HARRY POTTER TRAILERS : ASF is not MPEG, it's Windows Media. If you want an MPEG-1 version I canconvert the trailer for you.Whatever the format, my point was you can not download the trailer itselfdue to the asx file acting as a gateway. You can download the asx file ofcourse - it's tiny and when run causes the asf file to be viewed and notdownloaded. So, what I'm really hoping for is a way to download thetrailer.The only way I can think of to get the trailer in mpeg is if someone hasbought the full quicktime program from apple... I think that this allows youto save in avi format - there are then various programs to change thesefiles into .mpeg. I have turned the trailer into a DVD recorded on a CDR, and I certainlydon't have a copy of the full Quicktime program.I have Quicktime Pro 5 for Windows, and it has no Export option for anything other than two "flavors" of Quicktime, even though I know someone with the Mac version that will Export to AVI, and he knows someone with Quicktime Pro *4* for Windows, also with AVI export. So I don't know if AVI support was removed in version 5 or if there's something funny about my system. HARRY POTTER TRAILERS : HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. StarringDaniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris,Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw and JohnCleese. Music by John Williams. Screenplay by Steve Kloves. Based on the book byJ. K. Rowling. Directed by Chris Columbus. Rated PG. 152 minutes. In a feat of legerdemain that would do any wizard proud, Harry Potter and theSorcerer's Stone has been transposed from the page to the screen with a fidelityand a grandeur to please muggles of every age. This highly anticipated feature is magical, a visual delight that neatlycaptures the spirit of author J.K. Rowling's international best-seller. Even at 2 hours and 32 minutes the feature will keep fans glued to their seats.And while screenwriter Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys) has done some trimming, he hasnot eliminated any of the major plot points or sequences that have captured theimagination of the bookís legion of loyal readers. HARRY POTTER TRAILERS : If Harry Potter has drawbacks, they are minor. One is that the movie is tooreverential to the source and seems to lack any spark of spontaneity. Infairness, though, that could be attributed to the widespread popularity of thenovel. Kloves and director Chris Columbus have done themselves proud capturing thatsense of wonder and enchantment readers encountered when they picked upRowlingís novel. The set design, especially of Hogwarts, by Michael Boone, Peter Dorme and ToadTozer, artfully translates Rowling's vision. Harry Potter is a special effects extravaganza. The behind-the-scenestechnicians and computer artists who created Harry's world are the filmís truemagicians. From Fluffy, the three-headed dog, to the moving staircases, theseeffects wizards have skillfully translated Rowling's words into cinematicreality. Sadly, what should have been the most exciting effect — the quidditch match —at times looks more like a PlayStation 2 video game. It is quite obvious,especially in the long shots, that the students whisking around above the fieldon their broomsticks are nothing more than computer-generated figures. And thematte shots in which Harry and other players are blended into the scenes appeara bit sloppy. HARRY POTTER TRAILERS : Still, these are minor distractions that will not really diminish a viewer'sappreciation for the film as a whole. Columbus has done a fine job casting the major characters. Most look as if theystepped right off a page in the book.HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper) CAPSULE: A child persecuted by his foster parents discovers he is a great and powerful wizard. J. K. Rowling's fantasy (not just) for children comes to the screen in a very faithful 150-minute (not just for children) version. This is a family film that usually manages to be more intelligent than most adult films this year. It is proof that a film adaptation can be faithful and still be entertaining. Rating: 8 (0 to 10), high +2 (-4 to +4) Let me get out of the way a couple of objections I went to the film fully knowing I would have. First, I hate this title, dumbed down as it is for American audiences. The original title of the book was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" not "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." "The Philosophers' Stone" was an object sought in medieval alchemy. It was a hypothetical substance with mystical properties like changing base metals into gold. When the book was brought to America there was the assumption that Americans would find the title too esoteric so with one word change they could turn it into something from Dungeons and Dragons. The film has the original title in Britain. Since said stone is only what Hitchcock would call "a McGuffin," I suppose this is only a minor complaint, but I wanted to get it out. I also lightly lament the filming of this book that has gotten so many children to read and use their imaginations. It will now no longer be read by children (or adults). Instead children will for the most part hold the book in their hands and use the words to replay the film in their minds. That is not their fault, but it is inevitable. Of course being fair it may also get them to read the other Potter book and that will still require imagination and reading skills. And it is probably a plus for the film that it is so accurate an adaptation. The film really is, for the most part, the book made visible. HARRY POTTER TRAILERS : The story, as every kid in my neck of the woods knows, is about a maltreated child. He is sort of a male Cinderella or Cosette. When he was a baby he was given to his aunt and uncle to raise. In this family he is used like a labor-saving device, but with not as much concern for his welfare. On or about his 11th birthday, a mysterious letter arrives for him, in spite of the best efforts of his foster parents to keep it from him. It tells him it is time for him to learn wizardry at Hogwart's, a magical school of sorcery. He also discovers in the dark world of magic he is already something of a hero. And so begins his first year at Hogwart's. Hogwart's is an education to the viewer not just in what wizardry school is like, but also in the English boarding school tradition that once was and some places continues to be.Directed by Chris Columbus. Screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the novelby JK Rowling. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson.Running time: 153 minutes. Rated PG by the MFCB. Reviewed on November 17th, 2001.
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