piasharn | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Reply)

I'm sure that you'll never guess what movie I got to see this morning. I made sure to re-read the book and watch the first movie the night before so that the subject matter would be fresh in my mind.

Positive Items:

- Draco getting bitten by the mandrake

- Draco taking a nose-dive during the first Quiddich match

- Draco getting blasted by Harry during the dueling scene

- Lucius Malfoy (With a ribbon in his hair!)

- Moaning Myrtle, especially her voice

- Sets, costumes and special effects

- The basilisk

- Percy's bedhead

- Ginny's first scene

- The flying car

- The Whomping Willow

- Gilderoy Lockhart

- Rupert Grint kicks ass as Ron

- The slugs

- The kids have really relaxed into their roles

- Snape (without his robes!) and Lockhart dueling

- Errol going splat into the window

- ...and the dinner table

- The Weasly House

Negative Items:

- They left out the scene in Knockturn Alley where Harry saw Draco and Lucius in a Dark Arts shop

- Harry as a possible Heir of Slytherin was underplayed

- Oliver wasn't nearly enthusiastic enough about Quiddich

- No mention of Filtch being a Squib

- Hermione knew what Mudblood meant and explained it to Harry instead of Ron

- Not nearly enough of Ginny

- The Valentine's Day part didn't get put in

- Didn't get into Hermione's crush on Lockhart

- Ending was a bit cheesy

- We have to wait until '04 to see Prisoner of Azkaban

And to show what a pathetic Lupin-fan I am, I kept trying to find the secret entrance amid the Whomping Willow's roots. I also kept looking at the Defense Against the Dark Arts room and picturing Lupin teaching instead of Lockhart.

Gods, I can be such a fangirl at times...