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| B- B- B- | |
| Review by Xibo | Date seen: December 1, 2002 |
| Viewing Location: West 34th St., NYC | Grade: B- |
| Summary: Not as fun the second time around. | |
| Many of the plot lines in the first film (good kids vs bad kids, a flying broom contest, hiding from schoolteachers they think are evil, nast adopted parents, etc) are repeated with very slight twists in this second film. There's not a lot of new material here. Still, the movie by itself is decent, a good amount of fun to watch, if you don't have to put up with an audience of screaming children. But I was certainly expecting a lot more. | |
| B B B | |
| Review by Jigen | Date seen: November 24, 2002 |
| Viewing Location: Bellingham - Bellis Fair | Grade: B |
| Summary: Feh. It won't damage ya... | |
| I gotta say, I've enjoyed the books I've read so far of the series, but the movies don't do it for me quite as much. It's a fun little romp around the ol' magical castle, but nothing really special. If you're an effects-monger you'll see some flaws. Why is a movie that is going to draw in kids by the truck load this freaking long? | |
| B+ B+ B+ | |
| Review by Finrod | Date seen: October 19, 2003 |
| Viewing Location: dvd | Grade: B+ |
| Summary: Balanced sequel | |
| Again, as in the first one, you can tell they're trying to fit a lot of book material into a movie. Has a darker tone than the first-- Harry ends up with more self-doubt than you'd expect in a kids movie, and you see a lot more ties between him and Dumbledore in this one. Too bad they'll have a new Dumbledore in the 3rd one, Richard Harris did a great job in this one, and the later movies will definitely miss his presence. It does a good job of balancing adding new material and building on the stuff from the first one, plus you can tell that they had a bigger effects budget for this one. Still, it's still geared for children, though most adults will probably enjoy it as well. | |
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