![]() ![]() When they miss the Hogwarts Express, Ron suggests taking his father’s bewitched flying car to Hogwarts, something he later regrets. ![]() Furthermore, Harry is invited by Ron to stay at his place, the Burrow, a trip and stay that Harry loves. Ronald Weasley is a close friend of Harry Potter and helps Harry break out of his Uncle’s house when he is imprisoned there. Sadly, Hermione herself is attacked by the creature in the Chamber of Secrets and is petrified, but is crucial in helping Harry and Ron figure out the exact details of the attacking creature. She leads the ‘trio’ into brewing the Polyjuice Potion, which turns its drinker’s appearance into whichever people they want to impersonate. She, too, like the others, is alarmed by the attacks on muggle-born students and wants to find out a way to stop it. She is very knowledgeable and constantly learns new things from books in the library. Hermione Granger is Harry’s friend and probably the cleverest student of her time. He is confused about Dobby’s strange yet frantic attempts to save him but eventually faces all dangers and emerges victorious in the end. He is determined to somehow stop the attacks on muggle-born students and enlists for help from his friends Hermione and Ron. He finds out that he is a Parselmouth and is traumatized by the idea that he may be the Heir of Slytherin. He eventually goes to Hogwarts after much turmoil and is faced with new challenges. In ‘ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,’ he is much happier about having discovered Hogwarts and made new friends but is sad about not having received any letters or news from his friends. Harry Potter is the protagonist of the Harry Potter series. Several other characters are deeply explored in this book. Hermione Granger has to come to terms with being called a ‘ Mudblood.’ Ginny Weasley has to come out of the trance-like state she was put in due to Dark Magic. Ronald Weasley has to deal with his mother’s wrath when he does irresponsible things. Harry Potter grapples with his newfound skills, like being a Parselmouth, and questions his identity. ![]() Furthermore, we get a glimpse of who Lord Voldemort was and what turned him into his current self. The story of ‘ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ is significant for delving deeper into its major characters and highlighting aspects like identity and the choices made by the characters. Rowling has a wide variety of characters, including humans, wizards, witches, and other magical creatures. All in all, a dark and funny movie.‘ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ by J. This movie is fairly faithful to the source material, and manages to have a bit of humour too. Richard Harris was surprisingly good, considering he was ailing quite visibly, and some months later he sadly died. However, there were still some frightening scenes, and the plot at times seemed to be convoluted. Other scenes of comic relief were provided by Ron's parents, played respectably by Julie Walters and Mark Williams. I thought 23 year old Christian Coulson as Riddle was very good indeed, though Riddle was much scarier in the book. Daniel Radcliffe is audibly older here and it does work at its advantage. ![]() Jason Isaacs was menacing too, and Dobby was hilarious with his constant head-banging. I loved it when he said "It's filthy down here," the whole cinema were in hysterics at that. Here we get introduced to new characters, the standout being Kenneth Branagh, a Shakespeare veteran, who stole every scene as Gildaroy Lockhart. This time though, Ron gets the most laughs("OK can we panic now?"). It's certainly both darker and funnier than the first. I really liked the first movie, and I think I like this one more. ![]()
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