A good Sequel-Movie for a short amount of time

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2014)

Well what could I expect back in 2002. When the second movie came out I was already a fan and I was just a kid so I just wanted to see it and everything was just great and amazing. As long as I saw Hogwarts I was happy. But of course when you get older you start to have an opinion about things.
That Chris Columbus came back for the second movie was a very good thing. Because he already did the first one and the start of the series is especially a children's storybook. And Chris is amazing with that kind of stuff. With films as Home Alone and Gremlins he has proved that he is really good with family movies. So his coming back was just a really good choice and I'm glad he wanted to go on. The second film have added some cast members with actors as Kenneth Branagh and Mark Williams.
A lot of people don't like this film because it is so different from the book but that can be explained. I don't agree that it was such a bad movie. It was November 4th Friday when the world premiere of the first film took place in London. On November 7th that Monday they already started filming the second movie. Warner Brothers had already a release date ready so there was really tight schedule. And the whole filming process had to be done really fast with quite inexperienced actors in the lead role. When I look at the movie Chris did a really great job shooting this movie with these problems. To me Lord Voldemort looked really dangerous in this movie. And really scary at times. I think Christian Coulson did an ingenious job playing the part of Tom Riddle. He played it with moments of so much anger but sometimes also with moments of arrogance and pride. This w movie was also the last movie of Richard Harris- at least his last big role. And when re-watching this film sometimes I really look very closely at him. He played the role even better than the first. And it was so sad Richard passed away. It was real loss; We actually lost our Dumbledore that's how it felt. And I knew that there would never be a good Dumbledore after this movie. You also can see that Daniel, Rupert en Emma get better with every new Harry movie. It is fun to see them grow as actors and they really get better with every movie.
I really enjoyed the special effects in this movie. Stuart Craig did such an amazing job throughout the entire series. And I dare to say that he was one of the most important people who worked on Harry Potter. I respect this man very much, because he did very great things to the look of the castle. It is nice to see that Hogwarts changes every year. But the effects in this movie were really great because Stuart doesn't use so much CGI. And I love that. The basilisk for example wasn't CGI. Even Dobby wasn't CGI. It was just a Computer animation just as the Pixies. I think this fit really well for the films and it never looks fake. Even after 12 years it doesn't look fake and it never will. Just because this is the right way to create this things.
Something I want to add in this review is the role of Ginny. I think Steve Kloves did not a very good job with her and Ron. In the Books Ginny is a really cool and interesting character, but in the films poor Bonnie Wright doesn't even have the chance to prove herself as a good Ginny. They could have done a much more better job by just giving Ginny more a character. It is nice to see her more develop in the series but it just could have been done better. But Bonnie Wright tried in did a good job as far she could do it. It give this film 10 out 10 because I still really enjoy this film. Amazing performed by all the actors, amazing storyline. Because with Harry Potter you need to listen to the book really good. The music in this film is also amazing and epic. I am satisfied. R.I.P.Richard Harris still you are dearly missed today. Our Perfect Dumbledore.