They Get Darker Than THIS?! - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets First Time Reaction!

[@MikeMozzaro]

Call me a sadist: but every time I see a reaction to this film where the reactor says "I'm not a fan of spiders" I get a little tingle of glee as I wait for the meeting with Aragog~

[@RigoOXx]

Yep, me too

[@TOYSTITCHER]

Hahaa, me too…and I’m terrified of spiders 🥴

[@MelaniePoparad]

Me too. And i have a huge aversion to spiders... i had an allergic reaction to a medication when i was a child and had hallucinations... a jack in the box was chasing a helicopter on my ceiling and the flowered sheets were bugs and spiders coming down from the ceiling. Sooo i have some insect issues as well. But i adore when people start with their aversion to spiders and then get hit with aragog.

[@domi9146]

I'm not fond of spiders too, but same as you, when they say "ew, spiders" or "I don't like spiders" I just go "👀, well that's gonna be fun👀" :D

[@carlycchapman]

Me too, and I hate spiders. 🤣

[@Sovreign071]

Some fun behind the scenes stuff: Malfoy's "I didn't know you could read" line as improvised by Tom Felton after he forgot the scripted line! Also, Bella, the dog playing Fang, kept ruining takes by trying to protect Daniel and Rupert from the Aragog animatronic!

[@VeggieGamer]

Aww good doggy!! XD And that is a great improv line IMO!

[@rainbowrunner1550]

In addition, Jason Isaacs improvised Lucius' line: "Let us hope that Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day!" Daniel Radcliffe then improvised Harry's response: "Don't worry, I will be!"

[@obiwankenobi687]

@@VeggieGamer also the ‘let’s hope Harry Potter is always around to save the day’ and ‘don’t worry, I will be’ we’re improvised apparently 🤔 not sure exactly which bit

[@PrimeCircuit]

Draco saying "Saint Pottah!" is one of the best lines ever. 😁 Tom Felton is such a great actor at this age, he never gets enough credit.

[@dutchkel]

I didn't know that about Fang. Cute.

[@justlike1olivia]

fun fact: jason isaacs was an incredible lucius malfoy cause he improvised the scene where he kicks dobby down the stairs, the crew on set was like 'lets reshoot this part cause jason slipped' (cause obviously he kicked just the air) and jason was like 'no i just kicked dobby down the stairs and so they kept it in

[@Weronika_24_]

"and what was this thing you did with your cane?" "I hit him in the head when he tried to get up"

[@Iluvantir]

It's always great fun for an actor to play "the bad guy". Same for any of us, for example, playing computer games where we're evil characters. It's cathartic, lol Some of the best acting seems to get done, even if they have to ham up the role. And Jason Isaacs is a pleasure to watch regardless.

[@louisinjoliet8546]

Daniel Radcliffe ad-libbed the "Don't worry I will be" line and nearly broke Jason Isaacs character because Jason Isaacs reaction was "Whoa! This kid is taking it to next level stuff." JKR had not quite begun Deathly Hallows yet, and Issacs begged her to make sure Lucius got out of prison so HE could be in the finale. That is how much Jason Isaacs loved being on set with this cast.

[@katchtree]

Please never feel the need to apologize about tearing up or crying. We 100% get it. I grew up with the books, was the same age as the characters going along and have watched the movies an insane amount of times and I still get teary in moments. The audience watching you absolutely understands!

[@VeggieGamer]

Thanks Kat, that moment really hit me out of nowhere and it really made me love Dumbledore even more than I already did!

[@katchtree]

@@VeggieGamer I love that. Dumbledore has a lot of the big quotes in the series that get me right in the heart!

[@Keyboardje]

@@katchtree In the books he has even more great ones. In the movies most of them are given to Hermione.

[@SCUMMY4205]

I dont know a single person who didn't cry from books (movies) 4-7(8) 😂 they all have sad moments and everyone has their own feelings towards certain characters.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

+Kat your not the only one who has grew up with the books and movies and characters

[@obsidiansteele]

The head of Ravenclaw is Professor Flitwick (the charms teacher played by Warwick Davis), Professor Sprout is head of Hufflepuff and the cool looking woman at the end is Madam Pince who is the Hogwarts Librarian 😁

[@michaelshort2388]

and we meet my favourite character next movie, who is in Ravenclaw :)

[@autarchprinceps]

​@@michaelshort2388 Really? Don't remember anyone from Ravenclaw in the third one right now. My favourite character is from Ravenclaw as well, but sadly we have to wait to the 5th movie for her.

[@michaelshort2388]

@@autarchprinceps luna lovegood

[@autarchprinceps]

@@michaelshort2388 Yeah, she's the best, but sadly still a few movies to go till we get her.

[@felipepadilha4737]

@@autarchprinceps He/she is probably talking about Sibila Trelawney, she's a Ravenclaw

[@mikkelturtvig]

to give Salazar Slytherin the benefit of the doubt. He lived during a time when users of magic were hunted and burned at the stake. Hogwarts was founded to be a safe haven for its students, and letting muggle-born children with magic potential attend could be seen as a massive risk. If one of these muggle-born students betrayed the location of the school or names of other students their lives could be at risk.

[@manidhingra5192]

that explains the thought process, but doesn't justify the part where he hides a deadly monster in the school, and tom riddle asked the monster to hunt harry who was not muggle-born so I think taking the risk of letting magical people study their powers to control them even if their parents don't like magic is safer than letting your descendants have control of killing students in your school

[@ascrassin]

@@manidhingra5192 Could be for protection There is also the fact that with time, thing like context can be deformed or lost. So there could be any numbers of reason that were lost in time. There is also the possibility of the chamber and/or the basilisk being put there by others peoples, then attributed to him later. But honestly, I don't think J.K.Rolling was thinking farther than it's an evil dude and all Slytherin are evil. Or at least not when writing the book, the tweet about merlin being a Slytherin was written later (and that another can of worm in therm of consistency historic (not the same time period)).

