get" deeper meanings, innuendo, it's genuinely fun to watch with you guys because NOTHING gets passed you two!

The casting on these movies were really terrific. Robbie Coletrane was fantastic as Hagrid, Maggie Smith as professor McGonagall, Alan Rickman as Snape, and Richard Harris was wonderful as Dumbledore. Unfortunately, during the filming of the movies, Richard Harris died, so Dumbledore was replaced after just a few movies were filmed.

I got into the Harry Potter book series by chance. My mother gave the first three to my middle child. I always skimmed through what my kids were reading to know what they were into, just in case I ever had to talk them down from a psychotic episode or something. My son came in while I was looking through the first one and said, "Oh cool! You're reading them, I'll finally have someone to talk to about it!" I didn't have the heart to tell him I was just being nosy so I started really reading and got dragged in with him. I love the book series and the movies. It's great to see Harry Potter brand new through your eyes.

I love Sir Richard Harris (Dumbledore) so much. He was an unbelievable actor. I was lucky enough to see him on stage at The Fox Theater in Camelot when I was in high school. Such a wonderful memory.

Welcome to the Harry Potter family! It only gets better! I remember taking my oldest out of school in the sixth grade the day this came out. It became a tradition. Every time a new movie came out I would pick him up and we would go to the very first showing. He is 32 now and we both still talk about it. I hope you both enjoy it as much as we do. We still have Harry Potter movie weekends where the family will get together and watch the whole series together. Usually around Halloween. Glad to have your family on board.

I cannot WAIT for y’all to see the rest of them!!! I’m so jealous that you’re getting to experience it for the first time. It’s been such an integral part of my life. I’ve passed it onto my daughter and just took her to Harry Potter world on her 11th birthday! Can’t wait to see you experience the rest!!😍

Your reactions when he removed the turban...🤣🤣🤣🤣 This series is another masterpiece. The books and the movies are each wonderful, and that is rare. You guys are in for a treat over the next movies!

There are so many good life lessons in this series, in addition to the lore of a new world. The characters and character development are so intriguing. Definitely take the houses quiz.

Rowling researched Hermetic-magic and antiquity when writing these books. The actual book is called The Philosophers stone but it was changed to Sorcerers stone for american audiences. In Hermeticism the philosophers stone is the end all be all, so she naturally started her first book with that.

I so hope y'all end up watching all the movies, the story arc of all the characters from the first story to the last is amazing

One thing to remember with this series is that it was written so that as each book was released and the readers grew up, the themes would get more mature and grow with them. This first one is more simplistic and since Harry is 11 years old, he deals with 11 year old type problems like an 11 year old would. It gets more intense as the series goes on. And, I think, gets better with each book/movie.

I am getting old, over sixty, but these Harry Potter movies, just like the Lord of the RIngs trilogy, can bring me to tears. I love it. You will love how the story evolves.

@13:40 All this time, I can’t tell if Ollivander slipped in a pun (I “wand”ered) or if it’s just the accent 😅 I love Amber’s reaction when she saw Voldemort in the back of Quirrell’s head 😂

I remember waiting in crazy lines at book stores with my mom when a new book was released. She told me something I told my kids now who love the books and movies, how wild and amazing it is that one person wrote this incredible series, what an imagination 👏. Hope you continue the series.

I promise you guys will love the Harry Potter series before you're done watching them. It gets better and better and better as the films go from one to the next. It's like watching the cast grow up before your eyes. I promise you haven't seen nothing yet, even though the first movie is awesome. I remember seeing it in theatre's when it first came out, and it's a memory I will cherish for as long as I live. What's even cooler for you two is that you don't even have to wait a year or two for each movie to be released like most of us did.

From the innocence of the first movie, to the dark but genius last movie, they are a cinematic masterpiece from start to finish.

When he said Snape was trying to save me your reactions 😂😂😂

Fang is a Neapolitan mastiff. In Greek mythology Cerberus is a 3 headed dog that guards the gates of hell.

Beginning with part 3, (which happens to my favorite, and in my opinion the best) the series starts to become more mature and really really starts getting good.

The third film in the Harry Potter franchise is perfection imo!!!❤❤❤

Cereberus is indeed the 3 headed dog from greek mythology. In the book, Hagrid buys Fluffy (the giant dog) from "a greek chapie at the pub"

This is the song that the Sorting Hat sings in the book version of Sorcerer's Stone before he sorted the first year's students into their houses; "Oh you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find A smarter hat than me. You can keep your bowlers black, Your top hats sleek and tall, For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a Thinking Cap!" 🧙‍♂️🧙‍♀️🪄✨⚡🖤 BTW, I was sorted into Gryffindor in the Pottermore (now called Wizarding World) official website. The website was created by the Sony company and the author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling. I had to take a fun and special personality test to find out what house I am in. Go go Gryffindor! ❤💛❤🦁🏰🪄👍

I read the books and I loved them. I was in my late 40’s early 50’s when I read them. One of my biggest regrets is I was moving overseas because of my job and I gave the whole set of them to the boy who lived next door and they were hardcover books. I hope you watch all the movies or better still read the books to your children although it might be better to wait a year or so to read the first one to your oldest but I am not an expert on children because I never had any.

