MPZ's review of the CoS film:

"Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! That praise is still not good enough for Harry Potter and the Chmaber of Secrets which splashed onto the silver-screen yesterday for it's nationwide release (in Malaysia)! First and foremost, before viewing the movie get one thing done; separate the indentity of the book from the movie (think of it as two different tellings of the same story) and then you'll have a great time.

The movie was indeed a little longer than the first, but only by a few minutes. Unfortunately, much has been cut, but I suppose it is okay because I am reviewing a movie not a comparison! In general, the movie is set afoot at a rather quick pace.Sometimes not explaining to the audience what things are, like 'house elves', 'floo powder' and 'rubber ducks' ;)! Some characters are not given an appropraiate introduction too, but as the movie goes on we kind of get to know them by ourselves. Of course there many different angles to view the film from, so I have covered all of them below.


Read the full review here.


Written by Shri of MPZ.

Well, I just got back from the premier of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and I must say I was disappointed that they didn't explain Gildroy better and there were several things that were in the book that were missing in the movie, but for the most part it was fantastic! Highly entertaining and well done. Jason Isaacs was absolutely perfect for the role of Lucius. No one could have done it better. It definately rates 3 and a 1/2 out of 4 stars in my book!

Daniel Radcliffe comments on the Chamber of Secrets in an article at CBS News:

"I think it is better. But the first film was like really special. But I think the second film is even better,� says Radcliffe. �It's a lot darker and it's a lot edgier, but at the same time you've got people like Kenneth Branagh and Rupert Grint when he's belching out the slugs. That provides a balance of kind of � a dark side and a light side.�

Robbie Coltrain, Hagrid, said:He says he would have loved to have done some of the stunts performed by Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in the film.

"I always wanted to be able to fly and it's something I still wish I could do. In the scene with the car chasing the train, I had dreams like that. Being invisible would be cool as well," he said.

The Discovery Channel show of "Discovering the real world of Harry Potter" turned out to be a great hit.Aired on Novemeber 14, 2002, it revealed the missing links between Harry's and our world.Also, the many things which gave Rowling ideas for her book were shown in a very explainative way.If you missed it, well... you really missed something!

The much-awaited CoS Movie will finally be released to the public of USA and UK today.Don't forget to check out the Official site for more on the movie.Click here.

I have been searching the Web all afternoon for some information to post. There is a conformation on Christopher Lee's official site that he has been approached to replace Richard Harris as Dumbledore in the third movie. Christopher Lee played Saruman in the Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings. I has also been said that Richard Harris's double from the first two movies, Harry Robinson, has also been approached.

Side note:Christopher Lee was first approached to play Dumbledore before Harris was, but originally declined the role because his schedule already included the LOTR series and the Star Wars Trilogy.