Director Chris Columbus interview on "Harry Potter" (2002)

Chris Columbus on directing the film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
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[@davidaward3696]

Chris literally did the right thing choosing Daniel Radcliffe to play Harry Potter, so I think we, us potterheads, should give this man credit for doing just that.

[@blackham7]

I feel like the first two films the ones in which he directed were the bes ti liked the aesthetic and theme

[@Thejosiahshepard]

@@blackham7 it wasn’t all him, it was the guy who did the storyline too. But Chris directed those movies really good!

[@Sachianna-pm1df]

Columbus was perfect for the beginning Harry Potter movies. He knew how to create magic and extract the best performances from children.

[@DojoMuppet]

Most definitely. The guy wrote Goonies for gods sake. Although I do think it was a good that he only directed the first two. After Chamber of Secrets, the innocence of the series begins to fade as the characters grow older and Chris is not who has handled serious subjects and adults themes well in the past

[@kartikadewi3270]

@@DojoMuppet technically Ms doubtfire has adult themes as well, especially divorces and platonic love of ex couples handling their children.

[@dominikbulka7185]

Chris, You should’ve never left HP universe 😭

[@exbarsilambi2757]

Dominik Bulka agree.. after hp2 i dont know why i stop curious about hp movie anymore.. i watched hp1 and 2 not less than 50times since first show and it keep going until now.. but other hp movie make me yawning even thou I tried not to.. they're so boring.. everybody is overacting and inatural.. i want chris colombus back to direct hp again.. even if he start the movie from the begining again.. i bet everybody it will be great..

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Why? Alfonso Cuaron delivered a true masterpiece that changed Harry Potter forever

[@KellerCRD]

@@Zombiesnyder13 pshhh Alfonso turned hogwarts into a damn circus

[@catguy4996]

@@KellerCRD I'm sure Alfonso was good, I mean a lot of people say that the Prisoner of Azkaban is their favourite Harry Potter film.

[@joewhitehead3]

Keller Vid’s What does that mean?

[@gabethedinosaur95]

Chris Columbus is absolutely brilliant directing Harry Potter 1 and 2

[@kathyruiz3243]

The 1st 2 movies are my favorite.

[@CVRogers17]

It's sad that no one interviews like this anymore. This isn't the best interview I've seen, but I feel like movies from before 2010 were really critically analyzed by the media. Maybe it's just me.

[@tatum2739]

@@underwrapsofficial It’s not because the actors are egotistical. It’s because the director/producer will take it as a personal attack

[@underwrapsofficial]

@@tatum2739 that comment was old trash. sorry. nowadays I see stuff differently. (also probably didn't know what egotistical meant.)

[@theking4hogwarts15]

My favourite Director hands down.

[@deondewit3175]

Yes I agree Kenneth Branagh was a great choice for the Gilderoy Lockheart character in Chamber of Secrets. Great interview, thank you.

[@Wutwut1n1]

Great director, the first two movies had a great balance of funny and serious

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Chris colombus is a legend

[@moserfugger6363]

When movies were pure fun. Good times. Thank you, Chris Columbus! :) Greetings from Germany

[@hardworkneverfail3603]

What a man.....🔥..... hat's off sir Very very big fan for Harry Potter ❤️

[@tobiaskonrad9920]

Chris Columbus was a very great director. The film home alone was a great christmas film to childreen. Macaulay Culkin was a sweet boy. I loved this film to my childhood. The film was funny. I miss my chilhood, I never forget this time in my life. I was born in the year 1984. That was the best time in my life.

[@lukasnummer1]

He comes across as an awfully nice man, very, very friendly and approachable. What he did with "Harry Potter" is wonderful; what Cuarón did was very much needed, but without Columbus, there wouldn't be a franchise.

[@ivanlisak1945]

I think that the host is leading the word instead of letting Chris share this beautiful view on Harry Potter. He should have given him more space

[@omarabedalbaki3896]

Best director

[@mr.a8860]

Love your movie, Chris! I miss your direction in the Wizarding World! ❤

[@ethanholgate2512]

Chris Columbus did such an amazing job with the first harry potter movie's who better than him to do magical adventure movie's like the first 2

[@ilqar887]

Effects in chamber or secrets mixture of practical and visual were amazing

[@92Beyo]

He was the best!

[@amalmed9753]

The best director to start the saga with, to introduce the world to kids. But his polished way wasn't suitable for the rest. Alfonso was. I would've loved to see Alfonso do the last four.

[@DojoMuppet]

100% agree. He was perfect for the first two due to his knack for innocent and youthful storytelling. But after Chamber Alfonso was the guy to take over, and I wish he carried it through for at least another film

[@mayashimanodya7326]

Love him 😚😚

[@prim34ev]

10:37 He fumbled trying to introduce that scene 😂

[@blakelightcap4835]

1st 2 - Were great but it would be great if he did all 8.

