Sunday, January 8, 2006

Harry Potter 2

Original title:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

AKA:
Incident on 57th Street (UK) (fake working title)

Written by:
J.K. Rowling (novel)
Steven Kloves (screenplay)

Directed by:
Chris Columbus

Made in:
USA in 2002

Actors:
Daniel Radcliffe .... Harry Potter
Rupert Grint .... Ron Weasley
Emma Watson .... Hermione Granger
Richard Griffiths .... Uncle Vernon
Fiona Shaw .... Aunt Petunia
Harry Melling .... Dudley Dursley
Toby Jones .... Dobby the House Elf (voice)
Jim Norton .... Mr. Mason
Veronica Clifford .... Mrs. Mason
James Phelps .... Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps .... George Weasley
Julie Walters .... Molly Weasley
Bonnie Wright .... Ginny Weasley
Mark Williams .... Arthur Weasley
Chris Rankin .... Percy Weasley

Plot:
Harry Potter is in his second year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is visited by a house-elf named Dobby and warned not to go back to Hogwarts. Harry ignores his warning, and returns. He is still famous, although still disliked by Snape, Malfoy, and the rest of the Slytherins. But then, strange things start to happen. People are becoming petrified, and no-one knows what is doing it. Harry keeps hearing a voice.. a voice which seems to be coming from within the walls. They are told the story of the Chamber of Secrets. It is said that only Salazar Slytherin's true descendent will be able to open it. Harry, it turns out, is a Parsel-tongue. This means that he is able to speak/understand snakes. Everyone thinks that it's him that has opened the Chamber of Secrets because that is what Slytherin was famous for. IMDB

Review:
A fantastic movie!
A great adaptation from the book.

I do recommend reading the books before seeing the movies, though.
The movie is fun and very adventureous. Very well done!

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