[@hamilton2861]

We learn in the 3rd book that witch burnings were pointless Harry writes a whole essay for Flitwick

[@danylonazarov]

@@hamilton2861 well, knowing how most wizards cant use any magic without their wand, i think that many of them were caught when they werent expecting and burnt for real, unable to "freeze flame" without wand. And books just try to make history look better. Well, just my head canon

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

fuck me i love harry potter and watched them more times to count but i never thought about that, they were basically at war with muggles being forced to live in secrecy and the stakes were super high cause no doubt Hogwarts would of been target and destroyed if caught

[@im_azraelle]

38:30 yes, Ollivander (John Hurt) told Harry that the core of his wand contained a Phoenix feather, as well as Voldemort’s! and fun fact since they don’t actually say it in the films: the Phoenix that the feathers are from is indeed Fawkes - Dumbledore’s pet Phoenix. 😇

[@megalordcartman]

Where was it confirmed that it were indeed Fawkes feathers? Never heard that before

[@im_azraelle]

@@megalordcartman " ‘Exactly,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Harry's wand and Voldemort’s wand share cores. Each of them contains a feather from the tail of the same phoenix. *_This_* phoenix, in fact,’ he added, and he pointed at the scarlet-and-gold bird (Fawkes), perching peacefully on Harry's knee.” - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36

[@alharairah2214]

Btw Veggie - you can probably see from people's comments that Dumbledore's phoenix is not "Fox" but "Fawkes" like Guy Fawkes Day, which is fitting because of the fireworks used to celebrate November 5th.

[@uggggggghhhhh]

@@alharairah2214 what fireworks

[@alharairah2214]

@@uggggggghhhhh When I lived in Huntington, Guy Fawkes Day was celebrated with fireworks - is that not a thing anymore?

[@SnowyWolborg]

6:59: Hogwarts is just the school. The castle is situated somewhere in an isolated area of Scotland and serves the magical community of the British Isles. 16:30: In the book, McGonagall asked Harry and Ron why they didn't send an owl with a letter to explain them missing the train. Neither could answer because they were too ashamed they panicked too much to think of this. 32:54: Harry doesn't particularly trust adults in general, due to where he grew up. Its just not his instinct to immediately tell them what's happening. Also, he's paranoid AF about people thinking he's hearing voices that aren't there. The teachers were just trolling at 54:50. McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout, and Dumbledore all taught Lockhart when he was a student, and they all know damn well he isn't as smart or skilled as his books portray him to be,

[@kelly9876]

interesting insight about trusting adults - it seems so clear that McGonagall would be there for Harry if he just opened up more. That helps to explain why he does not

[@tiph7742]

If I remember correctly, Snape also had to teach Lockhart for his 7th year (if he took NEWTs potions), and just that bit of information is hilarious tbh

[@michaelortiz1561]

@@tiph7742 nah Snape is only like 35 so he would have either been in school with him or around the same time Snape only looks older because Alan Rickman was like in his 50s here

[@tiph7742]

@@michaelortiz1561 Snape started teaching in 1981, and Lockhart graduated from Hogwarts in 1982, so he did teach him, but you're right that they also went to school together since they have a 4 year age gap, it's just that Snape started teaching very young

[@PhilBagels]

Which brings up the question of why Dumbledore would hire such an idiot in the first place. The simplest part of the answer is that there weren't that many candidates to choose from. By my estimate, there are only about 7000 wizards in the UK - including the children. So there's not a lot a very big talent pool available. They have to take what they can get, even if they aren't as competent as one would hope. And most likely, nobody else wanted the job (partially because of reasons that will be made clear later).

[@balanc-joy9187]

Veggie, Lucius' plan was better stated in the book, but I'll give you the rundown since his machinations pretty much end here for the most part: Lucius had been given that diary by Voldemort before his downfall, while being told only that it was an artifact enchanted to cause the Chamber of Secrets to be opened. What you saw in the beginning, at that shop (Borgin and Burke's), was Lucius pawning off some dark magical items that he didn't want the Ministry to find if they raided his house (again). Now, during that moment in the bookstore where Lucius grabs one of Ginny's books (It actually in the original book erupts into an outright _fight_ between Arthur Weasley and Lucius, which Hagrid has to break up), he _secretly slipped the diary into it_ His attempted idea here was to, in one single move, rid himself of a dark object he couldn't easily sell off, open the Chamber to get rid of the "Mudblood scum" in it, discredit Dumbledore and try to have him removed (which Dumbledore reveals he partly did by threatening the governors into agreeing to, as they sent him letters about it when they reappointed him the second Ginny was taken), _and_ ruin Arther Weasley, who he hates because Arthur supports Muggles so much, and his family, despite being pureblood (by accident rather than on purpose like the Malfoys and other families do), don't actually care about all the elitism garbage. Ginny started writing in the diary, Tom Riddle used his position as a friend of hers to learn about the events going on, started taking over her body and mind, and at first finish purging the school, but then later kill Harry Potter specifically. Dobby somehow found out about the part Lucius knew about (presumably by listening, as servants hear _everything_ since they are beneath notice, and House Elves in particular can't easily/ever disobey or reveal their Masters' secrets) and had been, as he said, trying to keep Harry away from Hogwarts so he wouldn't get caught up in it.

[@tamarakaddatz9955]

The part of Lucius Malfoy is played by Jason Isaacs, another wonderful actor!

