A minute-by-minute analysis of HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer’s Stone:
MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION!
An old wizard walks alone on a spooky night and steals lantern light
MINUTE 2: THE BUILD
Dumbledore says “the bad” rumours are true
MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET
The baby will be left with “the the worst sort of muggles imaginable”
MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH
Harry’s mean aunt screams at him
MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER
The relatives' outrageous behavior towards Harry is jaw-droppingly rude (Professor McGonagall was right!)
MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST
Harry’s uncle scolds him (FIST)
MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2
Harry talks with a snake (FRIEND)
MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS
The escaping snake talks to Harry then makes all the children scream!
MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT
Harry tries to retrieve the letter that his cousin stole from him
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION
Harry’s aunt and uncle chat outside the house
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING
Hundreds of owls land outside Harry’s relative’s house—a warning that they better let Harry open the letters
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING
Hundreds and hundreds of letters pour into the house—a harsher warning that they better let Harry open his letters
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION
The family submits and moves to a secluded island
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH
Harry’s uncle points his shotgun at Hagrid
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!
Hagrid pulls something out of his coat, but it’s only an unbrella (whew!)
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN
Uncle Vernon is concerned that Hagrid wants to take Harry to the school of wizardry
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Harry learns that his parents didn’t, in fact, die in a car crash
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN
Hagrid puts a piggy tail on Harry’s cousin
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT
Harry enters a threatening looking bar
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK
Harry wants Hagrid to tell him why he’s famous
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT
Hagrid taps the wall and the bricks reconfigure themselves to show Harry Diagon Alley!
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED
A boy declares that the Nimbus 2000 "is the fastest model yet!”
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF
The ugly looking goblin gives Harry a scary look
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
The goblin takes Harry into the bowels of a scary cavern
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3
Harry stares at an ominous looking lone package
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED
Harry waves his new wand and the files fly out!
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST
Mr. Ollivander tries to find the correct wand for Harry
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP
Mr. Ollivander preps Harry for his life as a wizard
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2
Hagrid preps Harry about Voldemort
MINUTE 30: THE NEED
Harry needs to know what Voldemort did
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL
Evil Voldemort is still out there
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP
Harry realizes Hagrid’s no longer there to help him
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!
Harry realizes that he has to somehow run through a solid wall (oh no!)
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT
Harry makes friends with Ron
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH
Ron thinks he’s sitting with a regular boy (BAIT), but discovers it’s the famous Harry Potter (SWITCH)
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK
Harry wonders where the picture of Dumbledore went
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD
Ron can’t make his magic spell work—he’s over his head
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT
Harry reconnects with his friend Hagrid
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND
Boats take the bonding children towards the school
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD
We see that Professor McGonagall has authority at the school
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE
Harry likes the school (ROSE), but dislikes unsavory students like Malfoy (THORN)
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL
Opening doors reveal a surprisingly huge hall filled with young wizards and floating candles!
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2
Dumbledore reveals that the 3rd floor will cause “a most painful death”
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS
Harry feels pain in his scar when Snape looks at him
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Loner Harry stands in front of the entire student body
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION
Harry sees that Dumbledore approves of him going to Gryffindor
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT
Percy gives Harry information about Snape (Harry’s escort towards useful information)
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE
Harry is told about the stairs, which change direction
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT
The scary pictures move
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT
Harry sits by himself, still the outsider
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE
Professor McGonagall scolds Harry and Ron for being late
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE
Students listen quietly to intimidating Snape
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION
Snape intimidates Harry with questions he doesn’t know the answers to
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB
Harry and Ron realize that the “mail’s here”
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE
Harry learns that someone broke into Gringotts
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT
Ron says “up” but the broom whacks him in the face
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS
The teacher says to the wounded student, “Oh dear, it’s a broken wrist”
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT
Harry and Malfoy duel on their brooms
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION
Malfoy spins and keeps the object from Harry
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Harry learns that he’s the new “Seeker”!
And so on...
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