Now a very popular old movie is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, many people are watching it and talking about it, so I think we should discuss it too today. So here we go.
Wikipedia introduced Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets like this:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy adventure film, and the second film in the popular Harry Potter series, based on the novel by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The film was released on 15 November 2002 in the UK and North America and 28 November in AUS (exactly three weeks after the death of Richard Harris, who portrayed Albus Dumbledore in the first film). Returning to work on the film were director Chris Columbus, screenwriter Steven Kloves, and producer David Heyman.
Most of the major cast and crew from Philosopher’s Stone (also known as Sorcerer’s Stone) returned for Chamber of Secrets, including child stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. However, it was the last appearance by Richard Harris as Dumbledore (and also Harris’s last film) and the last Harry Potter film directed by Columbus. New key actors included Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart and Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy.
The story is very interesting, let’s take a look.
The Story:
Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby the house-elf, who warns Harry Potter against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby’s warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening: Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts everyone on his/her guard – “The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware” . [via: IMDb]
Cast:
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Now entering his second year at Hogwarts, Harry faces the accusation that he is the Heir of Slytherin, and responsible for the attacks on fellow students.
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, one of Harry’s best friends. He takes his father’s flying car to Hogwarts, after he and Harry miss the Hogwarts Express.
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, one of Harry’s best friends. She investigates what is really the cause of the attacks on students, only to be petrified herself.
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster and one of the greatest wizards of the age. He is removed from his position as the attacks increase. (This was to be Richard Harris’ final film.)
- Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart, the incredibly vain and famous Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He is secretly completely useless, and faked all of his achievements.
Emma Watson is my favorite, this is the number reason I love this film. I love her movies.
What critics reviewed this film? Let’s take a look.
The second film to spring forth from J.K. Rowling’s popular series of children’s books goes a long way towards amping up the dramatic tension promised by the source material.
It’s a depressing reality to face, but the second of J.K. Rowling’s boy-wizard books was the least interesting read… and hasn’t fared much better on film.
The franchise is safe! Columbus’ second alchemical movie ups the thrill quotient to satisfy the faithful. There’s more action, and it’s scarier.
[via: Rotten Tomatoes]
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We just bought Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets gamecube game to play on the wii. We are having trouble getting Harry to stop running around uncontrollably. How do we navigate him? I keep getting him stuck in the barn running in the opposite direction of the gnomes. HELP!!!