[@linusyootasteisking]

this seems strange (in-world logic) since voldemort probably wouldn't have given Lucius the book and just say it is a key to the chamber, given what we learn in later films.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@linusyootasteisking Except Voldemort is _extremely_ individualistic and outright antisocial, so he doesn't actually consider his supporters a trusted resource, just a convenient and at times reluctantly necessary one. (MILD SPOILERS, DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE REST OF THE SERIES AND/OR AM VEGGIE GAMER) Dumbledore himself explains that it wouldn't make sense for Voldemort to be so cavalier about the diary with what it is, _unless he made more than one_ which he did.

[@Keyboardje]

He also wanted to disgrace Arthur Weasley because he works for the Ministry of Magic in the department of misuse of muggle artifacts, so by making it look like Arthur's daughter was the one behind it all he hoped it would get Arthur sacked and his muggle-defence laws dismissed.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@Keyboardje Yep, that's in my comment too. Arthur's love of Muggles is not something Lucius can tolerate.

[@Stepbrohelp]

Coming from a mega Harry Potter fan, I IMMENSELY enjoy your reactions because I’m also American so I missed out on a LOT of the cool things you keep pointing out with the actors. I had no idea that the actor we see at the start who plays the husband of the lady who gets the pudding dropped on her head was super famous! There’s tons of stuff just like that which I learned from your video, so it’s really cool to watch your reaction because I’m genuinely learning more about these movies when I thought I was at a point where I had absorbed all of the information there is to know about this whole series.

[@VeggieGamer]

Thank you so much Zack!! This was a really nice comment!!

[@balanc-joy9187]

31:00 Both of Harry's parents, Lily and James, were in Gryffindor. It does _tend_ to run in families, but that isn't an actual part of the process in Sorting. The Sorting Hat chooses students based on how they are as people, like those who are bold and courageous go in Gryffindor, those who are studious, loyal, and humble are in Hufflepuff, Slytherin is where those who have cunning, ambition, a certain disregard for rules go, and Ravenclaw is where the intellectual and those with a keen desire to discover and question are most suited. It isn't always obvious how a person fits into their house, and there's good and bad sides to all those things (We've seen the kinds of bad in Slytherin, yet Merlin, a wizard who desired above all else a world with harmony between Muggles and Magic-folk, was in Slytherin when he was in school. I personally blame Voldemort's toxic influence on how bad Slytherin is now, but that's my speculation only. As for Gryffindor, you'll meet one example come the next movie, and there are a couple of cut characters from the books who are just downright gross, and some bad qualities in the older heroes that aren't revealed properly in the films also show the bad side of Gryffindor). Back to it being in families, I think that's more by accident. If you are born from people who also have a tendency to be a certain way, and you are raised by them, then it stands to reason you'd share some of those qualities yourself wouldn't it?

[@Aluhcav]

True, but it is also said in the books that, just because your in the same family doesn't necessarily mean you'll get in the same house.

[@MissFlow]

True, and then there are the students that are hard to place. Rowling had a word for them, I can't remember. But they are rare and possess an entire set of skill and traits that makes them suitable for more than 1 house. The hat shall always take personal preference into account. And it is not always straight forward, like all the clever ones go to Ravenclaw and the brave ones to Gryffindor. Hermione is a perfect fit for Ravenclaw, but got sorted into Gryffindor for a reason I can't spoil here yet.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@Aluhcav Yeah...I said that.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@MissFlow Yep, it's called a Hatstall. Harry was one, as was Hermione. I also mentioned it isn't always straightforward.

[@Aluhcav]

@@balanc-joy9187 Oh, sorry about that. I must have missed it. in my readings.

[@balanc-joy9187]

26:36 It's cut I think from the film, but Filtch is actually what's called a "Squib" basically the opposite of a Muggle-born Witch or Wizard, as Ron puts it. It's when a regular Witch and Wizard, produce a child who has _no magic_ at all. Filtch isn't very happy about the fact he works at a school where everyone else can do it, but he can't, but it's one of the few jobs he can take as a Squib, presumably on the generosity of Dumbledore or the previous headmaster. If you mean the Bludgers, like the one that went after Harry, they're designed to basically make the game more challenging, by trying to knock players off brooms, while the Beaters fend them off with their bats, and _also_ try to aim them at the other team. The woman you're trying to remember is Madam Hooch, and actually, she has little time in the series after the first, some brief referee moments in the books, but with the films her actress wouldn't come back on, or the director's wouldn't pay her enough, or something, so we never see her again. Oh, also, they actually have PC games where you _do_ get to play Quidditch, at least a bit.

[@katcurb2333]

And the mobile game lol

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@katcurb2333 Oh, didn't know there was one for this franchise.

[@more-reasons6655]

There's the quiditch world cup game which was decent at the time, every country has their own unique stadium and actions which you dont get in any sports game

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@more-reasons6655 Hmm, sounds like the developers made a good effort to make a solid game then, good.

[@princessmonittv167]

I always never understood why Filtch stayed there. It was causing him great pain, and the students tormented him, he was also kind of cruel also because of that, Dumbles should have set him up in a nice job he'd like

[@apatternedhorizon]

They can see but wizards kind of brush it off as "oh muggles don't notice anything they're too concerned with their own lives." But yeah they saw the flying car. Hermione is a muggle-born witch so her parents know about stuff Fun fact though, Filch has magic parents but no powers. Known as a squib.

[@potternutmania]

this makes me wonder how the wizarding world are managing in today's camera phone/social media age

[@annakilifa331]

They also have a department in the ministry full of people, whose job it is to modify muggles memories. It's not just "oh, they don't notice anything", they make sure that muggles that do notice things forget about them.

[@apatternedhorizon]

@@annakilifa331 yes but I'm referring to an exchange in the night bus about how muggles don't notice anything.

[@JaCKso00onBOY]

I love this guy. The attention to details and engagement. Like your reactions, keep it up sir.

[@EmpressMeg]

I love his note-taking!

[@apatternedhorizon]

The Phoenix tail feather in Harry's wand is from the same Phoenix as the feather in Voldemort's wand.

