To tack on an awful, slushy Hollywood ending. I know that the film would have been about six hours long if they had included everything, but why, oh why did they, just as in the first movie, omit important plot points and/or have the wrong characters perform tasks they did not do in the book? Oh yes, I know why. I believe all the actors of the movies are really great too - especially Daniel Radcliff I have already bought and read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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I believe the Harry Potter series of books and movie are the best ever. Despite this I am looking forward to Azkaban, possibly the best book in the series Columbus like Rowling, seems to be content with treading water. It is also a near carbon copy of the original story. This extra eye candy will I'm sure excite children as will the magnificent Dobby the house elf.
The special effects which at times seemed poor in the first film have been spruced up for the second.
I have yet to see the film with a child, but from my point of view, the film lacked some of the key moments of the book which made it feel less focused and well-constructed than the original. It is difficult to criticise a children's film, but the successful handling of the first film led to high expectations on my behalf. How many kids will sit still for two hours 40 mins, I'll never know. Much preferred this one to the last - Branagh brilliant - but too long. I was also really pleased that the Weasley Family home, and also the Chamber itself, were very much like how I imagined them to be. All in all I really enjoyed it and I cannot wait for the third one. He was far better than I thought he would be. My son and I both enjoyed it and will almost certainly see it again (and wait for the DVD to repeat the pleasure at home).Ībsolutely great! Hooray! It was, as most people have said, much funnier that the first, and Kenneth Branagh was the main cause. Chamber of Secrets is as enjoyable as the first - in some ways too fast paced as you don't get much sense of atmosphere but the excitement is kept up and two hours 20 minutes flew by. The crew should be congratulated for what they have achieved, not castigated because elements have had to be left out or altered. All in all, save the money and take your kids to see The Two Towers (or even Die Another Day).īringing such fantastic books to life was always going to be difficult, especially with the reliance on young actors to carry the plot.
Stay to the end to see his additional scene. Only Kenneth Branagh can hold his head high. About 30 minutes could have easily been trimmed from this overbloated, cliche-ridden movie (the clap scene at the end is truely cringeworthy). Yet for all this, it lacks the novelty and charm of the original (hardly a classic). Improved cinematography, acting, action and finale. I'm sorry, but anyone saying that the film is too long at two hours 20 minutes has obviously not read the book! Key points were once again missed out and if they had been included the film would have gone on for four hours! Still, it was excellent - Alan Rickman carrying on where he started off as a menacing Snape (which will hopefully be even more more so in the third film) and Richard Harris making a wonderful final appearance as Dumbledore. A few things were missing from the book like Weasley's fight with Lucious Malfoy but I was most disappointed not to see the de-gnoming of the Weasley garden! Please see below for a selection of your comments.Ī great film, I thoroughly enjoyed it, Ken Branagh was a welcome addition to the cast. "It tells an altogether darker and funnier tale than the first box office-storming Potter movie," wrote BBC News Online's Helen Bushby. The latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, is set to be as big a hit as its predecessor.īased on the second in JK Rowling's best-selling series, the film sees Daniel Radcliffe return as Harry Potter, Kenneth Branagh join the cast as new Hogwarts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart, and the late Richard Harris in his final screen role as Professor Dumbledore.
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