SYNOPSIS OF STORY

I'm happy to inform those that will listen (or see) that the North is not all "dark satanic mills". A pictures paints a thousand words. Do I talk in cliché or what?

Director - Paul Carty

The world of the Hogwarts Express belongs in the Yorkshire Moors National Park, where the Pickering to Grosmont railway, which doubles for the said express, runs regular railway journeys for tourists. This video attempts to give a feeling for the area.
Also directed:
Lakeland Landscape
Lakeland Landscape II
Men Of Metal
What's The...?
But Still, They Came!
Yes It's Art!
Take My Car, It's Wonderful

YOUR REVIEWS

Jeff
I didnt think it was possible for me to fall asleep in under a minute but hey you proved me wrong!

Calum Hemphill
Yawn

mike
Is this some sort of joke this is biggest pile of crap ive seen. is there any point to it. even my dog could make a better film.

Joseph
well ithad nice music

Jivebabe
Pretty scenery but pretty pointless unless the Tourist Board are interested!

filmcritic
Er, what was that? Did I just see a film about landscapes or the Hogwarts Express? That was rubbish!

Vicky
boring you should make it with more action and drama you know

Vicky
You've spelled Hogwarts wrongly.

Danny
this film is realy boring n crap,i fell asleep in the first 10 seconds

PC
HA! my identity has been cloned! Some of the previous postings had nothing to do with me, you sad, sad, sad people.

sarn
Pretty pictures but no real substance

beky**11
Could of tried harder.

Zig
Lovely idea. I could even get used to the music but the picture quality was terrible. And where's the ending?

zoiberg
looks like emmerdale

Ben
God awfull music lets down pleasent imagery.

Buddha
scenery is good yeh but no narrative or meaning to the film, its not even really about hogwarts express just scenery of yorkshire this film would interest trainspotters n old poeple only dude make something more of interest next time.

James Roberts
I have a theory. Surely the only reason this film is watched so often is the title. As with many of Paul's films he uses titles that are 1000 times more exciting than the films themselves! This is simply luring in victims of the Harry Potter phenomenom. A cheap trick for a dull and very "twee" film.

milda
it's interesting just for its idea.but quite impact it was for sure

Afsana
BORING

Carol
Lovely. A breath of virtual fresh air for a crowded computer.

Jemma lowley
i just wasted a minute of my life!!

Nadir Ali Mohammed
hi i dont no what to say its a fantastic 1 minute movies i want more

Dominic Hunt
This is one of the most most s**t films i have ever seen. It's meant to be about steam engines not people and landscapes anyway the music did not match it! I am 13 and have more talent than this! Welldone for trying anyway.

Abby Dorey
Absolute rubbish- who do you think you're kidding?

Tim F
I used to live near Goathland, and Whitby rocks!!! I thought this was a much better portrail of the real hogwarts!!! Thanks for a whole minutes worth of entertainment!

machman
And the bland played on.

alice
this movie is crap

Nadia
hey i thought it was really good didnt understand the narrative tho. Anywasy keep it up!

Yorkshire lass
OK so I'm biased. I liked it. It shows the countryside for what it is and gives a flavour of what you see if you're on one of the trains.

PC
I think that those of you who slag this off really do not understand my concept of filmmaking. Try to learn a bit about it and then come back and let us discuss...

p Bob
Try again.

ooo
tres bon

kt n lucy
our cat ws so bored it went 2 sleep hw sad r we watching these lil films. we luv da funky music u duuuuuuuuuude btw i thought u needed some characters or story or at least sumfin interestin i c dat country side every day it bores me silly lyk a crazy man i luv it xxx

Louise
it really did look like a Thomas the tank engine train... wuite boring overall!

will
that was the most rubbish waste of time ive ever experienced. what the hell is with the cheesy gnome music any way??

Mattyhew
Who do I speak to about getting one minute of my life back?

Alex + Kat
this film was absoulately fabulous

Christine
cut to the beat dude

Jimmy
LOL, I found it kind of cute. it reminded me of that little train, you know the blue one. But it was fun. It made me smile. You don't always have to make something that has a beginning middle and end.

Andrew Wheeler
I thought this film was very well presented showing the beauty of Gods creation in the beutiful scenary. I find the langauge of the reprobates below disturbingly vile and unneccessarily crude.