[@VeggieGamer]

Ah I knew there was something!! Thanks!

[@calvinmusquez9162]

@@VeggieGamer And while they don't get into it in the movies, the books reveal that phoenix is Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix.

[@jairoliradeamorimjr3262]

As they say, the plots thickens Btw, did you know that according to Lockhart's old picture (the one that he is in his Quidditch uniform) , he was a Ravenclaw

[@VeggieGamer]

Wow, nice detail!!

[@yourfilin]

@@VeggieGamer Quirrell was Ravenclaw too. As did Moaning Myrtle and Ollivander and Flitwick

[@EmpressMeg]

Quirrell, I can buy that he was a Ravenclaw. He had to know something to get with bodiless Voldy, sustain him, and plan to get him fully resurrected (even though he failed before that last goal), etc. But Lockhart? Yes, he was great at Charms but otherwise he was a total joke. Snape gave him the slowest "Expelliarmus" ever (which seems to be a fairly basic spell, although certainly useful) and he still got whooped. His skill was working the public like any average narcissistic celeb, and taking credit for other people's work. That's not Ravenclaw. He's neither intellectual nor witty. He's tricksy and false! 😫 It drives me NUTS that he was a Ravenclaw! Can't we excommunicate him or something? 😅

[@xXTrueSeekerXx]

@@EmpressMeg Every house has their outliers, though. Gryffindor also had Peter Pettigrew. One of the biggest cowards known to the wizarding world. So if we excommunicate Lockhart, we have to do the same with Pettigrew. Lol

[@im_azraelle]

the full Weasley family is as follows: Arthur Weasley (father), Molly Weasley (mother) - and their children in age order are Bill, Charlie (we don’t see him in the films), Percy, the twins Fred and George, Ron, and Ginny. 😊 and yes the actor that plays Lucius is Jason Isaacs! he actually originally auditioned for Gilderoy Lockhart but he was asked to also audition for Lucius, and i’m glad he did because he plays Lucius _amazingly._ the long blond wig was his idea as well, as Lucius is never described as having long hair in the books. maybe he did it to get out of bleaching his real hair lol.

[@VeggieGamer]

This is fasinating! And Isaacs was definitely right, that hair definitely made the character extra special IMO! XD

[@jan10e5]

Bill is the oldest Weasley. Charlie is the second son...

[@im_azraelle]

@@jan10e5 thanks for the correction 😁

[@Oniisms]

This is definitely the best reaction to the Harry Potter films I've seen. I love your enthusiasm. It really is a great series and I hope it doesn't get too dark for you to stomach. I think if you can get through Little Nightmares, then Harry Potter shouldn't be a problem. You'll meet your first proper Ravenclaw in the 4th movie and get to know another Hufflepuff student. I always thought I'd end up in Ravenclaw since I was very much like Hermione Granger with reading and seeking knowledge, but the Pottermore quiz put me into Slytherin and that is considered the definitive quiz, generally.

[@VeggieGamer]

Oh thank you so much! Very nice of you to say! :)

[@Anna13Tonks]

He played little nightmares? I need to watch that 😱

[@katiesherman6517]

In the books Fred and George spend a good portion of that game following Harry trying to keep the bludger off of him.

[@omgitzzari5585]

Since the story is from Harry’s perspective/around things with him, we don’t get to meet other people in other houses until he does, and since gryffindor and Slytherin have a longstanding “rivalry”/competitiveness against each other they tend to see/notice each other more than Harry would other houses. Not all Slytherins are bad or think the way Malfoy does but it is much easier for them to choose to be bad and be very good at it if they wanted. You aren’t automatically in the same house as your parents, but it is common since parents try to instill their morals and ideals on their kids, but since there were so many Weasley siblings (with lovely parents) I think the Sorting Hat is just a bit tired of them. Muggles typically don’t see magic just the effects it leaves behind, like how they don’t see them going through the platform wall but they saw the car because it was made by muggles and enchanted and they didn’t turn on the invisibility thing. And Hagrid didn’t dislike muggles, more of a general distrust and also hating the Dursleys for how they treat Harry.

[@omgitzzari5585]

I think that’s everything up until this point that you didn’t miss but just doesn’t really get explained (since it’s Harry’s POV) but I have a broken thumb so I’m not even going to reread that to check

[@monkeymoo617]

I have to say I have watched loads of reaction channels to Harry Potter. You are by far the most entertaining one of them all. You are so fun to watch react and I’m sorry I couldn’t help laugh how you moved away from the screen and was hiding your face. Good luck for the rest. I can’t wait to see your next reaction.

[@VeggieGamer]

Aww thank you Sian!!

[@bannonstanks]

@@VeggieGamer echoing this comment. I've easily watched 10, or more, reactors watching this series... 80 plus views. Yours is the most entertaining. I love the chatter, the notes you take, and your thoughtful approach. Also, I really dig the mispronunciations... pleeeease go back to calling Ron "Grunt" :) v/r Stannon

[@angelined9814]

Not sure how any grown man can be ghis terrified watching a Harry Potter movie tho. Come on now.

[@monkeymoo617]

@@angelined9814 when you are terrified of spiders then yes his reaction would be this.

[@EmpressMeg]

The struggle is real. ..I was sorting through a generation of my drugged-up (naphthalene) fruit flies in Genetics lab under a stereoscope. I remember one of them energetically twitching, nudging itself to the edge of my scope's view, but, to my brain, that was where my hand was, too. In reality the fly was many inches away, but my brain saw "HUUUUGE BUG CLOSE TO HAND!" and I startle responded anyway. ROFL

[@ntertanedangel]

This one might be the darkest in terms of monsters (debatable, but it's close). The other books get darker psychologically

[@ShyAnn291]

I think I’d agree with you!

