2.9 Ghosts, spectres, photos or flashback performance.2.5 Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers.The film grossed $878 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2002 (behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time at the time (behind Titanic, The Philosopher's Stone, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring). premiere and the film is dedicated to his memory. Reprising their roles from Philosopher's Stone are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, David Bradley, Tom Felton, and Sean Biggerstaff, while Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs, Robert Hardy, Shirley Henderson, Gemma Jones, Miriam Margolyes, Mark Williams and Toby Jones make their debut for the series.Ĭhamber of Secrets is one of Richard Harris' last films he died before its U.S.

Chris Columbus returned to direct the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as did Steve Kloves to write, and David Heyman to produce. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a British- American fantasy film based on the second novel by J. From here on out it's a much darker and relentlessly thrilling take on the character, so I'll always be partial to the lighter tone Chamber of Secrets presented.' Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!' - Official tagline The first film is great, but this was Harry and Radcliffe coming into their own as character and actor respectively. If there was ever a question to that proposal, Chamber of Secrets definitely put that to rest. Hermione is sidelined for the last 40 minutes or so and Ron is just about scared of anything they come across. This film was also a test for Harry, and particularly Daniel Radcliffe, to show if he can truly carry a film or not. There's definitely a more childish tone to it all, but these are 12-year-olds after all. Seeing Harry venture into the secrets of Tom Riddle's diary is some terrifying stuff to see as a kid, as is seeing various victims picked off in Hogwarts due to the Chamber being open. But the film isn't short on its eerie reveals, adventurous thrills, and dark storytelling.Ĭhamber of Secrets brilliantly balances all of that though. All of this makes for a brisk 2 hours and 40 minutes of wizard fun. Much like the first film, we have plenty of entertaining side missions for the trio to go on which included a flying car, taking a potion to disguise themselves as Slytherin, following spiders into the dark forest, and of course some Quidditch. Being that it's the confident and curious Harry Potter we're talking about, of course he makes his way back to the school within a few scenes. With that said, we are jumped right back into the fold as Harry is back with his muggle family in England when a house elf, named Dobby, appears and warns him to never return back to Hogwarts.

I guess that's the feeling you get when you watch the films within days of each other. Don't get me wrong, I love all 8 films, but there's something about the campy and all around goofiness to Chamber of Secrets that makes it all the more endearing.Įven though it was filmed merely months after the first film was released Harry, Ron, and Hermione feel like they have grown so much since their first outing at Hogwarts. To me, it's the last Potter film to make me feel nostalgic towards the series.

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