Great choice! Gotta keep in mind that the tone of the films age with the kids, so it starts off very whimsical with the films and then ends up very dark and adult in plot.

I read the books before the movies. The movies follow books very well so I knew what was coming. Snape is a rollercoaster. One of the best characters ever written. Each movie adds to the story.

Girl when you said "I don't even like his voice" about Alan Rickman I paused and yelled "THIS IS BLASPHEMY" lol his voice is iconic, he has one of the sexiest voices everrrr! 😭 I'm guessing it's just because you thought he was evil. Listen to him in interviews or something and you'll get what I mean! But I hadn't seen HP in forever and I really enjoyed rewatching this 1st movie with your reaction, can't wait to watch the rest 😄😀👍

What’s cool is the movie get more mature and darker as the characters age. Only 6 more to go. I’ve seen them numerous times. Also read all the books. I’m 67, any age can enjoy Harry Potter.

I haven't even started watching the video and I have to say this: Absolutely love you two and the energy you put into the universe. I read the entire Potter series every 18 months or so for over a decade. Please, please, please when your kids are a bit older sit down and read these books together out loud as a family. I promise it will be a memory.

Since the series ended 24 actors from it have passed from the landlord of the pub to Snape and now Hagrid

This is one of the greatest stories ever told, from the first to the last book, you won't regret this journey

Friendship & loyalty are themes that run through these films. Loved your reaction. I felt the same way you guys did about Snape. Malfoy & his family (you get to know them as the series progresses) are characters everyone loves to hate. Great choice.

Your reactions are a joy to watch. I hope you watch the whole series without spoilers. Each book is self-contained yet sets up things that pay off in other books -- and create a whole new appreciation for earlier scenes when you go back and re-read the series again. -- One of the coolest things about the Harry Potter books is that they got a lot of kids reading books. That itself is a fantastic thing.

the fact he said head slit first instead of scar just shows me its genuine the first time

The driver Goblin and Professor Flitwick are played by the same actor who played the dwarf in Willow.

I find it funny that you just happen to watch two movies with Alan Rickman in it one after the other. Alan played Hans Gruber in Die hard in 1988 and he plays professor Snape in this movie in 2001. He was such a wonderful actor. I loved him in Galaxy Quest. You ought to give that movie a watch. Very amusing. If you are familiar with Star Trek they poke fun at some of the stereo typical memes from the series and movies.

If I recall correctly, Gryffindor house valued courage, Hufflepuff valued loyalty, Ravenclaw valued intelligence and Slytherin valued ambition. Also sad at the passing of Robbie Coltrane, aka Rubeus Hagrid.

Hagrid was expelled in his 3rd year because of Tom Riddle. His wand was snapped in half. Dumbledore kept him on at Hogwarts and had him trained as gate keeper but had also secretly repaired his wand and it had been hidden inside the umbrella.

The way your souls left your bodies at the head reveal, 🤣

This one of those rare series where they just get better and better as it goes along The author’s goal was to create a series that would age along with their readers.. so they get progressively more mature and have darker themes of good vs evil - and the shades of gray between

Love this series. It gets better with every movie and there are 8 total. So buckle up.

people reacting to the Quirrell plot twist never fails to make me happy

Youll notice a change in dumbledor after this movie because the actor for the first dumbledor actually based away 1-2 years after this movie

Casting Alan RIckman as Snape was a master stroke of misdirection for older audiences who had only seen him as the bad guy in older movies. You have GOT to check out his other iconic role in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (BYO spoon). Oh and Galaxy Quest... a total must watch, guaranteed to do well in a poll.

Nicholas Flamel was a real person. Wikipedia says he became an alchemist after he died. After his alleged death, rumors circulated about him creating the real "philosopher's stone." So the Myth about Nicholas Flamel and the Philosopher's stone is a real myth. Very peculiar!

Fun Fact: In the books, the Weasley Twins bewitched snowballs to hit Quirrel in the back of the head all the time. Knowing the ending, we now know that the snowballs were hitting Voldemort in the face

I have watched all of Harry Potter like at least 20 times but I really enjoyed rewatching with you two to see someone react who has never seen it even through all the chaos of Harry Potter being iconic. Harry Potter's world is special and hope we can watch the rest of the movies with y'all.

Fun fact: There is a castle in Yorkshire called Snape Castle and it is one of the ancestral homes of the Neville family. Just goes to show that Neville owned Snape all along.

