Harry Potter: The Complete 8-film Collection [Blu-ray] [2001] [2016] [Region Free]

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The second film also offers significant improvement in the area of CGI, and Dobby is a much more realistic and believable character than the troll of the first film, or indeed most of the Quidditch pilots. Also the film has a distinctive tone to it, a sense of ominous foreboding and suspense that permeates the story, and the darker look of the film.

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When the trio unexpectedly discover a three-headed dog guarding a secret trapdoor, they begin to suspect that something important might be hidden beneath the school, and when they investigate it leads to an encounter with the evil wizard Voldemort (Ian Hart). I was expecting to be hit with the usual instant Blu-ray upgrade sense of wonder as I usually get with Blu-rays, before starting to pick nits, but not this time, as the foggy start to The Philosopher’s Stone became indicative of one of the transfer’s weaknesses, and it wasn’t until daylight at the Dursleys that I saw the detail, colour definition, and pop that I was expecting. But the Harry Potter films continue to get darker and darker, not only in terms of the story, but in terms of the visuals as well.

The tone of the film certainly suits the story well, as things become more ominous and worrying in the world of Harry Potter. When I first read The Goblet of Fire, I was fully convinced that there was no way that this story could be told in less than two movies. It does feel overlong now, and I tend to find myself nodding off by the time they do actually discover the Chamber of Secrets. The surround track is really quite good, effective, vibrant, but naturalistic as well, never overemphasising the effects, or indulging the LFE just because it can. I was into Harry Potter mania when the first film came out, prompted to go back and pick up the books that all the cool business-folk on the daily commute were reading, and then being there front and centre for when the final three books were released.

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Will Harry be able to keep up with his studies, lead his team to victory in the school sport Quidditch, and still triumph over the dreaded Voldemort? English track, this time encoded at 448kbps, and you’ll have to use your remote to change to the preferable PCM 5.That said, the structure of the novel still hampers the movie, and having watched the film for the fourth or fifth time now, I really do wish that they could get to the dramatic intent of the story a little quicker. We have this main, dark, storyline running through the film, an impending sense of suspense, of ominous foreboding growing through the film, but it’s leavened with some very effective humour, some delightful comic moments, that serve to light up the screen. They weren’t killed in a car crash, they fell afoul of a dark wizard, Voldemort, a wizard whose power waned and vanished when he tried and failed to kill Harry, leaving him with a lightning shaped scar on his forehead.