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Harry
Potter DVD Analysis:
Alot
of emails have been coming in recently about the DVD and whether or not It is
as good as people say it is, so we have created this page to give you a
breakdown of what the DVD has to offer, and whether it is worth buying. We
also include the method of finding the secret deleted scenes on the DVD if you
already have it.
Movie Format: Widescreen
and Fullscreen
DVD
Rom Features:
- Hogwarts Tour, personalised tour in real-time of Hogwarts, including Hagrid's
Hut, the Great Hall and Harry's room, which allows users to experience the
magic of Hogwarts firsthand. Viewers can look in all directions as well as
view a split screen of forward and reverse views simultaneously - at any
moment they choose to do so.
- Exclusive electronic trading cards that allow users to collect and trade
online.
- Magical Harry Potter game demonstrations that will put users in the
spotlight as they allow players to take on the role of Harry and to
navigate through Hogwarts. An additional game demonstration offers users
an "activity centre" in which they can create their own version
of Harry's world.
- Personalised owl emails that will allow users to receive Harry Potter
updates and information.
- A sorting by the Sorting Hat that gives users the opportunity to be
assigned to one of Hogwarts' houses. (Users who have previously been
assigned to a house online will be notified if they attempt to be
re-sorted using the DVD-ROM!)
- Downloadable screensavers and remembralls.
Special Features:
- A quest to locate new scenes completed specifically for home video
release.
- In-depth, interactive tour that allows you to experience Hogwarts as a
first year student including the Great Hall, The Gryffindor Common Room.
- Visits to Snape's, McGonagall's and Flitwick's classrooms
which allow
you to discover the "secret" at the heart of the DVD. Video
biographies will allow you to become better acquainted with who's who at
Hogwarts.
- Interviews with producer David Heyman and director Christopher Columbus
providing insights into Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- A visit to Diagon Alley that provides access to Gringott's Bank,
Ollivanders Wands (fans can be "chosen" by a wand) and Eeylops
Owl Emporium.
- A lesson in Quidditch.
- A game that allows you to catch a Snitch with your remotes.
- An opportunity to cast a spell over Harry and his friends that will let
you watch them perform a scene in eight different languages.
- A visit to Hogwarts' library which allows you to open a screaming book,
catch a clue to the Mirror of Erised, choose video bios of favourite
characters and meet the ghosts of Hogwarts.
Deleted
Scenes:
1. Dudley sporting his new Smelting uniform
2. Petunia cracking open the eggs with the letters inside.
3. Harry and Hagrid on the train,
4. Harry, Hermione, and Ron conversing
5. Christmas time in the great hall,
6. Harry, Ron, and Hermione studying,
7. An extended Potions scene,
To
Access Deleted Scenes: Insert Disc 2 into your
player
Click on Diagon Alley (Owl)
Enter the combination
Click the the Gringotts-Shield-on the key below!
Click on the money
Go to Ollivanders Wands
Click on three wands, you will get the third you click on!
Then go to the classrooms (this is the wand below the owl)
Click on Potions
Then on the bowl
Now you have to mix potions: -first: Asphodel and Wormwood
Second: Monkshood and Wolfsbane
Third: Snake Fangs and Porcupine Quills
Then you have to take the right key: (middle of the screen)
Take the yellow potion
Take the Stone!
You can watch the 7 scenes!
Negative
points: There's no trailer for Chamber of Secrets included
and no interview or even bio of JK Rowling.
No details on the upcoming books.
Movie Verdict: 4/5
Worth Buying if you want a copy of the movie at
home
Extras
Verdict: 3/5 Much
more to see and learn about the movie, however
all could be experienced after a trip down to blockbuster.
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the Harry Potter DVD new!
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