![]() ![]() ![]() On the evening of his twelfth birthday (July 31), he is visited in his room and warned that he will be in mortal danger if he returns to Hogwarts by a house-elf named Dobby (Toby Jones), who reveals that he has intercepted all of the letters to make it seem as though Harry's friends had forgotten him, hoping that it will then dissuade Harry from returning. In 1992, shortly after the end of his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the first film, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends a dreadful summer at the Dursleys' house without being allowed to use magic outside of school nor receiving any letters from his new friends, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), both of whom he is unable to contact because neither his Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) nor Uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) would allow their nephew's pet owl Hedwig out of her padlocked cage. ![]() 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. Richard Harris couldn't have asked for a better movie and legacy to be remembered by." Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!" - Official tagline It's pure fun and excitement! And it will wet your appetite for more to come. I couldn't imagine someone else playing their parts. So there's no excuse to take the roles away from Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. In every book Harry Potter and his friends are one year older. Well, let me remind you that this also happens in the books. There also has been talk about the young actors getting older. Every character just feels right - even if you imagined something different when you read the book. In his short scenes onscreen he makes your blood freeze. The great find of the movie is Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy. But instead we get to see Kenneth Branagh, so of course you won't see ME complain. His broad smile and clumsiness à la Frank Spencer would have been perfect for the role. So, after "philosophers stone" he delivered again! When reading the book I always envisioned Michael Crawford playing Gilderoy Lockhart. Chris Columbus has captured the essence of the book on screen. If a book is loved by millions of readers there must be a good reason for that. I think they do it because they are too lazy to create their own storys, so they rip off other peoples ideas and crush them to make it more comfortable. I don't know about you - but I HATE it when movie makers change the storylines, add or remove characters and do it for the "sake of the art". Like part one, "chamber of secrets" stays true to the book. I would have gladly sat in the cinema for another two or three hours with a biiiig smile on my face. Well, in my case he surely succeeded! I saw the movie as a member of the press and couldn't get enough of it. Chris Columbus said he wanted to make a 2,5 hour movie that feels like 30 Minutes. ![]()
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