This is Simon’s sister - thank you to anyone who comments helping us out with Harry Potter lore, as we are very much normies and do not know a lot about the series really! Sorry if we mess anything up. Also I would like to correct myself. I completely misremembered the Devil’s Snare book scene and checked after rewatching our reaction. Sorry about that! It has been almost 20 years now since the book was read to me.

Ron's biggest talent is being street smart. Hermione knows a lot because she reads a lot, but Ron grew up among wizards and therefore knows about culture, laws, day-to-day use of magic, politics, etc. There are a lot of times when Hermione doesn't know what to do and Ron's like "oh we could use this spell my mom uses to cut vegetables" or something like that haha

With all the questions being answered I kept thinking “ watch the movie & you will find out”.

Basically, Harry's mother dying for him created some kind of magical protection. It sounds cheesy when Dumbledore says "it was love" that did it, but Dumbledore says countless times, in the books, that love is the strongest force there is and he *means* it.

Don’t know if anyone mentioned it but the motorcycle Hagrid rode in on belonged to Sirius Black.

The decision to change the name to "Sorcerer's Stone" was made by marketing, as they wanted kids to know it was a book about magic.

In the book the sorting hat took awhile deciding whether to put Hermione in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw and finally settled on Gryffindor as the best fit for her. The scene with Neville and the broom was a lot less drawn out in the book. It rose high up in the air and Neville fell off and broke his wrist before Madam Hooch could do anything. It didn't fly all over like in the movie. The kids don't automatically think of using their wands because they only know about 2 spells when they face the troll in the bathroom. Hermione probably knew more but she tends to freeze or panic in situations like that. It's one of her biggest flaws in the books. They should have just put the Nimbus 2000 in a bix like it was in the book if they were going to use those lines from the book. It would make more sense for Harry to wonder what it was if it wasn't so obviously a broom. Dumbledore had borrowed the invisibility cloak from Harry's dad before Harry's parents died so he's the one who gave it to Harry. In the book Harry's touch burned Quirrell but it didn't make him crumble. Harry hung on to keep him blinded with pain even though he was in pain himself until Dumbledore arrived. Harry didn't kill Quirrell. Voldemort did when he abandoned Quirrell's severely weakened body.

To be a ghost in Harry Potter, you have to chose to stay instead of crossing over , but my understanding is you only get one chance to move on to the afterlife . If you refuse you're stuck here for eternity so people very rarely chose to become ghosts . They have to be extremely scared of crossing over , which I think was the case with Nearly Headless Nick , some are held back by strong emotions like bitterness , like Moaning Myrtle who chose to stay at Hogwarts to haunt the girl who bullied her , or guilt for things the did in life which was the case with the Bloody Barron.

Dudley Dursley is 11 years old. Harry receives his letter for Hogwarts by Rubeus Hagrid when Harry Potter has his 11th birthday.

I discovered you via Potter. As your sister gives up too many spoilers, I will watch the ones she hasn't seen! 🖤🌹🖤🧛

Ollivander, the wand maker, played the guy who had the alien bust out of his chest in Alien when he was younger.

I know this is a month old, but I wanted to chime in a bit. Yes, the first years are the ones that arrive by boat. Slytherin isn't bad. They are ambitious and are willing to "Do what it takes" to get what they want. The books and movies rarely show any good Slytherins though. So it's VERY easy to assume they are all nasty dark magic users. They run from Mrs. Norris because she and Filch have a strong "Mysterious" connection and she often alerts to the caretaker about students doing or being were they are not supposed to be. They changed the title of the book because they didn't think American children would associate a philosopher with magic. And it would sound like a boring title. Yes they have other roommates but remember it was Christmas break and most of the school was empty.

0:46 'I think I did walk in when you were watching [pauses]' ... got me scared for a short second 😵‍💫

I see a lot of viewers stumble over this; not quite sure if you were doing so too. "Privet" is a type shrub that is normally trimmed in long rectangular shapes to form a hedge. They're super common. So living on a street named "Privet" is a way of saying it's a common, humble, everyday sort of neighborhood. "Albus," BTW, means "bright" or "white," like in albino or Alps. A decent followup to Harry Potter, in a completely different genre, is "Die Hard."

24:40 It was even stranger for me as a kid, growing up in Australia, since the school year here roughly lines up with the calendar year (due to the seasons being switched). I didn't know, at the time, that the northern school year starts in September, so I always thought they skipped basically the whole school year for some reason.

2:25 Funny you say that, as Hagrid has a Bristol accent, and the famous pirate Blackbeard was supposedly from Bristol (hence why pirates often have Bristol accents in pop culture).

