I love how Arthur Weasley arrives home, sees a kid he doesn’t recognize, asks “who are you?” and when the response he gets is “Harry Potter” he simply moves past the fact that one of the most famous wizards in the world has suddenly appeared in his kitchen and goes on with life as if this is a perfectly normal occurrence.

It always weirds me out how once harry messes up with the flu powder, no one says the same thing to go and help him out or anything, they're just like "meh, I'm sure he'll make his own way back to us at some point, let's go see the sexy wizard ☺️☺️"

I just think its so hilarious that lucius was so angry someone tricked him into freeing his slave that he tried to murder a literal child. Harry's barely 13 and his first instinct is to release the killing curse onto him 😭😭

whats worse is that in the movie they just fly out of the chamber. So, somewhere in the forest there's just a gaping hole leading directly to this chamber in the school.

So the reason Dumbledore hired Lockhart was because for one, it was considered a cursed role and there were not many candidates in the first place. But mostly, he knew all along that Lockhart was a fraud, and made a successful living off of stealing credit from people Dumbledore actually knew. So he wanted to expose him publicly.

Elvis looks so proud of himself when he explains the function of a rubber duck.

Probably the funniest goof in the "book to movie" transition was that the piece of paper about the Basilisk says on it that the crow of a rooster can kill it, but they cut the part where Hagrid mentions all the rooster have been killed (by Ginny?), meaning that in the movie, they could have just brought a few roosters with them and the Basilisk would instantly die...

I love how only like 3 kids get petrified from seeing the 100 foot long demon snake cruising through school halls

Dude, you better believe that if there were cupcakes floating in front of me, I'd totally eat them.

I love how Dumbledore's basically like 'You had a pet spider once. So, I'm sending you to magical Guantanamo Bay. Get fucked, Hagrid!'

Weird to think about but when Lucius was about to kill harry with the killing curse he would’ve actually destroyed voldemorts horcrux without knowing it. And harry would’ve survived the killing curse again. So he’d probably become national phenomenon for being “immune to killing curses” only to have it tested out and then he’d die 😂.

Lockhart releasing pixies onto his class really makes me question why he was so popular within the universe itself. Canonically, he’s an author and celebrity within the Wizarding World, so that’s probably why he became the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Ron grew up in the Wizarding World, he should’ve known like a dozen different methods to get both him and Harry to Hogwarts. They could’ve sent an owl, or wait for his parents to come back to the car, or take the Knight Bus and have Harry pay the fare. Instead he decided to commit grand theft auto, so can you blame Molly for sending a howler?

This was my first HP movie ever and when I watched it as a little kid I was astounded by the world and creeped out by the "Murder mystery" aspect of the plot. To this day it still holds a special place in my heart regardless of its flaws, the Columbus Potter movies have always had their own timeless charm

I will always love and remember Chamber of Secrets. My cousin had won a radio contest and got 6 tickets as a result. All my immediate cousins and I went to go see it and having the theatre filled with Potter fans all equally excited felt magical at the time.

One thing I realized only recently is that Lucious Malfoy starts to say Avada Kedavra right after he realizes that Dobby had been freed. He was 100% about to kill a teenaged boy in broad daylight just because he lost his house elf lol

Chamber of Secrets has a special place in my heart - I have this distinct memory of being like 7-8 years old and it was on cable TV and I wanted to watch it so bad. My dad absolutely refused because it was my bedtime (I threw a fit about it lmao) but later on I snuck out to the living room and sneakily watched it from behind his recliner and thought I was so slick. I think that memory holds this movie in a higher regard for me, probably top 3 for me 👽 Edit: after further thought: Top 2 🙂

first 2 harry potter movies are the best in my opinion. may be nostalgia talking but i love the way everyone was played.

For me personally, this is my favourite Harry Potter movie

I love Alan Rickman, he really gave it his all in this role. He was a prolific actor. It saddened me when he died.

What gets me in this movie is that i watched it half a dozen times and never understood they changed the Dumbldore actor till i saw it mentioned online many years after.

Didn't even mention how hard that owl must of smashed against its cage..

I actually like the first two Harry Potter films the most out of the entire series. While Sorceror’s Stone feels Christmas-y, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban have definite Halloween vibes. Chamber of Secrets is the final film to have a whimsical feel to it. While you could argue that JK Rowling started getting darker with the Chamber of Secrets installment, both the films and books kick it into high gear with Prisoner of Azkaban, which has its pros and cons. I wish the story had remained somewhat whimsical like the first two installments, because the price you pay in making things more serious and mature is that now every aspect of world-building and character facet and decision made is going to be looked at with far more scrutiny, thus unraveling the story bit by bit as you realize this world is all sorts of fucked up with no one advocating for any change or reform because of “tradition”.

