When they arrive at Hogwarts the car engine fails and they land right on the Whomping Willow, a giant tree that starts to hit back at them.
They decide to fly the car to Hogwarts, but on the way, they are seen by many Muggles. But at the station, everyone is able to get through the barrier to platform nine and three quarters except for Harry and Ron.
Also at the store is Lucius Malfoy, who says that the Weasleys “disgrace the name of wizard” by associating themselves with Muggles.Īt the end of the summer, the Weasleys drive to King’s Cross Station with Harry to board the Hogwarts Express. At the bookstore Flourish and Blotts, they meet Gilderoy Lockhart, a famous wizard who announces that he will be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.
Harry and the Weasleys go to buy their schoolbooks for the year along with Hermione Granger and her parents, who are Muggles. They take Harry and his luggage back to their home, the Burrow, where Harry spends the rest of the summer in bliss. Harry’s friend Ron Weasley and his brothers Fred and George then rescue Harry using a flying car belonging to their father, Mr. The Dursleys imprison Harry in his room for three days. When Harry refuses to promise that he will not return to Hogwarts, Dobby destroys Petunia’s pudding and ruins the dinner. Dobby warns that danger awaits Harry at Hogwarts this year and says that he should not go back-also revealing that he has been stopping Harry’s friends’ letters. On Harry’s twelfth birthday, the Dursleys host a business dinner and Harry receives a visit from a house elf named Dobby in his room. 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.Harry Potter is back at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon’s house for the summer following his first year at Hogwarts, and he is upset because he hasn’t heard from any of his friends over the summer. 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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