The greatest mystery in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the route to the film’s eponymous setting, but this problem is actually solved very early in the story. The Chamber of Secrets is the first time that the Harry Potter The cast reunited to continue the adaptation of JK Rowling’s saga. Harry Potter Books, The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is a closely guarded secret until the time is right. The film doesn’t take this stealthy approach and hides the revelation openly.

Film adaptations of novels offer new possibilities for the implementation of the story that are simply not possible in the original. Harry PotterThe change of medium from allowed certain aspects of the story to be approached in new ways. The introduction of a visual element can never be underestimated, as evidenced by the fact that a setting in The Chamber of Secrets solves the biggest mystery of the 2002 film in a devious way less than halfway through.

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The Harry Potter universe is very well drawn and the second part, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, gives us a glimpse of many important scenes.

The headmaster of Hogwarts accidentally reveals to the audience how to get into the chamber

While Harry is recovering from his Quidditch injury in the Hogwarts hospital wing, which has left him with osteoporosis, he overhears a conversation between Albus Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall. The focus is on the unfortunate opening of the Chamber of Secrets. Nothing the characters say in the scene reveals the location of the entrance to the chamber.since none of them yet knows how to access it. But after Dumbledore tells his colleague: “It is as we feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been reopened,“The film artfully switches from Harry’s shocked expression to the row of sinks that conceal the entrance to the chamber.

This moment is something of a very subtle fourth wall breaking. It makes perfect sense for the film to cut to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom at this moment, but the way it accomplishes this is a massive nod to the story’s near future. By unwittingly initiating the next shot of the film, Dumbledore’s ignorance of how to get into the Chamber of Secrets is highlighted. The recording also gently hints at the impending danger for Harry.Ron and Hermione, working so close to the threatening sinks.

The popularity of the Harry Potter books has probably prevented this from being a spoiler

The reference to the Chamber of Secrets is only easily recognizable under certain conditions

It was the immense success of the Harry Potter books that led to the film adaptations. So most of the original viewers of the second film were probably aware The Chamber of Secrets‘ ending and its other key events. Therefore, such a loaded shot of the sinks so early in the film would have been more of an exciting Easter egg than a spoiler. Conversely, for those who have watched the film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Without having read the book, the meta moment is just subtle enough not to give away the twist in advance.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second film in the Warner Bros. Wizarding World series. The sequel follows Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) as they try to find out why the students at Hogwarts are petrified, while also trying to find the Chamber of Secrets.

director

Chris Columbus

Release date

15 November 2002

Studio(s)

Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Movies, 1492 Pictures

Pour

Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith

Duration

161 minutes

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