[@cassieberringer7427]

I agree that this is the one that is most Monster-horror. But the movies continue to get darker thematically and carry a more dangerous weight. While the spiders were scary, there was still levity in the scene with Ron's reactions, thus making the feel of the scene not quite as dark and dangerous as later films.

[@PrimeCircuit]

One has to keep in mind, the books continue to grow up with the audience. It stops being a children's tale fast. JKR specifically mentioned that she wrote the books parallel to watching her own children growing up.

[@wtfduud]

The third one had scarier monsters imo

[@ShyAnn291]

@@wtfduud yeah there are scary ones in that one.

[@ZariDV]

Once again it's such a surprise to see you be so thrilled to see actors that you recognise when I grew up watching this series over and over not knowing how famous some of these people are. Like the actor who was at the Dursley's dinner party was there for like 3 minutes' worth of screen time so I never thought much of him. Who knew he was such a big deal to someone else? So fun seeing the actors I took for granted was actually super well known folks. Love your reactions! It was so funny that you were more relieved to see Mrs Norris was saved than Hermione and Sir Nicholas. Such an animal lover

[@VeggieGamer]

Thank you Zari!! This was a very kind comment! :)

[@ronweber1402]

@@VeggieGamer There is a secondary villain coming up that you will hate more than anyone else in that movie, this series or pretty much anything else you have ever watched and she is played by the great Imelda Stanton.

[@sailiealquadacil1284]

30:05 Well-spotted. Phoenix feathers are one of the three ingredients used for making wand cores (the others being dragon heartstrings, which produce the most powerful wands, and unicorn horn, these wands are the hardest to turn towards the Dark Arts). The phoenix whose tail feather is part of Harry's wand also gave another feather, which makes up the core of Voldemort's wand.

[@KaiLucasZachary]

Your reaction went from "we've seen a lot of weird things in this already, love" to actually understanding why Harry and Ron might be surprised. lol

[@GourSmith]

I genuinely got to this comment *immediately* after he said that

[@keeleykjgatsby121]

Love your reactions and the knowledge you have brought to these HP ones about the actors. As an American, it’s nice to get the extra context! Anxiously awaiting your reaction to Prisoner of Azkaban, and hoping your 2022 is off to a good start! 😊

[@im_azraelle]

from the next film onward, Dumbledore will be played by a different actor, as Richard Harris unfortunately passed away a couple of weeks before this film released.

[@AUCKata]

Kenneth Branagh's character Gilderoy Lockhart does not come back in the film series but he DOES return in I believe the 5th book (Order Of The Phoenix) :D

[@annatraxler3360]

“It’s better than driving into Dumbledore’s face” had me dying 💀💀

[@4kibamb0n89]

Veggie won't be the same anymore after the spider scene. Don't worry, you actually notice by far a lot more than most people on their first watch. It's astounding how many details and lines you remember from the first movie, for example. Thoroughly enjoyed your comments and theories along the way 😋

[@VeggieGamer]

Thanks so much 4kibamb!!

[@leeswhimsy]

This was a fantastic reaction...It's so nice to see someone watch them for the first time and be genuinely excited over it all!!! They do indeed keep getting darker, although the themes get more mature, and the circumstances get much more complicated...And it's all wrapped up in the fact that the characters are growing up physically and mentally (as were the kids who were the main fan base of people who were reading this series). Seriously though, some of the best over-arcing "morals" and life lessons.

[@leighkamp9457]

If I remember the books correctly. The blood came from the chickens which Ginny killed under Tom's control.

[@thesimpsons17]

Yeah roosters are fatal to a basilisk so Ginny killed them all and used the blood for the message.

[@Shritistrang]

I agree, Snapes performance is spectacular.

[@dawg897]

in the books each year the sorting hat says a different poem about the qualities of each of the houses before the first years are sorted.. so if your personality and qualities kinda line up with those, then you are sorted into that house. however as we know from Harry your desire to be in a house or not to be in one is taken into consideration by the sorting hat.

[@balanc-joy9187]

Back when they had the "Bertie Bott's..." in the stores, I got some when I was a kid, and I got my mom and my stepdad to try the Soap and Vomit flavors...it was very funny! I wish I'd had a camera... I actually _like_ the Grass flavor personally...

[@VeggieGamer]

Haha that’s amazing XD

[@katcurb2333]

I gave my baby brother the vomit flavor one when I was around 13 and he liked it. He was 3.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@katcurb2333 Quite the boy.

[@alicequinn505]

@@katcurb2333 Did you taste it first? The whole point is you can't tell by the color

[@katcurb2333]

I had gotten a pack that was color coded. I smelled it, thought it smelled nasty so gave it to bro

[@McIntosh.R]

5:33 "I thought Elves were all tall and... Pricks" was fucken hilarious!!!!

[@KatBee00]

Over a year later and I'm rewatching your reactions yet again 😅 there's something so soothing about your voice and how thoughtful you are throughout the series

[@ar471]

One of the worst omissions from book to movie is the fight in Flourish and Blotts (the bookstore). In the book, Arthur Weasley doesn’t just stand there taking Lucius Malfoy’s insults. He goes after him and Hagrid ends up having to break it up.

[@gunnfredriksen]

I love how much credit you give to the child actors.I've heard several people say the children are acting poorly in the first movies, but I would say they did a great job and have great chemistry together. Also, I love your compassion for animals (even the basilisk!), but you should probably prepare yourself for some animals/magical creatures having a rough time in the next movie...

[@MadameCornflake]

I just love your reaction! I saw a ton of HP reactions and yours is pure comedy! I laughed with tears in my eyes - especially your stare right into to camera in the second break killed me XD keep going. You will love this journey - trust me. Welcome to the wizarding world

[@VeggieGamer]

Haha I was definitely shook after those spiders XD

[@inkeriananas]

42:42 Ron said "essence of Crabbe", as in the boy he turned into. Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle they're called!

