Also who can forget the house elf, Dobby? An animated nightmare reminiscent of Jar-Jar Binks in Episode One of Star Wars, he is more annoying than engaging as a character. Introduced also is the character of Lucius Malfoy, the school bully Draco's father as a villain who sets the events into motion in this story.
One of the sad points of this movie is that we don't get very much Hermione which means Harry and Ron have to struggle along a lot longer without her help to solve the mystery. She becomes possessed with a journal containing a portion of the soul of Tom Riddle (aka Voldemort) and accidentally opens the Chamber of Secrets unleashing a basilisk (giant snake) that paralyzes some students, one of which is Hermione Granger.
While she was introduced in the first film briefly, this is our first experience with Bonnie Wright as Ron's sister Ginny. You can't help but laugh at his charming demeanor and best smile award as he fumbles through his terrible classes. Harry's second year at Hogwarts starts with the arrival of a new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart played by another fine English actor, Kenneth Branagh. It covers many important plot points that are revisited and sets up relationships that will be important later. This is a movie that has to be watched again before attempting to jump into the 6th movie. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, YemenÄobby almost Jar Jar Binks's this, but movie still GOOD