Day 1 & 2 - Two films that go hand in hand together

This may seem as a bit lazy but if you follow the Twitter feed you'll have noticed that on 01/01 and 02/01 I watched Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone  and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Instead of writing about both films I thought I'd amalgamate the posts. The reason I decided to watch these films is because on New Years Day there was a documentary aired that followed Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling around for an entire years as she completed writing and promoting the final Harry Potter book. After watching it I felt the need to revisit the films and I'm sure more will follow.

There is something special about the Philosophers Stone, despite it not having great acting and the fact that it is probably my least favourite film from a directing perspective. What is special is that director Chris Columbus does manage to capture a real sense of magic and wonder within the world of Hogwarts. This is probably the most necessary element of the film as it is exactly the feelings that these students would be feeling in their first year of attending Hogwarts.

When you compare the Chamber of Secrets to the Philosophers Stone it is evident the child actors are growing up and their skills are developing. The film is a little darker than the first as well but the stand out for me is that director Chris Columbus has been able to bring a different visual feel to his second Potter film. The camera angles are different sometimes more angular and he's been able to show far more elements of the castle and grounds. It's a film that is bigger in scale too.

Whilst they are both not my favourite films in the Potter world they are still both great films. I still feel the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite but that's just my opinion.

Format: Bluray
Location: My house
Degrees of Separation from Last film: obviously from the Philosophers Stone and Chamber of Secrets there is one degree as they are sequels but to get from Aladdin to the Philosophers Stone there are only two Robin Williams who was the voice of Genie in Aladdin also starred in a film named Bicentennial Man which was directed by Chris Columbus who directed Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.