Lord Eversham
I am so sorry dear fellows but it is rather plebian like and the language is truly ghastly Goodbye, so sorry

erid
I thought it was ok but I prefer funny movies like the fight for the control.

Black-Cab Driver
This film was ******* ***t!

Yvonne
Depending on the purpose could be good for china tv to lure tourists to FRANCE

sleeping
rubbish

lisa
this film was boring

RB
You may get a job for the yorkshire tourist board but dont set your sights any higher!

Charlie
I thought I was great! Only joking, it was stupid

Hayley
Next time I have trouble getting to sleep at night, I'll watch this. (No offence)

Tim C
Boring, and what on earth was the soundtrack all about?

Fluffy
Shoot me please.

Jess Davey
its very imaganative but hey what is it spossed to be about?????

Jessica
I have been to the hogwarts castle and i found out that the train is in yorkshire!

Luisy
Well, now there's a minute I have lost forever. Excellent music!

Kevin
The soundtrack doesn't fit the film and the train referenced in the title is under-used. In fact, much of the film was quite random.

Lewis
One word for this... boring!

bobo
it was utterly crap

Christine
It was ok...but on some bits I felt as if I was going to fall asleep..ZzZzZz

ross gardiner
i loved it very much. Believe me i know what a good film is. I make animated movies

Captain Elmo
Paul Carty please get a grip. Instead of wasting your time and everyone elses time, voting for your old below-par film to keep it in the charts, why dont you put your energy into making something new?

Joe
I liked it.

HDR
VERY CHILDISH

CAMERON
BORING

ENG Dept
Nice pictures/ terrible soundtrack. I don't see a point here - beyond pretty pictures.

D-Man
A brilliant metaphorical exploration of the way society is being downgraded towards affluential-constructicism. Wonderful!

Hammertime
Nothing wrong with the filmmaker, Kirosawa is negative for the fun of it. The music was more appropriate for a movie about Blackpool though.

pumpkin
........film?

b
a bit like thomas the tank engine

tina
Sweet and pleasing.

Dan
Lets just say its only in the top ten because it says Hogwarts Express in the title.

Digby Tzaros
What was that? A happy tune? Yes.Average composition? Yes. Everything else rubbish? Yes. Kill yourself. Or your career. Sorry you already did that. See you in the next world.

Hazim23894
It is like the film Around The World In 80 Days!

KIROSAWA
PC.... PLEASE DONT CRY....YOU HAVE TO TRY AND TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITSISM LIKE A MAN IF YOU ARE ONE??

Me
What the... Make a proper film!

PC
I am getting fed up with all of your negative comments. Please try to see more into my film directing than is obvious. Try to see INTO my filming and then you may understand what I am trying to achive with my work.

squiffy
Nice scenes. Good transpositions. Fairground music needs some therapy.

1 Pint of Lager-top
Boring. Very Boring. Did you not have a story, idea or mood in mind? You filmed some scenery and thats it. What boring nonsense.

Rob
Great work Paul. It's good to see someone with standards who is willing to resist the peurile, politically correct,depres sion-inducing garbage that passes for short film "art" these days. Keep up the good work.

M1ck
Point less ok good scenery, but so what no one cares about scenery I have wasted 1 minute which I could of used a dunno looking at bikes or em ... real movies.

PHILM
Looks like it should be the opening title sequence to a REALLY low budget and bad soap. ...but I get your inspiration. Don't get why it's on this site though.

Jessica
great scenery was it filmed in pickering in yorkshire

Top TEN
Regardless of the terrible reviews..this made it into the to 10, did yours?

spacemonkey
Like watching someones holiday video.

KIROSAWA
TO THE DIRECTOR....CLI CHE? THAT INVOLVE HAVING SOME SORT OF COOL OR BELONGING TO SOMETHING QUITE COOL?? IN YOUR CASE YOUR JUST PAP AND FULL OF IT!!

GITA LOVA
ONE WORD FOR YA PAUL.....L.O.S. E.R!!!

