If you loved the book...

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2002)

You will like this...like, not love. Not many H.P fans would choose the Chamber of Secrets as their favourite of the four books, my personal fave is the third, but seeing as they made the first, they had to make the second.
OK, the film... I liked it, it was really long though and by about 2/3s of the way through i was squirming in my seat, waiting for the end and I can imagine kids aged 5-8 would get bored half way through, not because of the storyline, but purely because of the length. I like Ron, both the character and the actor. Rupert Grint is the best child actor in the film series so far. He's funny, has the best lines and generally is the most believeable which is the point of a good actor. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) is just OK, and infact in my opinion slides down to pretty bad in some parts. His reactions aren't sharp enough and you get the feeling that Chris Columbus is just out of shot telling him when to deliver his line. As for Emma Watson (Hermione) is good, but is slightly too polished > sigh, there's no pleasing me is there!?< Kenneth Branagh is perfectly cast as Lockheart, as is Rickman as Snape and the sorely missed Harris as Dumbledore.
I do like this film, and it's going to be a huge hit, obviously. The thing thats worrying me is that if this film was over 2 and a half hours and the book was around 200 pages, how long is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire going to be?