[@balanc-joy9187]

18:09 Professor Sprout, is actually the Head of Hufflepuff House, since you were curious. McGonagall is Gryffindor's, Flitwick is Ravenclaw's, and Slytherin's is of course Snape.

[@gred_and_forge]

Can we just appreciate how much Veggie Gamer cares for the wellbeing of the animals in this film? ☺️🐾 Altho I will admit I laughed when he screamed "NOO!" in the scene where Mrs. Norris was petrified, it caught me off guard since I had earbuds on😆RIP my ears

[@wordstowordlessthings]

Your reactions are absolutely DELIGHTFUL. The mix of emotions and just excited guessing is so nice, lots of reactors try too hard to seem like they know what's happening at all times.

[@erikperhs_]

Fun fact: the Weasleys are pure blood too! Not on purpose, because they don't care about this, but they are part of what they call "the Sacret 28", which is the list of all pure blood families in the wizarding world (at least in the UK)

[@scalefree]

there's a scene in the book I think didn't make the final cut of the film where Harry accidentally discovers a "learn magic by mail" correspondence course Filch ordered to try to learn magic because he's a squib & has no magical ability, & then Filch got very embarrassed & furiously denied to Harry that the course was his.

[@voxorox]

Ron: "You're a parsel mouth?" Me: "...you can talk to postal packages?!?"

[@jennareadsalot9153]

About spiders: “I don’t like ‘em, but I don’t kill ‘em.” I absolutely love your compassion in that one line. I feel like you are the perfect candidate for watching these for the first time and really connecting to them. I will be with you for your entire journey💗

[@crash7344]

I have rewatched this whole series so many times but this is my fav of the movies and my fav of your reactions to them, genuinely always put your reactions on for a great time Veggie thank you so much for starting youtube!!!!

[@VanWhistler]

Dumbledore's phoenix is the Phoenix which provided the tail feathers for both Harry's and Voldemort's wands. It's never explained in the films, apart from Ollivander's comment.

[@SirRockXIII]

I don't remember that in the books haha

[@NilaR93]

"Brackium emendo!" "Break ya arm?!" I laughed for so long after that, this whole reaction is so lovely

[@exceedcharge1]

“Is headwig ok?” “Im not good with animals dying” Oh no

[@christineirving4491pluviophile]

Bishop Brennan! Thanks Veggie, it's been driving me nuts trying to think where I knew that face from. You're going to find as you go through the series, that the whole franchise is basically a who's who of British film and theatre land.

[@VeggieGamer]

Haha you're welcome! XD

[@zuzannabrzeszczak1578]

Lucius: Let us hope that Mr Potter will always be around to save the day. Harry: Don't worry, I will be. BEST IMPROVISED LINE EVER. 😍😍😍

[@MrsQueenSize]

what about "Didn't know you could read" (c) Draco?

[@alessiovolpeverde1086]

You met quite a few Ravenclaws by now - Mr Ollivander, prof Flitwick (head of house), prof Quirrell, prof Lockhart, Moaning Myrtle

[@rijlqanturis625]

I love how you recognize all the actors. As a non-Brit I had never seen probably 95% of these people before and they all did an amazing job throughout the series.

[@toodlescae]

The "I didn't know you could read" from Draco was ad libbed because he forgot his line and they kept it. The exchange between Lucius and Harry about saving the day was ad lib as well. Jason Isaacs tried to trip Daniel up as a joke but Daniel just went with it in character...lol.

[@EmpressMeg]

29:26 In duels, speed is everything, so Snape's "Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxspelliarmus" is particularly hilarious! I love the way he offhandedly suggests teaching the students how to block spells first (his contempt for Lockhart's incompetence.. 😆), and then his "random" choice in Draco for Harry's opponent... All followed by that smooth spin on his heel like a freaking dancer, and the quick stiff gesture at Draco to step up. He's so damn intimidating but graceful AF. Don't know whether I'm supposed to like Snape or dislike him at times, but I sure as hell love every aspect of Rickman's performance. Awesome!

[@toodlescae]

Living in a world where a spell or potion can fix most things gives one a different concept of danger. After the movies you would probably adore the books. So much more info and subplots they couldn't fit in the movies..especially from 4 on. Lucius Malfoy was getting rid of dark magic stuff that could get him in trouble with the Ministry because they were raiding people's houses. You heard Mr. Weasley mention it when he came home early on the movie. Also be aware that there are 7 Weasley children in total. Ron's oldest 2 brothers, Bill & Charlie have already graduated from school. Bill (oldest) works as a curse breaker for Gringotts Bank, Charlie works with dragons in Romania. Percy is the oldest still at school and is a Prefect (not head of Griffyndor). Then you have Fred, George, then Ron and lastly Ginny.

[@VeggieGamer]

That is so true, Toodle! I guess when you have instant recovery options it can make horrible things less scary!

[@toodlescae]

@@VeggieGamer btw. Harry & Voldemort's wands both have a phoenix feather from the same phoenix as a core. The phoenix that gave the 2 feathers for their wands was Fawkes.

[@sarah.the.clumsy]

Ok now we're all dying to know the Tea with Timothy Spall.

[@loeckiesbueh.2335]

Are these the best reaction to the HP series? Hell yes! You are an absolute delight to watch and I really hope you do more movie reactions in addition to HP. Maybe some Jane Austen classics 🤩 Already looking forward to Prisoner of Azkaban!

[@VeggieGamer]

Thanks Loeckiesbue! I am looking forward to it too!!

[@Ebbagull]

Oh, yes! If Veggie hasn't watched the BBC Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth, that would be awesome! 😁

[@ogbunb622]

Yay you won't be disappointed with this series! But it gets much darker as you continue.