Joe
This is really bad. I could achieve the same using a VHS camcorder and walking around yorkshire. Very little skill or work was required to make this 'film'

Linda Kirby
Just a mess of stills. Try harder

padmai
STUPID!!!

lisa
the scenery is great!i want to spend my holiday there!!!

blog a bal
its crap

caz
Hehe, was it tongue in cheek? I like it if it is.

aleksander
Maybe you should consider the possibility of remaking,'Tra inspotting'. Either that or, 'Thomas the Tank Engine'.

kita
me again..can i just ask (apart from the random train) ..wat the hell does this have to do with the hogwarts express?

kita
dat was it......i was waiting 4 sumthin 2 happen ...even after reading the review.i thought, it cant be dat bad but it was.... dont give up ur day job.

Jade
Reminds me of postman pat

Jade
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Emma
nice scenery thats it boring

Tom
No offence, but that was rubbish. I was waiting for something to happen or get interesting. It's not even nicely framed or edited!

dazer
yuk How boring was that!

loafroaster
Shameless attempt to plug Yorkshire Moors National Park or the most uncreative short you've ever seen-you decide!

Jessica
I loved the movie. Iliked the different sights. Iam going to watch it again!

bridget
hogwOrts!!! excuse me! reminds me of horry patter by gk rolling - or is there something up with my spelling?

harley
never waching agan

patsy
it was rubbish

Becky
That was hilarious!

Selina
That was it!

PC
I don't know if this was were the movie was shot as I wouldn't be seen dead going to watch such a crap movie. However it would seem that I am able to make them, going by the responses here! Some are born into greatness others have it thrust upon them (regards to Bill Shakespere). However as the title says it is the REAL world of the Hogwarts Express. It does what it says on the tin.

Lucy
Well done to whoever made that because it must have taken some doing but over half the photo's weren't even of the train/station itself, the music was boring, I've been to the place where the hogwarts express place was filmed & it looked hardly anything like that so is it even the place where part of harry potter was filmed? One has to wonder!

poppet
you should work for your local tourist board!

tom
erm.... well, Unless this peice is supposed to have deeper meaning then i think that this film suggests ideas but shows little more that simple pictures could. Though great soundtrack.

maxrider
groovy music.looks like a lovely place to visit.

babybandit
BORING,BORING, BORING.The only way to have made this "film" better would have been to NOT MAKE IT AT ALL.

Gekko.
Jeeeeeezus, if you're gonna make a film about Hogwarts then you should at least spell it right in the opening titles!

Yo
dark satanic mills would have been better

Yvette
What on earth was the point of this film??? It was boring, pointless and in my opinion a waste of time.Was the Maker a train Spotter???? Next time make a film with a story behind it!!!!!!!

will
the music was good. but the movie was quite slow and raises a question of purpose in the viewers mind at the end of the movie.

AMIEE
I LIKE THE MUSIC IN HOGWARTS EXPRESS

amnesiac
love the tacky music but...thats about all really, trains and hilltops, GREAT.

Ruby
I found this quite boring and disappointing. One way it could have been improved is if the film-maker had asked to get on- board the train. The scenery was pretty but there were no interesting shots used.

john s
WHY! and lack of red train was the icing on the very bad tasting cake!

Ash
Tacky Music, no plot... Bring on the anti- depressants!

ree
and the point of that was...

Jess
I thought the Film was great, It wasnt boring, the photography was brilliant, the music was pure class and all in one minute

Anita
I think the music is really funny,but the film is so boring and slow .I can't believe it's Hogwarts Express.

hal jeayes
good photography I love trains send in some more

Amy
I have not laughed so much in ages, that music is pure comedy. This film made me dribble.

T.Rami
Trains are boring, slow moving trains are excruciatingly boring. I’ve noticed your films do go at quite a pedestrian pace, but this could have been a perfect chance to experiment with a faster paced film, with the (alleged) excitement of speeding trains.

paul peabody
I love trains especially the ones in your filmand the shots of the scenery etc are quite beautiful,,,however I make my living as a professional violinist played in over 50 big films and you seem to be trying to sell beauty by making it dumbed down by stupid music I wish people who were daring like this could trust more visually pleasurable ran out of room!!!!

submarina
pretty scenery...but my god is it boring

Hannah
That was rubbish what does he think he's playing at

Hardy Saleh
Some Fabulous shots i must say. unlike some people i thought the music went really well

jez
Truly execrable stuff: I'm glad to see that PC has given up defending the indefensible.

