A MAGICAL HARRY POTTER FILM THAT'S 20 MINUTES TOO LONG!

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2018)

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is as magical as its predecessor, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone." All praises I had from the first film (acting, storyttelling, everything else) stayed in the second film. As for flaws, this second HP film has some
1.) IT'S TOO LONG!! The first 30 minutes of the movie could have been shortened to 15 minutes as those scenes did not need to be that long.
2.) Too much & too "on the nose" set-ups/exposition. A lot of things were explained/set-up for upcoming scenes. Some were very obvious while others made the film 5 minutes too long. Such scenes include: the "baby trees" teaching scene where the teacher said they can unpetrify students, Justin telling Harry he's muggle-born and Ron's broken wand.
3.) What's up with the Weasley car!? They never explained that.
Overall, if not for the 3 reasons above, this film could have been y good as its predecessor. Sadly, it's slightly not as good. It's still great, though