here's the premise for you for those of you who refuse to listen to my good, sound advice. harry potter (you better know who he is) is back at hogwarts and is hearing funny voices in the walls. students are being attacked and there's a rumor of a chamber of secrets that was created when the school was built, said to contain a terrible monster that can only be controlled by the heir of slytherin. slytherin himself felt that all muggle born wizards should be wiped out and that only pure blood wizards should be allowed to do magic. this leads the three little sleuths (harry, ron, and hermione) to figure out what's going on since they're so damn curious about everything. if i were to be at hogwarts i'd leave well enough alone and let some teacher figure all that crap out, but then again i'm not exactly hero material myself.

so, that's basically what happens. ron is frightened out of his wits in every scene and looks kind of ridiculous to me, but he was pretty scared throughout most of the book as well. i think the cheesiest part of the movie (which also made me laugh - but i was the only one) was the end when hermione comes back (after being petrified for a while) and she runs across the great hall to harry and ron, who run to meet her. i felt that they should have been running through a field of daisies in slow motion while they were at it with the way they shot that scene. oy.

so, overall it wasn't too awful. but really, go read the book instead. i suggest waiting for the video as well, unless you're totally bonkers over harry and stuff. then again, i think if you're totally bonkers over harry you've seen the movie already. you know you have! don't deny it. i rest my case.