Keith T
Nice videography and contrary to others expressed feelings the music was well suited to the piece whether you liked it or not ... keep going

the saint
it was ok, though felt like a waste of time watching it

Jamie
And now for something completely different....

Ian
Very nice little movie. I think you did exactly what you set out to do, and you captured North Yorkshire beautifully. I wasn't too keen on the music, but that's a minor point. The photography is beautiful.

joe hunter
a movie should at least have a narrative that emotes either good or bad feelings. this instead leaves the feeling that you have wasted a minute.

Del
The best shots of the Hogwarts Express were shot in the Highlands in Glenfinnan by Loch Shiel. I was disappointed not to see film of that area. oh of course its not Yorkshire - so what's he talking about?

Ali
hate it!

mike r
I've learned my lesson. Read the reviews FIRST. It's not Wensleydale but it is cheesy.

rich
the video wasn't up to much, but the music made me laugh

Ali
no good at all . i only watched it cus it said hogwarts express

Doggy
I'm really sorry but this was boring! I only wanted to watch it because of its name: Hogwarts Express.

Lola
It's just like those cutesy videos I'd buy for my 3 year old nephew.

misterg
sorry...just too boring...but at least he had a go!

madster
I wanted to see this because of the name. I dont want to see it again. What was in your mind when you wrote this?

CJ
If I wanted to watch a film like that I would have contacted the tourist information centre. Nice idea though. Good quality pictures although the soundtrack does let it down.

Jeff
This movie sucks so much, I could vacuum my floors with it!! Thanks, J

R
Some nice shots that capture the natural surroundings, but I extremly dislike the music!

Trouble
Well, that's a wasted minute of my life I'll never get back...

Renate
Nice shots but odd choice of music...

sowot
this is stupidt but wel dun 4 tryin

TRANNY
ITS WAS OK, HANNAH HEN IF IT MADE YOU DANCE THEN SEEK HELP!! TRY AND WRITE PROPERLY TOO CAUSE YOUR CLUELESS DOLL.

Sam
My goodness! What a terrific title! When will we read your next one? Cheers mate,

bee
what a load of dull crap

Mark Walker
im a walker and i like walking i also like walkers crisps and i never run because im a walker so dont make this happen again. Because one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. p.s. i like barbuque walkers. now im gonna walk over to you.

Ash
Possible the title is just to grab attention the most painfully boring film of all time. Just random scenes with a cheap and tacky soundtrack over it.

errrr
it seems like girls say good things and boys say mean things .. well me? guess what I HAVENT EVEN SEEN THIS MOVIE!

Tim Buck 2
I LOATHE THIS! IT DOESN'T GET BETTER WITH OTHER VIEWINGS. WHY PUT THIS ON THIS SITE? IT'S FOR MORE INNOVATIVE FILMMAKING Editor's note: this site is for anyone to make any kind of film and to give them a home where they can be seen. So this film is perfectly acceptable.

Ryan
Someone has just got clips of last of the summer wine and played funky music over it?

roshan
very nice

Crawford
I wish he hadn't have bothered - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Reason
You should definitely work on television. Just not British television. It was physically painful to watch. You will be hearing from my lawyers.

malcolm merrell
bbc give paul a contract for longer work the old director

hannah x
wow it was really happy i liked it it was cool! the music i luvede it i danced away!!

Tim
I think we all know that you are winding yourself up! hehe

ANJALI
IF YA ASK ME IT WOS STUPID

Stevie B.
Shouldn't this be where comments on films are made - rather than everyone getting mad at each other!? Its not as if the films are worth getting upset about!

SMc
Excellently shot - very good use of thre time available

PC
Thanx for the tip Toke, but who is winding who up? Haha.

Tim
Hey PC - you seem a bit uptight. I suggest that you should relax and maybe your movies will improve. (they badly need to)

walkers crisps
just what mainstream broadcasting needs

Toke
Hey Mr Carty, dude. Chill, yeah? Don't get suckered into the game these dudes are playing with you.

PC
FAO Tim (again) "whatever man" a very constructive argument that leads me to conclude that you haven't spent much time on fomulating an opinion. Or is the logic in my position just too over whelming for you?

