The 2nd Harry Potter movie is pretty much the first movie remade but better. It's darker, has more action and is more mysterious but follows the same basic layout of the Sorcerer's Stone.The first half hour was a complete waste of time. The Dobby character is extremely annoying, CG characters that talk in the 3rd person and beat on themselves might be hilarious for an 8-year old but they do nothing for me. Thankfully Dobby goes away for a majority of the movie and we get to focus further on the relationship between the 3 main children. The acting from all 3 is better than in Sorcerer's Stone but is still nothing that got me excited. The adult actors have their roles reduced a bit but all put in fine performances. The movie is about 20 or 30 minutes too long as well, I've never read the books but I imagine that the director was trying to be as faithful as possible and not leave anything out.
The Blu-ray itself is a huge step up from Sorcerer's Stone. The hazy style of the first movie is replaced with a much cleaner look that reproduces very well to high def. The audio is also a step up not only in bottom end but overall clarity as well.
Chamber of Secrets was significantly better than the Sorcerer's Stone and I'm looking forward to watching the 3rd movie since it's directed by Alfonso Cuaron whose work I love in Children of Men.
Rating
Movie 3.5/5
Blu-ray 4/5
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