[@VeggieGamer]

I’m not sure I can cope with much darker than this one! 0_0 XD

[@ogbunb622]

@@VeggieGamer Trust me, you'll love it still.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@VeggieGamer The books give even more detail, and are thus even _darker_ ... The film series does preserve the more notable points though, so you'll see plenty of darkness as you go on, Garrett is right.

[@helga_Thora]

I seriously love your reaction! Also YES they do get very dark (the books are darker) The "darkness" jumps even more from the second to the third movie, than from the first movie to the second. Can't wait for your next reaction! 😁

[@ericyoung1478]

26:07 "This would make an amazing video game level". There so happens to be a Harry Potter video game series (in addition to books & movies), & in the Chamber Of Secrets PC game, yes, you do fly under the stadium in Quidditch!

[@tylerj7298]

This is my favorite Harry Potter movie to this day. Out of all 8 films, I still rewatch this one over any other. I don't know if it's because this was the movie I grew up with as a kid or what. Back in the day, I had only seen the first two Harry Potter films, and then I stop after that.

[@pleasehelp2446]

The Weasley house is on a farm outside of Devon, the Dursley's are in Surrey.

[@VeggieGamer]

Lucky Ron!! I love Devon!

[@izzycare1184]

Fun fact: the Phoenix feather that is in Harry’s wand core is the feather from Faux (Dumbledore’s Phoenix)

[@inkeriananas]

Yep this is an important detail! It's spelled Fawkes btw :)

[@izzycare1184]

@@inkeriananas ah thank you! I knew that I just couldn’t remember I appreciate it!

[@Rcmkney23]

Somthing that helps explain w why hairy with holds so much information is because even though Hogwarts is much better, he still spent 11 years with the abusive adoptive family. So he has some decent trust issues with authority figures

[@christineirving4491pluviophile]

"They don't get darker than this.....do they?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Djpbful]

The phoenix mention you talked at middle point was at the wandshop,every wand has a "core" inside a wood which gives the power to it (the wood also has to contain some),there are different types,dragon heart string which is powerful,unicorn hair(i dont remember what it's advantages are) and phoenix feather(also dont remember what it does) and maybe there are more but i remember this 3,Harry's wand has phoenix feather,in fact its from the same Phoenix Fawkes,you saw in dumbledoor's office,Olivander(the wandshop dude) talked about it because Fawkes gave only 2 feathers for wands,one is Harry's the other is Voldemort's. This will be crucial later. In the book it was magical paint that couldnt be washed down from the wall(the message on the wall) not blood. And some fun fact Snape is probably the 3rd maybe arguably the 4th strongest living wizard in his age, 1. Dumbledoor,2 Voldemort,3 Snape, 4th Bellatrix Lestrange(you will meet her a bit later).

[@xein89]

”They get darker than this?” Oh my sweet summer child 😭

[@SkyManBGProductions]

I love how much you like characters like the Dursleys and Lockhart. I am literally crying from laughing 😂😂

[@baskervillebee6097]

The school nurse is Gemma Jones, The Duchess of Duke Street.

[@DonRice]

I just found your channel tonight... Well, early morning for me in the U.S. I must say I'm thoroughly enjoying your reactions so far with the first two movies in this series. As an added bonus, I'm also seeing some scenes that aren't, to the best of my knowledge, available on my side of the Pond. For that also, I thank you! You've got a new subscriber!

58:12 someone actually edited the first film (all of it i think) and replaced the wands with guns lol

[@minim3494]

Love it! Jeremy Isaacs was also the voice of Scar in the lion King. Once you hear it you can't unhear it lol. Oh heads up btw, it's Her-My-Oh-nee. Not hermani. You know, Leviosa not leviosar lol.

[@VeggieGamer]

Oh snap! Thanks I'll try and get it right next time! XD

[@calvinmusquez9162]

I think you just mixed up Jeremy Irons and Jason Isaacs. Jeremy Irons is Scar in lion king and not in Harry Potter. Jason Isaacs is Lucius Malfoy and not in the lion king.

[@GourSmith]

No … He wasn’t the voice of Scar 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Jeremy *Irons* was.

[@balanc-joy9187]

7:35 No Veggie, they don't know (EDIT: I mean the Masons specifically. Some in the town are aware the Dursleys have another child, but it isn't brought up in any relevant way, and the first movie glossed over where the book brought it up. I apologize for any confusion from my response). I don't know if the extended version mentions it in the film, but in the book they excuse what happens as him being a "disturbed boy" and that they had reason to hide him due to that. Also, Veggie, I'll directly quote the joke right here: "An American goes to Japan to close a big business deal. The night before, he is very tense so he picks up a hooker in the hotel bar. She speaks no English, but they get their transaction settled and go to his room. In bed, she is wildly thrashing around screaming out a phrase in Japanese. The man figures she is loving it and tries to remember what she is yelling. The next day, he is playing golf with his Japanese customer. On the third tee, the Japanese man swings, the ball makes a beautiful arc, hits the green, bounces twice, rolls, and winds up right in the cup -- a hole in one! Thinking to impress his client, the man repeats the phrase he had heard so much the night before. The Japanese golfer eyes him and says, "What you mean.... wrong hole?"

[@resathe6760]

Hm, Vernon's business partners in this case don't know about Harry. But it is not that nobody knows he exists. He goes to a public school after all.

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@resathe6760 I wasn't saying _nobody_ knew he existed, just that the Masons didn't.

