Continuing on my mission to re-read and re-watch all the
Harry Potter books and movies, approximately 15 years later since I first
started when Book 4 came out, I have to admit that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was always my favorite book
prior to Books 6 and 7.
It’s not a popular opinion, and I totally understand why
most prefer Book Three over Book Two.
The plotting in Book Three is denser, and has more world-building
elements.
The second book in my opinion just so cinematic. Reading it the first time, I could definitely
picture an Indiana Jones type movie in my mind’s eye. The Basilisk made for a fantastic villain,
versus the whodunit aspect of the third book, which had more difficult elements
to translate to film. I’m a movie
director at heart so I always read books in the same way, picturing them as
movies.
Again, I was re-reading to keep an eye out for any mentions
of Ravenclaw and by extension Hufflepuff students. Ravenclaw, because that is the house I was
sorted into by Pottermore, and Hufflepuff because that is the house my best friend
was sorted into.
Below are my thoughts on both the second book and the second
film.
The same as last time, spoilers are abound.
The same as last time, spoilers are abound.
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