The Great Harry Potter Liveblog Experiment Continues: Chamber of Secrets

Somehow, I have never seen a Harry Potter movie before, well, right now. Over the next two days, though, I will be watching all six films leading up to Tuesday night's New York preview screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. And I will liveblog the entire experience right here because, well, why not? I'll be checking the comments if you have any words of explanation or encouragement. We've got Sorcerer's Stone down; now it's time for Chamber of Secrets.

3:30 p.m. OK, time for Prisoner of Azkaban over here.

3:26 p.m OK, setting up the link for the third one. Will have in a couple of minutes.

3:22 p.m. Well done, Costume Breakdown Artist Steve Gell.

3:20 p.m. End Credits!! Yes, I'm cheating by watching them all this time. It's relaxing me.

3:14 As a school treat, all exams have been canceled. I'm still waiting to find out if Dumbledore canceled me watching the next four films.

3:07 p.m. So, I'm getting the impression that this movie isn't almost over, as I had thought. That wasn't the final battle scene? Please, someone, tell me this one is almost over...

3:03 p.m. The Phoenix's tears cured Harry Potter's battle wounds. Of course, Harry probably now has lice. Is that the plot of the next film?

3:00 p.m. Five Hours! I could have watched Carlos!

2:57 p.m. Here's what's funny: I thought these movies were about two hours each. I honestly thought that by now I'd have about an hour left in the third movie.

2:54 p.m. So the bird comes to save Harry from the lizard (or, whatever) but Harry just lays there and watched the action. Whatever.

2:50 p.m. If I had no idea what move this is, and I only just saw this underground set, I would guess that this was the G.I.Joe sequel.

2:46 p.m. Am I supposed to know what is in the Chamber of Secrets? Or is it a secret? I'm being serious.

2:43 p.m. There are times that I think that Kenneth Branagh and Sting are the same person. (Yes, when looking back, this may be the moment that I lost my sanity.)

2:40 p.m. The most annoying character, by far, is this Moaning Myrtle. How do I turn her off on my DVD? Has home video technology come that far?

2:33 p.m. I truly believe that if the title had not already been taken, this chapter would have been called Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Neverending Story.

2:32 p.m. From the voice, I thought is was Falcor from The Neverending Story. But, no, it's a giant spider.

2:26pm For not supposed to be going ino the Dark Forrest, these people go in the Dark Forrest quite a bit.

2:21 p.m. I feel that Hayden Christensen should be in this movie.

2:19 p.m. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, brought to you by the man who brought you Bicentennial Man!"

2:17 p.m. Can someone explain the "Harry just went into a book" scne in layman's terms? I do get that Hagrid opened the chamber. But I really have no idea what that means. I really do not like this movie.

2:13 p.m. When I say five more, I'm counting the new one.

2:08 p.m. By the way, I've hit four straight hours. Honestly, I have no idea how I'm going to make it through five more of these by tomorrow night.

2:08 p.m. Is there a movie series that uses the name of its main character more than Harry Potter? Even when Harry is disguised as someone else, he feels the need to bring himself up.

2:00 p.m. Fun fact: Two years after writing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chris Columbus would write Christmas with the Kranks.

1:56 p.m. I've been trying to remember who Argus Filch reminds me of. I finally remembered, he reminds me of a healthier looking Kane from Poltergeist 2: The Other Side.

1:53 p.m. I'm just repeating this over and over in my head: Everyone told me that the first two would be the hardest. Everyone told me that the first two would be the hardest. Everyone told me that the first two would be the hardest.

1:50 p.m. Do snakes created by magic powers have a soul? Discuss.

1:48 p.m. I thought that Rickman and Branagh were going to duel and I got excited. I suppose I was wrong.

1:46 p.m. I would have loved to have been a part of the focus group that helped design the Skele-Gro bottle. I would buy that right now it it was available at Duane Reade. (And, wow, this has been a boring eight minute stretch.)

1:42 p.m. No pens allowed! But Skele-Gro is just fine.

1:42 p.m. I now wish, instead of Coke Zero, that I would have loaded up on Skele-Gro for today at the grocery store.

1:38 p.m. This scene reminds me of the pod race from The Phantom Menace, again.

1:36 p.m. I like that whenever Harry plays this game, someone screws around with him. You would think he would just stop playing.

1:35 p.m. Oh, good, another game of ... whatever this game is called. I feel like I just saw this scene.

1:31 p.m. OK, don't let it be Ron who teaches the MTA. That would be worse.

1:31 p.m. I wish Hogwarts could teach the New York City MTA this "turn rats into goblets" trick.

1:27 p.m.** I'm sorry, "petrified." You know, I like that term. I'm going to start using that. It's sounds less final. "My dog was petrified two years ago. I still have hope."

1:26 p.m. Of course they killed his cat. Poor cat.

1:24 p.m. Character I'm most impressed with: Rubeus. Only because I thought for sure he'd be the type who would have food stuck in his beard. I'm quite pleased with his grooming habits.

1:20 p.m. I knew it was only a matter of time before Ron barfed up a snail.

1:16 p.m. Whoever made this movie 161 minutes long did not have me in mind on this day.

1:14 p.m. I do not like this baby tree scene. Not one bit.

@Edward Douglas I make no promises.

1:08 p.m. Why would any wizard use a broom when they could fly around in a car? Could any inanimate object work? Theoretically, could a wizard fly around on a Segway? Why does the car need gas to fly? Why is Ron hitting the brakes?

1:07 p.m. I have so many questions about Ron's flying car...

1:04 p.m. Oh no! The train from Unstoppable is now chasing Ron and Harry!

1:02 p.m. I thought all of you were kidding in the comments when you said that this movie was long. My god, this movie is 161 minutes!!! How???

12:58 p.m. Katey, you were right, Hermione just fixed Harry's glasses. See, why not just cast a quick vision spell, too?

12:56 p.m. I'm going to be honest, I've been watching Harry Potter now for, what, three hours straight. I still really have little idea what's going.

12:54 p.m. You know, I knew something was missing from my life. I think meeting the Weasley family has fulfilled what was missing.

12:49 p.m. I'll say this about Harry's uncle: Not everyone can fall two stories out of a window and walk away. Just sayin'.

12:48 p.m. Ha Ha. It looks like Harry dropped a cake on her head. But he didn't. I get it. Hilarity.

12:43 p.m. I need a pick me up. I'm trying to decide if I want to drink Diet Mountain Dew, Coke Zero or gin.

12:41 p.m. And what's the consensus on this one? I've never heard one word about it. Oh, good, he's back at home with his uncle.

12:41 p.m. Two questions: Chamber of Secrets is the second movie, right? Radcliffe looks like he's aged 15 years

12:38 p.m. I can't believe how long these movies are. No wonder this last one is divided in half.

12:32 p.m. Changing discs. I have to admit, I'm a bit tempted to just throw in Brewster's Millions.

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· Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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