'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone': As magical as ever — hypable.com

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone holds up remarkably well years after its release. Hypable’s “revisited” series looks back at older pieces of media and attempts to evaluate their meaning today. Are they better or worse than we thought when they were originally released? What have we learned from them and what has their lasting impact been? I’ve been to the theater for so many movies that it’s hard to remember many of the experiences of going, but I’ll never forget seeing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I remember sitting there through the previews when suddenly John Williams’ now unforgettable score began to swell and the Harry Potter version of the Warner Bros. logo flashed on the screen. The next image that flashed on the screen was just as unforgettable.

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