The promotional posters for this film show a more intense Harry Potter, holding a sword and looking more like a warrior than a child magician. The story follows Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was published in 1998, and the movie adaptation was released in 2002. There is a subtle difference, however, in that the darker nature of the story, and scarier special effects, have meant that the film seems to be aimed at older teens as well as the young audience targeted in The Philosopher's Stone. The Chamber of Secrets is the second novel in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Cast (in alphabetical order) David Bradley, Kenneth Branagh, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Shirley Henderson, Jason Isaacs. With production of Chamber of Secrets following almost immediately from the release of the first film, the marketing of the film could almost look after itself. The mysterious gothic beauty of Hogwarts, as first encountered and explored in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is now familiar." The Observer's Philip French writes that: "The true absence is wonder, as well as surprise. However, some critics felt there was a lack of magic in the second film. New characters such as Kenneth Branagh's Gilderoy Lockhart have also been praised. new paragraph HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS new paragraph. The improved special effects and the switch to a more action/adventure-based plot were audience and critics. All on colour illustration of Harry Potter clutching wand surrounded by. Even more eye-catching effects include the army of giant spiders in the forbidden forest. Some of the special effects - such as the paintings that come alive and the potted plants that shriek when uprooted - are fantastic. The house elf Dobby is completely computer-generated and much more lifelike than similar digitally-animated characters (such as Jar-Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace, US, d. ![]() That said, at 162 minutes it is still a lengthy film and Columbus packs in as much action from the book as possible.ĭisappointed with the some of the effects used in the earlier film, particularly the jerkiness of the famous Quidditch scene, Columbus concentrated on the special effects. Having established the characters in the first film, Columbus could do away with the long introduction and increase the pace of the plot. Released in November 2002, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets fulfils director Chris Columbus' promise of a "darker and scarier" film - just like the book itself. Chris Columbus, 2002), the film adaptation of J K Rowling's second book had a lot to live up to. Show full synopsisĪfter the huge success of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (US/UK, d. Young wizard Harry Potter faces a new sinister force on his return to Hogwarts School for his second year.
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