Originally Posted by DanielB
my next task is to get you to watch the 3rd, 4th and 5th films in the Harry Potter series and admit that they`re actually rather good family romps (the first two are another matter however).
On the whole I agree with you about the first two films (Chris Columbus) which are IMO nice visualizations of the book but not much more. Having said that, I watched the first film last week and it was much more enjoyable than I remember. The 3rd film (Alfonso Cuarón) is still my favourite. The 4th (Mike Newell) is growing on me. I've only seen the 5th (David Yates) once. Both films after the 3rd have had problems cutting down a large book to a reasonable screen time.

Incidentally, does anyone know if the dialogue was altered for the first film to match the title "Sorcerer's Stone". i.e. In the US release, is "Philosopher's Stone" used throughout?

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