Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Almighty Edit

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almightycutie has made subtle but effective tweaks to smooth out some of the more awkward moments and bring the film closer to the tone and pacing of other entries in the series and managed to maintain the magic of the original while cutting down on some dialogue, overly dramatic moments, and unnecessary scenes that bog down the pacing. Key changes include removing Harry’s constant need to get in the last word, trimming exaggerated action scenes like the flying car sequence, and tightening up various interactions with other characters to keep the focus more on the central story.

Essential moments are intact but trimmed of unnecessary exposition, especially in the climactic scenes, allowing for a more focused and engaging watch. This edit makes Chamber of Secrets feel more mature and in line with the rest of the series, creating a slightly more refined and balanced experience. Thank you almightycutie.

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Another excellent Harry Potter edit by almightycutie - much superior to the original/official extended versions. Things move along at a decently brisk pace and all visual/audio edits are seemless. The only points I’ve docked are for Enjoyment as I think the end scene in the dining hall still goes on too long but that’s a base film issue, not a fault of this edit.

I’d recommend this cut instead of the official versions without hesitation.
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I've never been a huge fan of either the books or the movies with the sole exception of Cuaron's Prisoner of Azkaban, and last time I had a hankering to watch Azkaban a few years it was during the pandemic, so with little else to do I decided to rewatch all 8 movies. They are ROUGH--especially these first two, which are sodden with overlong, clunky, leaden dialog and acting.

Well, I wanted to watch Azkaban again, and figured there HAD to be good fanedits of them. There are, of course, and they're almightycutie's. This edit is strictly superior in every way; tighter, smarter, and quicker. In particular on this one, Harry's agonizingly bad fight choreography with the Tinfoil Letter Opener of Godric Gryffindor have always bothered me to no end, and it's 90% excised in this cut.

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I'm very glad you cut out the Home Alone-esque over the top action scenes, as an adult they make me cringe, haha. Apparently the original is 2 hours and 40 minutes, the longest movie of the series! It did try to put everything from the book in the movie, so that's something a faneditor can work with ;)

All the trimming really helps with the pacing, cut them knowing that Ginny is in the chamber gives the scene more weight, small things like this really help the movie.

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I always liked this movie the least of the series. Probably because the grand finale involves Harry fighting with a sword against a large Snake in the basement lol and also because after the first part where everything was fresh, not a lot of awesome new things were introduced in this movie. But this edit made the movie way more watchable! As almightycutie says, only smaller things were changed, but they pay off. The added music blended in just fine, I could not find anything sticking out that I could mention on the negative side of this edit. Good job!

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