YES!!!!!!!!! SO glad you two are getting into one of my favorite movie series of all time. Of course, the movies are never better than the books but still....... YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

loved watching this reaction! so glad you guys enjoyed it! i also like how you noticed small details that make this world so magical (like the paintings/newspapers moving) looking forward to the next one!

Snape is a really interesting and complex character. Maybe I was a weird kid but I always liked him, even when I didn't know if he was good or bad :)

So happy you are finally reacting to Harry Potter. I highly encourage you to read the books. If you only watch the movies, you are only getting a 1/4 to 1/2 of the story depending on the book. There is so much history you are missing out on and once you read the books, you realize just how much of everything was set up in the very first book. And some of the backstories will absolutely break your heart.

I'm so jealous, watching you experience this for the first time. If I could turn back time and experience Harry Potter for the first time again, I absolutely would. Magical is an understatement!

You’re both first timers? Aw this is just beautiful…it gets so much dark, so much more in depth

They give all Ron's brilliance to Hermione, in the books she is book smart but usually it's her who panicks.

Aye! I'm glad you guys liked the first movie. I read the books over and over as a kid as they were still coming out, and it's so cool seeing people still appreciate how rich the world of Harry Potter is to this day!

If you want more in-depth stuff about everything, you must read the books. One of my favorite Harry Potter reaction journeys was White Noise Reacts because they both watched the films and read the books and had discussions about the differences and the depth of the Harry Potter universe. I know you’ve got kids so it’ll be a little different because of your time schedule, but read the books. You won’t be disappointed and there are some awesome audiobook versions is available. Welcome to the awesome Wizarding World. Also, there’s way more Quidditch in the books and she covers it amazingly.

Welcome to Pottermania! You've gone down the rabbit hole! I prefer the books, myself, but it's quite possible to enjoy all the movies without reading them. The books get darker (as has been mentioned) as the series goes along, but they also get longer. The producers had to make significant changes from the fourth movie on, to keep the movie length practical. Sometimes clues and whole characters are cut out, leaving the audience to ask questions. But, as I said, the movies can still stand by themselves.

One of the many things I love about this franchise is, as Harry didn't know anything about the Wizarding World, he is the audience, we learn everything along with him. I think that's awesome!

As everyone has mentioned the story gets darker and more mature as the kids grow. Another growth to watch is the main trio’s acting. They are good child actors but by the last movie they are amazing actors. They had years surrounded by the best actors in all of Britain and learned well.

RIP Hagrid, aka Robbie Coltrane who left this world last year. Fantastic versatile British actor.

"That's classroom management!" I have to agree with Jay on that one. As someone who loved these books and films for the entirety of her childhood, it is SO funny to go back and rewatch these as a teacher now.

y’all are so wholesome :') felt like i was watching the movie with friends bc of how immersed you both were! :D

The awe that the both of you had when Hagrid took Harry to Diagon Alley!!! It made me want to inform you that you can visit Diagon Alley yourselves. Universal studios ( both of them) has a full replica of Diagon Alley. Complete with shops you can visit and even Ollivanders wand shop where you can buy yourselves wands.

my son, now 28, learned to read with Harry Potter. I started reading them to him when he was 5. Then, through the years, he read them to me.... It became our nightly ritual. He would come home early from his friend's house so he could get fed and bathed so we would have more time to read. Then, I'd put him in bed and we'd talk for about 1/2 hour about what we had read and what it meant... We read together like that until he was 12 - then we started going to the movies together. Harry Potter is magical in more ways than you think. It created true magic in our relationship that lasts to this day.

Hi! I love how you both don’t blaspheme or curse! That is so rare these days. I believe you will learn who Snape really is in his character until the last moment from the second to last movie in the series. But it will blow your mind! Love you guys.

Your reactions were so pure guys, thanks so much for helping me relive the magic of seeing this for the first time 🥰

When you watch the scene of Snape chanting the spell at Harry you can see the other professor near him chanting as well. You can even see him break concentration when snape’s cloak caught fire.

My sister who always struggled with her reading bought the audio books and read along with them. It got her reading for pleasure when she was in her 50s. I was a school librarian and totally recommend the books as well. When your kids get a little older you can introduce them to the books. It is true the books and movies get more and more mature and complex so don’t rush it. They will endure and are already “classics”. The problem with being introduced too young is that many of the things that happen are beyond their understanding - then they are bored (because they don’t understand). Then when they are old enough to understand they think “I read that when I was in 2nd grade and it was boring!” So no rush! The same can definitely be said for The Lord of the Rings! Sometimes timing is everything! Snape is a very complex character! Keep watching!

Nearly Headless Nick, was played by John Cleese. Who you saw in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. One of the characters he played was the French Taunter... "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of Elderberrys."

1)lil interesting fact, owls are the most silent birds while flying 2) I have nothing else to say other than you two are the cutest AND YA BETTER POST YOU GUYS WATCHING THE REST LOL