Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 Directed by Chris Columbus
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Hogwarts is back in session.
Everyone's favorite novice wizard, Harry Potter, continues his high-flying adventures at Hogwarts. This time around, Harry ignores warnings not to return to school - that is, if he values his life - to investigate a mysterious series of attacks with Ron and Hermione.
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Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Martin Bayfield Heather Bleasdale Sean Biggerstaff David Bradley Kenneth Branagh Veronica Clifford John Cleese Robbie Coltrane Eleanor Columbus Christian Coulson Warwick Davis Emily Dale Rochelle Douglas Richard Griffiths Julie Walters Matthew Lewis Alan Rickman
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First of all, yes, I have got something wrong with me, I'm not sure what though? I was watching this in a full tracksuit with a bottle of Chardonnay if that makes any difference?
I refused to watch these 'things' for the longest time, not because I was worried about the adaptations, I've no interest in reading the books, or reading in general since I'm something of a literary philistine, but eventually to accomodate my girlfriends interests I reluctantly waded in.
Surprisingly it turned out to be nice. OK, the child acting is horrible, particularly the ginger boy, and by Christ it is ridiculously posh.
"What are you doing out of bed at this hour?"
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A part of my Harry Potter challenge.
Unfortunately there is some contradicting factors at play in this film.
While the actors somehow made themselves less annoying, and the film a lot darker. The story itself was a little boring.
It's weird, because I thought I remembered this one as being better than the first, but after this second watch, I don't think it is.
Luckily for Harry, one person managed to lift this whole film to a 3 star rating, and that someone is... Jason Isaacs = Lucius Malfoy. His character is so appealing, and I think I might have developed a little fascination of him. -
Mum! Mummy! Have you seen my jumper?
Yes dear, it's on the cat.
I have a soft spot of Chamber of Secrets. For some untold reason, it was the very first Harry Potter book my mam every bought for me, and even though I had no idea what was going on it was still brilliant and sparked an obsession that has basically lasted over a life time.
Chamber of Secrets is probably my least favourite of the films, it feels very slow but the story itself is slow. Dobby isn't exactly winning any awards in this either, but there are so many good elements. Seeing into how the Weasley family function is a real treat, as is anything and everything…
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Once again, like with the last film, this is pretty much directed toward kids, but this one has a darker edge to it. This is the point where the films started to get darker. Still, what I enjoyed as a child seems to be a little lamer to an older me, but that doesn't mean this is a bad film. Not only is it pretty good, but it's a bit of an improvement on the first film.
Like with the previous film, the best thing about this is the climax. Intense, exciting and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The supporting actors again are excellent. While returning players like Alan Rickman and Richard Harris (in his final appearance…
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A little older and maybe just a touch better at acting this time around. Still, the direction on this one, much like The Sorcerer's Stone, was not very good. I get that they're children and the demographic is probably mostly children, sigh, but this played out like a Disney movie.
However, I enjoy it very much and though unfortunate that the original actor, Richard Harris, playing Dumbledore died, I was glad that this was his last film. Michael Gambon is a much better Dumbledore in my opinion.
Not to mention the addition of Dobby, my home boy.
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SUCH an improvement over Philosopher's Stone.
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A little older and maybe just a touch better at acting this time around. Still, the direction on this one, much like The Sorcerer's Stone, was not very good. I get that they're children and the demographic is probably mostly children, sigh, but this played out like a Disney movie.
However, I enjoy it very much and though unfortunate that the original actor, Richard Harris, playing Dumbledore died, I was glad that this was his last film. Michael Gambon is a much better Dumbledore in my opinion.
Not to mention the addition of Dobby, my home boy.
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Shares a lot, including it's director, with the first one, it seems like a natural progression, the kids are still not acting very well and a lot of the characters are little more than caricatures. But just like the first one if succeeds at entertaining.
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...still faithful to a fault, but the movie’s spirit is more spontaneous.
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A little darker and more focused than the first film, but still a time-passer. Series is slowly building momentum.
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my first time with this movie. not so bad at all, but the first one was better.
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