HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

Harry Potter

and the philosopher's stone

This film is a fantasy film.

It was shot in 2001 in the U.K.; the film director was Chris Columbus.

The main actors were Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).

It is adapted from the book “Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone” by J.K. Rowling.

PLOT

Harry was a boy, he was 11 years old and he lived with his uncle Vernon, his aunt Petunia and his cousin Dudley. He thought he was a normal boy, but one day of September a strange man came to their home: he was very big and his name was Hagrid. 

Hagrid told Harry he was a wizard and that year he would go to the magic and witchcraft school of Hogwarts.

Harry went with Hagrid to Diagon Alley, which was a magical street with a lot of shops, 
and there they bought the material that was necessary for that school year.

During the travel on a magic train, he met Ron and Hermione.

In Hogwarts, the students were sorted in four houses: Slytherin, Ravenclaw, 

Hufflepuff and Gryffindor; Harry was put in the last one.

From that moment, Harry and his friends had a lot of adventures, for example 

the young guys fought and won Voldemort, an evil wizard. 

Harry Potter found a magical stone with super powers and killed one of his teachers 

who was a supporter of Lord Voldemort. Obviously, he did all this with the help of his 

friends.

The first time I watched this film was one year ago and I was at home with my 

sister that made pop-corns.

I like it because I love fantasy films.

I suggest everybody to see it because it was well shot and it has got a wonderful 

plot.  

                                                            FILIPPO CASADO MORENO, 2B

THE INVISIBLE BOY

The Invisible Boy is a fantasy film.

It was shot in 2014 in Italy and France.

The film director was Gabriele Salvatores.

The main actor was Ludovico Giraldello, Gabriele Silenzi in the film.

The film was adapted from the book “Il ragazzo invisibile” by Alessandro Fabbri, Stefano Sardo and Ludovico Rampoldi.

Michele Silenzi was a shy, adopted, thirteen years old boy and he lived with his single mum – because his dad was dead.

School bullies played tricks on him. He bought a cool costume for a Halloween party for 50 euros, but the bullies stole it. So he went to buy a costume in an obscure Chinese store. 

Bullies made him ashamed at the party showing his friend Stella that he secretly filmed her on his phone. Michele wanted to become invisible and when, the next morning, he didn’t see himself in the mirror, he achieved his dream. He was really invisible! 

After Stella’s artistic gymnastics training ended, he went to the women’s dressing room but the girls surprised him.

Three children of the school disappeared and one of them was Stella. In the meantime, a mysterious mand told Michele he was his real dad and he also told him that he and Michele were members of a secret Russian group called the Specials. All members of this group had superpowers.

The organization tried to identify Michele by kidnapping children from his school.  At this point of the story, Michele learnt to control his invisibility. After he won the leader of the Specials, he saved the children. And then his father wiped everybody’s memory.

The film ended with a big revelation: the leader of the Specials was Michele’s real mum!

The final scene shows Michele’s real mum informed by other Specials that they didn’t catch Michele but they located his sister in Morocco.

I saw this film with my brother and my mum at the cinema.

I liked it because I love superhero films and because it has got an open ending.

I suggest everybody to see it because it is for every age.

Angelo Consoli, 2B