A great sequel in this world

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2016)

Continuing my task of watching the harry potter films I have now watched the second film the chamber of secrets. The premise of the film sees harry potter return to Hogwarts where bad things start to happen that seem to involve harry. Daniel Radcliffe plays harry again and he does a great job, this is a more personal story for harry and he does a great job selling the emotional journey harry goes through in the film. Rupert grint is back as Ron weasley and he is good in this film you see his relationship with harry develop as they go through the film and you believe him as the lovable friend. Emma Watson plays hermione and she isn't in the film a huge amount but she does a good job and the trio together are fun to watch. Robbie Coltrane plays hagrid and he does a good job even though he isn't in this film as much as the previous he is an important part. Richard Harris gives his final performance as professor Dumbledore and he does a great job in this film as the mentor to harry that he lacked in the first film. Tom felton as Draco malfoy is more important in this film and he is a good antagonist for harry in this film. The story in this film is much darker and more intriguing then the previous. It is sort of a murder mystery that involves the history of magic and I found it pretty fun and interesting to watch. The script has some decent drama in it especially as the film progresses. However, the humour doesn't really feel natural in this film and I didn't find much of it charming or funny. The style has much better cgi in this film and the action scenes are much more fun. However, like the previous film the pacing of this film is pretty slow and it takes it's time to become interesting. Overall this is an improvement on the previous film and is a great fantasy film.