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The second Harry Potter film released in 2002.
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development.
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I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really annoying. He's way too dramatic and a sadomasochist to boot. Would anybody really believe that programming a ball to attack and almost kill Harry Potter was really going to succeed in keeping him away from Hogwarts? It just doesn't add up.
Also, the basilisk and spiders were somewhat disappointing and pretty dull. The spiders aren't as exciting as Shelob in Lord of the Rings. The basilisk was somewhat believable, but sometimes looked like a big movie prop. Maybe a special edition could be released with better monster designs.
Overall, this is probably tied with "Half-Blood Prince" as my least favorite in the series. It's definitely worth watching if you like the Harry Potter movies, but should have been much better.
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review by Stephanie_Smith19.
December 19, 2010
This has always been my second favourite of the HP movies (first one being Order of the Phoenix) and it is still my favourite book, even after the release of the 7th. Naturally, with a book as good as this, they might try a little harder to make it's film adaptation (a sequel to an already popular film) as good as possible. Luckily, they did, and we have this great film to show for it. The first thing I really loved about the movie was that it has Dobby. Dobby, like … more
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I just watched this movie again on the TV. It was better than I had remembered! Courage, wit and quite a bit of surprises... that's what are so great about Harry Potter movies. Love it! Dobby appeared in this one quite a bit. It's been some 8 years and I've almost forgotten about all the previous Harry Potter movies. However, it's truly nice to watch it again! Harry Potter is a lot more fun to watch when he was young ;-)
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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This second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really explained well (even after watching "Half-Blood Prince," I still don't understand how Voldemort could have controlled Ginny Weasley or lived through a book). Dobby was really … more
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About this movie
Cast:
Kenneth Branagh,
Richard Griffiths,
Jason Isaacs,
Miriam Margolyes,
Christian Coulson,
Maggie Smith,
Fiona Shaw,
Toby Jones,
Richard Harris,
Alan Rickman,
Robbie Coltrane,
Robert Hardy,
Shirley Henderson,
David Bradley,
John Cleese,
Daniel Radcliffe,
Emma Watson,
Rupert Grint,
Warwick Davis,
Julie Walters,
Sean Biggerstaff,
Tom Felton,
Matthew Lewis,
Bonnie Wright,
Mark Williams,
Chris Rankin,
Julian Glover,
Rik Mayall,
Alfred Burke,
Gemma Jones,
Kathrin Nicholson,
Jemma Jones
Director:
Chris Columbus
Genre:
Adventure,
Family,
Fantasy
Release Date:
November 15, 2002
MPAA Rating:
PG
Screen Writer:
Steve Kloves
Runtime:
2hrs 41min
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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