Another big dissapointment... - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Reviews

Now, don't get me wrong, the books are great and all, but the movies, they just can't seem to get right. Director Chris Columbus stepped down after this one. Ok, the story is good, not great like the book only because the dialogue was awful, and the acting just didn't cut it. Again, only the casting seemed to amaze me, Kenneth Branagh was absolutely perfect for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart, however, the script still leaves something to be desired. And the ending was just laughable, I mean, come on, they didn;t even say that Gryffindor won the House Cup! Also, leaving out the DeathDay Party, where Harry hears the voices first, and it key to the book, was left out. Columbus just failed in editing, which makes it even worse, not to mention that the Basilisk looks like a Clay model when Harry gets the better of him, which was awful. If they mess up Movie #3, my favorite book, I am odne with the Harry Potter movies. But with a new director, I still have high hopes for Askaban.