[@kxyl33]

i have to watch this and take notes for a drama assignment and i am not complaining😌

[@justanotherrandomperson180]

lol "harry potter and the SaUCeRssss Stone" 0:20😂😂

[@user-kj1pq6zh3x]

Love Chris! He is the father of Harry Potter

[@user-zo6yw4qu8g]

great work, real professional

[@shauryasingh6164]

He is my mentor

[@jamesentertainment9030]

6:47 Harry Potty

[@justsomefemboywithinternet5625]

This dude gave us house of secrets!

[@leejones8582]

He always likes to do 2 films of a franchise then he is off.

[@danieldoo1821]

Columbus waited for his Hogwarts letter? Cannot happen because Hogwarts accepts students only from the British Isles (Ireland & U.K.) United States has its own school - Ilvermony. but no one knew about Ilvernony until it was revealed in Fantastic Beasts & Pottermore.

[@dangurney1042]

Ironic that one of Hogwarts students Susan Bones, the one who was actually shown being sorted into Hufflepuff was played by his daughter Eleanor. One of the few exceptions of Rowling's request for an entirely British cast.

[@ElanSunStarPhotographyHawaii]

Incredible director..LOVED Mrs. Doubtfire and my favorite film Bicentennial Man!!! so powerful..... haha jim cameron no films since titanic Avatar 1 and then soon 2 3 4

[@mushroomhead3619]

He also discovered America, after the Vikings got there first.

[@yashveer1x]

Elan Sun Star Photography lol

[@justanotherrandomperson180]

@@mushroomhead3619 haha😂

[@slytherinmember1009]

What about Home Alone 1 & 2? He directed those movies.

[@Vanillawind1138]

The later movies just didnt have the same charm, wonder, and sense of adventure as the first few. While you can argue some of that is because the stories got darker, i think the far more true reason is that Chris Columbus's visioncwas no longer present. So thankful for the matseprieces he made.

[@wannacashmeoutside]

I still can’t believe I walked by his San Francisco home every single day but never knew it

[@blakelightcap4835]

Chris Columbus, if he did all of them, they would have been released in ( 2001-2008 ). Shot back to back with 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 - 7&8.

[@sarahbrinley7501]

Charlie Rose keeps interrupting him right when he’s about to talk. A good interviewer will talk very little and low the interviewee to talk. They just nudge them.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

What was he thinking when he signed up to direct PIXELS for Adam Sandler?

[@merrychase9744]

he needed to eat so just do a movie?

[@TrequartistaFM]

Petar Stanić surely he would’ve been able to live the rest of his life just off the Harry Potter films alone?

[@blunew467]

He also directed the dreaded Percy Jackson movie.

[@GenyaArikado]

He looks like Seth McFarlane!

[@ilqar887]

He also made home alone

[@vijaychomal9080]

Please make new harry potter movies please please

[@ogbee9690]

no it's done with

[@PumpkinNester7657]

I knew Steven Spielberg would’ve already tried to make a Harry Potter movie

[@mlmd3182]

11:10

[@BGuyle]

Harry Potter and the Sashua Stone

[@katpottz476]

Ah yes who can forget harry potter and the sauce-erers stone

[@christopheholman1984]

Harry Potter and the SAUCERES Stone 😂

[@CleanFamilyVideos]

When is an interviewer gonna ask him the obvious question: Why do most of his film (Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, Rent) take place inside of a home or building? Even the Harry Potter films are boarding school thrillers disguised as fantasy stories. Did somebody abuse him as a child inside of a home that he once loved and now he can never look at home the same way? Is he just a magazine-collecting, inside person? Am I reading too far into it? Possibly so, but tell me. Don't you expect more rape and murder and good ol' swashbuckling from a guy who's named after Christopher Columbus, the man who made pirate ship adventuring cool again?

[@blunew467]

So how exactly did this hack of a director manage to adapt the first 2 Harry Potter books to the screen just fine and faithful to the source material but then he messed the Percy Jackson movie up so badly huh? How does that happen? He did a fine job with HP but an awful job with Percy Jackson. Just how?

[@superjackster0165]

It’s clearly obvious that Columbus didn’t have the same love and passion for Percy Jackson like he did for Harry Potter

[@brysonfreeman7226]

Percy Jackson is terrible, and Harry Potter is better

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

@@brysonfreeman7226 exactly, and he made Percy better as a result, regardless of what others even majority may think :)

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

Don’t you dare call one of my favourite directors a hack! He actually made Percy make sense And feel more grounded and believable, to the point where I Actually like it better than the majority of the Harry Potter movies in fact :-)

[@anonymous2964]

The first two harry potter movies were masterpiece especially first one grossed billion dollars world wide which was surpassed by only last harry potter movie that speaks volumes of his ability to direct. Don't know what happened with Percy Jackson.

[@boiny4238]

Man I thought the director would be the author of the books (J.K. Rowling.)