Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2/7 (Harry Potter, 2)

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According to opening night audience tracker CinemaScore, Chamber of Secrets garnered an A+ from moviegoers compared to the A that Sorcerer's Stone earned. After the attacks on Muggle-borns continues at Hogwarts, Fudge is pressured by the school governors (primarily Lucius Malfoy) to “do something,” as he puts it. This mania to ‘cleanse’ the world from wizards who are not pure-blooded is very similar in form to several racially discriminatory factions that have risen in history over the years.

Exclusive First Look at 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' to Be Presented During Network Television Debut of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' Airing May 7 on ABC". Krause further states that authority figures and political institutions receive little respect from Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets held its world premiere at Odeon Leicester Square on 3 November 2002, [72] and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002. After collecting the truth from it, they are forced to flee in Ron’s old car, which miraculously appears when the other spiders try to eat them.It is revealed that the Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch is a Squib, a fact he tries to conceal, as Squibs are generally looked down upon in the wizarding world. In fact, Half-Blood Prince was the working title of Chamber of Secrets and Rowling says she originally intended to present some "crucial pieces of information" in the second book, but ultimately felt "this information's proper home was book six".

They were in charge of creating the CGI characters Dobby the House Elf, the Basilisk, and the Cornish pixies, among others. Harry politely disregards the warning, and Dobby wreaks havoc in the kitchen, infuriating the Dursleys. Gilderoy Lockhart is eventually revealed to be an attention seeker and merely has any talent for teaching.Tom turns out to be a younger version of Voldemort, who has been enchanting Ginny through his journal. Harry finds an enchanted diary owned by former student Tom Riddle, who opened the Chamber and blamed Rubeus Hagrid, leading to his expulsion. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 12-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents' murder at the hands of the evil wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.