Kinda like Pizza.

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2002)

I guess we all know the feeling. After a successful movie, the sequel always meets very high expectations, and almost never live up to them.
Im afraid "HP & the COS" is another sad example of that "old Truth"
"COS" as a book is a deeper book than the first one, but much of its depth has been sacrificed, in order to tell the story in the ordained "Feature Lenght". Mostly all of the new Characters are treated so shallow, that only the Readers of the books can make ANY sense of them. I think that when you´re in charge of making a movie based on a book, and insists on cramming as many of the books minor Char´s into the film (Collin, Justin Finch-Fletcley and most serverly Lockhart, who is grieviously underrepresented) you need to add the books depth to their personalities, or they dont make any sense to those who hasn´t read the book. Most of them were better left out in total!!!! An exeption to this is Lucius Malfoy (BRILLIANTLY portrayed by Jason Isaacs *Applause*). Harry, Hermione and Ron are of course still brilliant (and i might add to these 3, Crabbe, Goyle and in particular Draco) and gracefully Maturing! Ron is so funny in the Forbidden forest, that i am still hurting from laughing. Go Ron!! The overall theme of the film was good, Really "hogwart-like"!! The effects were great, and the Adults also made good of what they had to work with!! (you need to give Erroll the Owl a Raise!!! Brilliant!) All in all, i had the same feeling as when im eating Pizza. Even if it is bad, it´s still kinda good.
Finally a word must go to the Late Richard Harris. You made many a child love you, and will live long in our hearts. Godspeed, and farewell, in the words of Albus Dumbledore.