Hood
This movie should be Chewed Chewed away.

Tim
Yeah, like, whatever man...

M
Wow, that was... sorry just fell asleep. What was that all about? A train? a beach? a road?

jonboy
a waste of a minute of my life..only saved by being able to fast forward

PC
FAO TIM. No I haven'logged on with different names! Anyhow if we assume that this site has a lot of throughput, measured in thousands of hits I suspect, even if I did it would have very little effect! In fact I have suggested, in the messageboard, that the number of hits are recorded, so a true figure can be calculated.

Grace
Ok, it was well out together, but I wanted to stop it from playing after 15 seconds, and for a movie thats only a minute long, that's a very bad sign!

Tim
Looks like you have logged in under other names to rate your own film! It is obviously rubbish!

sammy
its so boring

L. Wade
I thought this one minute moviewas really boring. Its alright if your a train lover, but i thought it was going to be about "Harry Potter" and his crew! So one word for it, BORING!!

Magda
Wicked. Go work 4 the TV - cud just c it on some train show of Britain. 10/10 ab fab! Nice 1! xxx

Paul Swallow
Better than the BBC Holiday Programme.My Son and I watched this together, and were lost in the "North" for an entire minute. Splendid.

S.Kacer
A very good one-minute movie 10 out of 10

Dan!
You must work for the tourist board! Not Cool! Start thinking!

Eddy Kennedy
I could just imagine that Alan Partridge was delivering the commentary! AHA!! Well shot, but I suspect this movie would appeal to the guys with notepads and cameras! Eddy

hannah
its boring

mental patient
the biggest waste of a minute in my life.

Michael Bartlett
A BORING little film...

Elaine R
a charming little film.

Ad
While there were some good strong images I thought the editing was too slow and eratic. Not sure about the music either.

PC
This will be, hopefully, my last posting on this subect. You can please some of the people some of the time, most of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time (regards to A Lincoln). Just look at the percentage ratings (at the present time).

sophie
very good. what i want to know is why we don't have a similar film showing site in australia?!

Davey_Boy
I agree - The Chase is not as good. It's almost as if they TRIED to make something good!

William Holmes
Lovely scenery - nice train

Mike Jackson
This is so much better than 'The Chase' :)

P.B. Peck
This ain't no travelogue. It's a cute visual haiku of life sans war. Shall we motor to Askrigg for lunch?

Davey_Boy
Dear PC, I made The Chase with Mike Jackson.

Larry
Sorry mate, but lets face it - it is rubbish

Harry
Not bad although I doubt a second viewing is necessary! I quite enjoyed the music though!

PC
FAO Scot Kenwood, Yorkshire is not dull. In fact it is Gods, if he exists, "own country". The fact that you might think the video is dull, is fair enough, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But your comments are not really constructive, seen as the "Hogworts Express" did not travel to the Himalaya, like Palin. Anyhow I like a nice piece of Yorkshire cheese, Wensleydale actually.

EMMA WADE
EXCELLENT

Grace Stockdale
are you a harrypotter fan ? If you are do you want this new Harry potter film the prisoner of Askaban movie. Love Grace Stockdale

PC
Hey Davey Boy this site, if you consult the "rules" any genre is OK. In fact to quote ,"If you want to make a film about your dog playing with a stick, why not?" and if that is good enough for the BBC that is good enough for me! Anyhow wait until you see my next effort, a dog with a stick would be an epic! What have been your productions up to now, I can't see you listed?

marjie
delightful, takes me back.

Scot Kenwood
The best bits of Yorkshire are dull at the best of times, but this seems to show the dullest bits at the dullest times. Clearly not inspired by any of Michael Palins work.

Davey Boy
Hey PC, don't get me wrong, it's a charming film. I just think the site was conceived for filmmakers to try summat different.

Scot Kenwood
Erm, looked like a home video with awful music. Very high cheese factor. Sorry, but it is rubbish.

PC
Hey Davey_Boy, if you add up the percentages in the ratings the present "score" reveals that the majority give it the thumbs up. So can we conclude that you are in the minority?

Davey_Boy
Why was I expecting Ringo Starr's voice to kick in after 15 seconds? Nicely shot but ultimately is this kind of dull travelogue what this site is really for?