2:00 So Hagrid would see from his flying motorcycle where they were located.

Americans say Privet too. It's a bush that's often used in hedges.

People sometimes get a little confused by the mix of reality and exaggeration in the films, but it is very reminiscent of classic live action children's movies like "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971), "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "Mary Poppins," children's cartoons, and so on, which Rowling would doubtlessly have seen when she was a child. So while the Dursleys seem like cruel jackasses, they are comically so, and it is to be taken that way.

Sometimes I wonder who made the clothes the troll was wearing 🤔 How did they get him to put it on?

Love the reaction! Keep them coming.

there are good Slytherins. the line was "there is not a witch or wizard that went bad that was not in Slytherin" so, all bad wizard are in Slytherin not all Slytherins are bad wizard. the movies should have done better explaining the traits that exemplify the houses. all the houses have positive traits. Gryffindor - Bravery, helping others, and chivalry. Hufflepuff - Hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Ravenclaw - Intelligence, knowledge, planning ahead, and wit. Slytherin - Ambition, cunning, heritage, and resourcefulness.

The owls do get paid in the first book they said they give them some kind of bronse knuts or something

Hermione said the sorting hat considered putting her in Ravenclaw!

The myth busters tested if a gun would still work when bent like that. and it does, to a point. if you bent it to like 90 degrees it wouldn't. :)

Dont answer his questions. I subscribed. BTW, I lived in Korea.

The full name of Albus is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Dumbledore means Humblebee.

Slytherins are not bad, they're just ambitious and value power above almost everything. This means they have the best grades (Slytherin had been winning the House Cup for the last 10 years before Harry got to Hogwarts), but also the biggest amount of Dark Wizards. Morals are limiting and as Voldemort says, "there's only power and those who are too weak to get it". There's also a discussion in the fandom about how much of it is just because of how people treat the Slytherin kids. They have always had this fame of being bad, so people already expect the worst from them. That's similar to what happens to marginalized groups in real life. It's hard to be good when everyone is telling you you're inherently bad.

The Quidditch match what the Slytherins did was illegal and they would get two penalties. But this is the movie version

I love u both sat watch together.. me and my sis watched HP series separately.. nly

Good reaction!! More HP plsssss

what's the story behind the name of your channel?

I don't think Ron sat on the knight in the book, he still got hit over the head 🤕 They could give in, of course, but then they wouldn't be able to go forward.

People become ghosts when they're too afraid of dying. At least that's how they explain it in the books.

you have to push past, the further you go, the deeper the story(it ain't your daddies rock and roll no more). lol

hey man, i don't know if you'll see this, but more will come. i am going through your stuff right now, so you might get a bunch all at once(lol). your sister looks somewhat like Lily Potter.

That isn't a giant rat. it is just a rat. When Harry checked the king, there wasn't anywhere the king could move to get out of check, hence Mate.

How could you miss the point that his aunt and uncle treat Harry badly? You laugh at what they do and say "Who does that!" 😐😐

Why would the teacher get fired? If that were true then every P.E. teacher ever would have been fired 😂 I have seen a kid fall from the climbing rope and break their leg, and seen a kid fall down while roller skating and break their wrist.

There are good Slytherins.

Harry Potter is the richest wizard.

So ... a moderator removed my comment that a privet is a type of hedge plant? That seems weird. Also, for these reactors, "Die Hard" is a decent pick for a follow up that is in a different genre.

Hagrid got expelled from Hogwarts so the ministry broke his wand so he isn’t supposed to be able to do magic.

I wish this channel the best but I will have to leave. The questioning of every choice in the story telling and film making was just too much. Suspension of disbelief man. It's not that serious.

Ron is in all these movies castrated from his true character he is more like us average and learning but loyal and faithful. Not true smart and not true heroic. But more middle of it all. Of both, in the chess he wasnt Riding the Knight, he WAS the knight, same as Devil Snare he didnt panic in it, Hermione does. Ron tells her are you a witch or not? She like oh yea! She was like where is the wood for a fire. IN each movie they basically castrate Ron make him a complete idiot. Though he has maybe the most flaws, but their usually about his lack of confidence in himself. He dont feel good looking or good due to his large poor family, not to mention he hates Maroon which his mom ignores his hate or cornbeef sandwiches like in the begining of the movie. In the books also Hermione isnt that attractive, she is what i call and better look for her buckteeth etc and bushy hair which i perfer her as look t han the movie version. The books are better so if not read them well................ missing out on alot of character build up and really experience the true characters in more depth and yes there is many more in their dormitory. They got Neville, Dean Thomas the kid that blows stuff up Seamus.