A beatiful 2nd entry

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2020)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the second film in the series, being released only one year after the first.
This film has a somewhat more adult plot, exploring the origins of the Hogwarts school, narrating different events such as almost student murders and the probable closure of the school due to them.
We are also presented with several new characters: the domestic elf Dobby, the believed new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts Gilderoy Lockhart, the influential Lucius Malfoy (father of Draco) the ghost Myrtel "La Llorona" and finally Tom Ryddle a former student of Hogwarts whose memory is in a newspaper and who ends up being Lord Voldemort. All very well developed and with more or less importance on the plot.
In this more classic mystery-style film, the history of Harry and Voldemort is deepened further, presenting us with the ability to talk with snakes and, as in the future, the first horcrux, the newspaper, would be discovered.
In The Secret Chamber we can see the physical evolution of the characters, as they begin to stop being children and become teenagers. It is appreciated in Harry, but especially in Hermione, with a new hairstyle.
One of the most acclaimed aspects is the domestic elf Dobby. It is a magnificent representation and faithful to the book, both physically, an achievement of CG, as in acting and dialogues.
In spite of all this film is the most criticized of the saga, qualified to be long and repetitive with respect to the previous delivery, something that is due to follow the same visual design, be shot just below and have the same managers. It also criticizes a certain lack of innovation in the plot and loss of the "magic halo" of its predecessor; Something arguable.
Nor does it help that the soundtrack manager, John Williams, had agenda problems, mainly due to Star Wars II, so he chose to repeat the vast majority of the themes of the Philosopher's Stone. Even so, John Williams does not surprise with the great Gilderoy Lockhart theme and the spectacular Fawkes the Phoenix.
Despite all the controversy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a totally enjoyable and magical movie. A great installment of the series.