[@resathe6760]

@@balanc-joy9187 ok, I just thought because Veggie did ask if people know that Harry exists you meant everybody who knows the Dursleys

[@balanc-joy9187]

@@resathe6760 (I don't know why, but KZbin didn't notify me about this, good thing I checked) No, I meant the Masons specifically because Veggie, if I remember correctly, does bring up just the Masons knowing at some point, likely before saying people in general, and I was answering _that_ The general thing about people knowing I probably didn't even notice, so I can understand the confusion. Either I misunderstood what Veggie specifically was referring to, or was answering a slightly different question than you thought I was, so it was a simple miscommunication, no problem. EDIT: I just checked the moment I stamped, no, Veggie said people in general, but I mistakenly thought he was just referring to the Masons or people _invited over_ like they were, not the literal population in general of the town, or relatives like Marge or anything. My mistake, I apologize for the confusion. I was too focused on the specific scene to think about the generality of how Veggie said it would affect my response, whoops.

[@quackbock1018]

there are times where that hat places family in different houses. harry actually brings it up in the book for chamber of secrets about ginny surley getting into gryffindor since thats where all her family was sorted. but as ron points out its not always the case as one of the gryffindor girls in their year, parvati patil, has a twin sister padma who is in ravenclaw. though in the movies they have both the patil twins in gryffindor.

[@indreduobaite13]

These are truly my favorite reactions to Harry Potter!! I've seen most of them but the amount of interest and excitement I feel from you is just amazing to watch!! And it's so cool to be learning about all these famous British actors as I'm not originally from UK so these facts are all new to me

[@sarahe1491]

My high school drama teacher LOVED Kenneth Branagh as well, we watched so much of his work haha. And he is fantastic.

[@Rcmkney23]

I’m dying he made a note for the Japanese golfer joke lmao

[@Inferno90]

Much enjoying your HP reactions! You have a great sense of humor, and you're the only HP reactor I've seen so far to appreciate what an amazing cast this series has. So many big British names! Also, Severus Snape is one of the most interesting, complicated, multi-layered characters of this story 👍 He's probably my most fave literary characters of all time. Honestly can't wait to hear more of your thoughts on the series as you progress.

[@brandiarmstrong2902]

Couldn't quite distinguish what was said Re: Uncle Vernon (Monty), but that mix up alone makes me want to pop in my DVD copy of "A Series of Unfortunate Events." the guardian the orphaned kids go to after Count Olaf is named Montgomery Montgomery, but we in the audience know him a Uncle Monty.

[@cwennrich]

"They don't get darker than this." - Veggie Gamer after the Chamber of Secrets

[@maxhand1562]

They don't say in the movie, but the blood for the letters was chicken blood. Tom Riddle was having Ginny kill the Hogwarts chickens because the the crow of the rooster is fatal to the basilisk..

[@franl155]

Wandmaker John Hurt said that the phoenix whose feather is the core of Harry's wand gave one more feather, - and one only - which ended up in the wand that gave Harry that scar, so Voldemort and Harry have wands whose cores have a common origin. And each time the wand chose the wizard. The first film introduced the world to Harry and to use, establishing what that world was: now we can get into plot a lot more. Talking about the films getting darker: if you notice the Warner Brothers logo at the beginning of each film, they get darker too. I've never known a film logo change before, certainly not this much. There are vids that show the logos of each film and how they changed over the series.

[@FutureBereaAlumn]

The head of house is always a teacher. Percy Weasley is a prefect. A hall monitor esque role. The heads of house are as follows: Snape- Slytherin, Sprout- Hufflepuff, Flitwick- Ravenclaw, McGonagall- Gryffindor.

[@Anna13Tonks]

You have a gift for the camera, a lot of charisma. Also love your style, clothes and beard are on point 👌 P. S. I've watched Father Ted too 😱😂 wasn't expecting that reference haha

[@MansonShelly]

R.I.P Richard Harris, he was great Dumbledore. fun fact - he was "forced" to play in this movies. “I was asked about the part of Dumbledore, and I wasn’t going to do it for various reasons,” Harris revealed. “Then my granddaughter Ellie telephoned me and said, ‘Papa, if you don’t play Dumbledore, I will never speak to you again!’ So I didn’t have much choice in it.”

[@jaseaustin991]

Love these reactions. You’re seriously one of the most entertaining reactors that I’ve seen. And we get 6 more HPs after this one, Im so excited!!!

[@megdelany5688]

American here - I LOVE FATHER TED!!!

[@vedenalainen]

As I was watching this when the spider bit was on a tiny spider was walking all over my phone screen, on your face and everywhere 😂

[@twwdc]

It's not really explained in the film, but the car starts malfunctioning as they approach Hogwarts so Ron couldn't control it anymore.

[@balanc-joy9187]

11:46 Jason Isaacs plays Draco's Father Lucius if I remember correctly.

[@sailoraurora]

24:47 , no, the only place around that to get a new wand is Ollivanders', and sadly, at that moment with Weasley' finance, they couldn't afford to buy Ron a new wand (about 8 Galleons (gold coins) for a new wand - and Weasley bank vault had only one Galleon - used for children's study-supply already)

[@behindzerosp]

The actor playing Ron is actually arachnophobic XD so his reactions are genuine

[@GourSmith]

That doesn’t make the reactions *genuine* 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ He’s acting. The little spiders weren’t even real and the big ones were likely anamatronic.

[@beth-bi9yv]

Lol how animated you are watching these! Makes it so enjoyable to experience these movies via you!

[@EmpressMeg]

26:17 "That looked like he....properly ripped his..legs apart!" That's one way of putting it. My 9yo daughter outright says, "He smashed his funky beans!" 🤣

[@88nooddles]

Hey @Veggie Gamer at 31:21 the blonde boy, Ernie Macmillan, and the blonde girl, Hannah Abbott are Hufflepuffs. We met a Hufflepuff in the 1st movie Red hair girl Susan Bones, the one swooning next to Hermione in their first lesson with the Pixies, at 20:19 , was the 1st Hufflepuff known at 1st. ;)

[@lucifer68661]

Richard Harris died shortly before Harry Potter 2 was released and the role of Dumbledore was played by Michael Gambon from Harry Potter 3 onwards.