Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — Sixty Sixth Post

What I remember from the first movie, which I watched when I was in fifth grade:
very vague, the scene with dumbledore, mcgonagal, and hagrid at the beginning.
The snake scene at the zoo
the letters bursting into the house
wand selection, vaguely. meeting quirrel, I think
running through the wall to platform 9 3/4
neville's toad? Draco malfoy in train, for sure. So, imagined that, actually.
Oh, sorting hat. I vaguely remember that, and that must be where I remembered malfoy.
unicorn blood- detention with hagrid, but strictly the unicorn blood part
Quirrell taking off turban, talking to Voldemort. V and Q crumbling or something

What really happens in the movie, plus my impressions thereof (in a stream-of-consciousness sort of style):
So, I definitely only remembered snatches of that first scene. Very, very vague snatches that I suspect were invented after reading the book. I also have no memory of the theme, which reminds me of the Hook theme.
I had forgotten how adorable daniel radcliffe was when he was 11. So cute!
Fairly certain that the snake was from brazil and said "thanks, amigo" and the amigo was omitted from the movie.
They skipped moving harry into the smallest bedroom...
Hagrid's entrance well done.
I did remember a bit of the wand-picking scene, with the papers flying.
Ah, the initial draco-harry-ron confrontation well played. well placed, too. draco is such a smarmy little bastard, with his hair all slicked.
wait, why is hermione first? what happened to alphabetical order? and the song! Gah!
hmm. should have been inside the head during sorting. hmmph. I guess I'm now a purist for the books.
I thought john cleese was peeves? hmm. nearly-headless nick isn't bad.
The fat lady isn't quite what I pictured, but she's not bad. nice and fat, I guess.
classic scene with orphan in moonlit window. Why is hedwig in his bedroom? dubs-tee-eff...
alan rickman is awesome. friggin' awesome. he plays hateful really, really well. really well. damn.
madame hooch is cool. I wish I could pull off that hair. hair envy... mine's long and floppy and looks stupid and floppy short.
aw, they're so cute little.
McGonagall's supposed to look pissed, but she keeps looking awesomely happy.
"no one's died in years!"
Oh, i did remember that james potter was a seeker. I vaguely remember the plaque.
oliver wood's actor is cute. cute accent.
hermione is insufferable. I like her later, but she's really insufferable. seamus is great for explosions.
poor hermione, when ron says that she's a nightmare in her hearing. It's a case of feel bad for but still don't like much, because she was an insufferable bitch of a kid. harry giving ron a dirty look for hurting hermione's feelings is great.
Oh, I might remember the troll. maybe.
"Coo." Go ron.
oh, alan rickman is good. he plays an absolutely hateful snape.
"let's open it," honestly. it's a cleverly disguised broomstick, derp.
harry looks so tiny...
"I, uh, don't really remember. I took a bludger to the head two minutes in. woke up in the hospital a week later." accent!
lee jordan has an oddly effeminate voice. I hope that improves. I mean, he's at most thirteen years old, but I distinctly recall my classmates having lowered voices by then.
come on, harry, look for the damn snitch. snitch, dammit!
I have the advantage of hindsight... snape ftw.
"I shouldn't have said that."
honestly, don't you two read?
alan rickman is so good. ftw.
quirrell/voldemort's demise is rather horrifying for an 11 y/o to witness.
they left out neville in the points at the end? oh, good. they didn't.
why does james have pattern baldness? I thought he was supposed to have the same hair as harry...
Over all, I approve of the movie for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The music is pretty (oh, God, how shallow. It's gorgeous, evocative, masterful...), and the actors were mostly well-chosen. McGonagall isn't quite how I pictured her, but the Maggie Smith is great and makes up for it.
And Alan Rickman is awesome.