Harry Potter's Plot Holes.  Arts, entertainment, and more. Dec.
12 2001 12:20 PM  Plot Holes: HarryPotter and the Sorcerer's
Stone  A guide for those who didn't read the book.  Whatever
critics have thought of the new Harry Potter movie, they've
agreed on one thing: It's a remarkably faithful adaptation. But
even at more than two and a half hours, it compresses or leaves
out key scenes and details, and anyone who hasn't read the book
(all dozen of you) may have trouble following all the ins and
outs. Hence, a guide to some of the movie's more puzzling
questions. (Plot Holes habitually gives away crucial bits of the
story, so quit reading now if you don't want to know.)   Who are
the two goons that Draco Malfoy—the snotty blond kid—introduces
at Hogwarts? Crabbe and Goyle, who serve as Malfoy's henchmen.
They do play a bigger part in the book, mostly in scenes that
didn't make it into the movie. The filmmakers probably figured
the book fans in the audience would expect to at least see them.
Why does that libr