My cynicism aside, Part 2 kicks off with just the barest lip-service to recapping the story, with a reminder that Voldemort has obtained the Elder Wand, before resuming the adventure, with our three heroes poised to locate the final Horcruxes, before heading back to Hogwarts for the ultimate confrontation with the epitome of evil.

Indeed it looks as if they are hell-bent on persecuting him to the full extent of whatever law minister Cornelius Fudge can devise. Harry Potter is looking forward to another eventful year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, especially as it means getting away from the horrendous Dursleys, but this year it looks as if he won`t even get that far, as Dobby the house-elf appears in his bedroom with a warning of dire consequences should he set foot in Hogwarts one again. By this point, they’ve taken to desaturating the image of colour to add to the gloominess, and quite often a scene will fade to black in the background, really only highlighting the foreground elements. The next best thing, as I know that time is often at a premium, is to watch them over successive nights.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Theatrical Version: 152 Mins, Extended Version (Blu-ray Only): 159 Mins. It’s a story that lends itself to a simple narrative, and functionally, it doesn’t really matter that the film takes place over a whole school year, or in the space of days.

Harry Potter: Complete 8-film Collection The complete eight film collection of the hugely popular 'Harry Potter' franchise. If you’ve read the book, and know the backgrounds to the characters, the reason why things happen in the story, then you’ll enjoy the film a lot more. It really feels like the first half of a film, although having the full film in one go would have been a Lord of the Rings affair.Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) and Pomona Sprout (Miriam Margolyes) have joined the staff and Harry and his friends soon find that once again all is not right at the school - pupils seem to be petrified, literally, and a monster is on the loose. Still, it’s an interesting direction for the movie to take, and it remains entertaining enough, until the unsatisfying pause at the midpoint.

Also, included is a collectible retrospective photo album made to look like the album Hagrid gives to Harry at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Home Entertainment's Tenet topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts for the third week in a row. But unlike last year, this year Dumbledore has a plan to deal with Voldemort, and Harry’s right in the middle of it. The first two films get a regular Amaray to themselves, as do the second two films, one disc on either face of their respective cases.

widescreen 1080p VC-1 transfer, which looks pretty stunning for the most part, clear and sharp, good contrast and rich with detail. Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizarding community. Black detail was always apparent, which in a movie with such a darker palette compared to the first was very welcome. Catalan, Spanish and Czech, with subtitles in those languages, Arabic, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Slovenian.

When Dementors attack Harry and his cousin Dudley in Little Whinging, magic is the only way to save them both, but the Ministry of Magic aren’t as forgiving of Harry’s underage use of magic as they were when he inflated his aunt two years previously.