Personal fan theory: the reason Lockhart was DADA teacher was because 1. Dumbledore knew it was a cursed position and 2. He had dirt on Lockhart and saw him as an expendable asset. So he blackmailed Lockhart into being professor for a year. Totally in line with dumbledores psychology too

If I’m remembering correctly, Dumbledore hired Lockhart, because the defense against the dark arts position was cursed by Voldemort. Pretty sure he hired him just to troll him.

It’s crazy how Lucious was about to use THE DEATH CURSE on Harry right outside dumboldore’s office

Elvis: “this movie sucks, I love it”

The fact that Dumbledore knew they were there implies that he's more perceptive than Death.

Chamber of secrets is my favorite. I think it has to do with the fact that it’s a mystery and it involves a monster killing people

Lockhart was hired as a teacher by Dumbledor on purpose. In the books it is revealed that one of his friends was a victim of Lockhart's oblivion charms and Lockhart sold a story by that friend as his own and Dumbledor also knew the story and knew that Lockhart did not experience the story himself but from his friend stole. He wanted to bring him to Hogwarts to find out his secret of how he did it and probably also to be able to convict him as a liar.

What I always thought was weird is that the chamber was built like a thousand years ago, but the entrance is in a sink with modern plumbing?

I’m so sorry with what happened to your long multi-film video! I watched all of it, but I’m still gonna go back and watch/comment on all of these to try and help you break even! ^^

I thought the flu powder joke was that he went in the direction diagonally instead of diagon alley, and that nocturn alley was the nearest destination in that direction? That's how I took it. This was the first of the films I properly watched all the way through, and it's always been one of my faves. I didn't really think they'd be for me til I just caught this on TV.

Personal theory: In the book, Harry chokes on ash while trying to speak and mucks up the word. In the movie he's clearly nervous, and rushes out the words. The Floo powder is password activated. If the owner of the Curiosity Shop that Harry ends up in set his password to "diagonally", thinking it would be a hard word to guess by mistake, that would make almost perfect sense. The only contrived part is that he ended up in a location both easily accessible from Diagon Alley, and that Hagrid found him before he could get mugged. This is ignoring the fact that nobody tried to follow him, with the explanation of "we hoped you had only gone one grate too far!" which means that they took a chance on Harry being hopelessly lost or killed, on the possibility he was at the intended destination.

'The sock 'em bop 'em tree' lmao

Nerd fact about the snake language, in the book Harry didnt notice he was speaking another language all he heard was him asking the snake not to attack the other kid Even harry was confused that he could speak a language but not know he was actually speaking it at the time

The "lil baby man" edit for the mandrake scene absolutely killed me lol. Great video, I'm excited for your take on the next movie since it's my favorite movie. The fourth is my favorite book.

I just love how comedically Madamme Pomfrey's medicine for Harry was called skele-grow... with bone-fide results lmaoo

I love The Chamber of Secrets

i already watched the original video but i'm rewatching these out of spite towards youtube and goodwill towards you elvis the alien

I liked the first two HP movies because it’s like Columbus remembered that colour existed. I get that the bleak, saturated look by Cuaron was praised and it suited the effect that the dementors had on the characters… but man, after five more films bleached out by the same drab greys… it made half the series feel so homogenous.

2:30 He says Diagon Alley in a way that sounds like diagonally, so he goes the direction diagonal

bless you for all your hardwork elvis!

There's a theory that Dumbledore hired Lockhart in order to let Harry see what would happen if fame is handled negatively since Harry's celebrity status just shot up even further after his first year.

You beauty! Keep getting these out everyday.

Tells the kid to speak clearly, he says "diagonally", he's lucky he didn't end up halfway through a wall

This one will always hold a special place in my heart because it's the movie-era in which my broke ass family pity-subscribed to the Scholastic Book Club for HP for me. I got so many cool toys and memorabilia from this book/movie at the time.

i loved all of dumbledore’s passwords for his office. i’m pretty sure they were all candy themed if i remember correctly.

Apparently Dumbledor hired Lockhart to teach at the school so that he would expose himself as a charlatan

So many people hate this film! But it was MY FAVORITE ONE! XD Harry fought the Basilisk in this one and that was awesome!

read the booooooooooks man. I was so pumped when you did separate videos for these! Classics. I rewatch them all the time.

Elvis is totally looking at this thru adult eyes 😂 I love it.

They couldn't find the Chamber because Salizar made it and enchanted it to protect it from being found. His spells to keep it hidden were better than theirs to find it.

I watched the first video while eating dinner yesterday.. watching the second while on lunch. Thanks Alien

Thank you for that Pixies edit Mr. Alien that was funny

A few question that arose, i tried to answer. Given that most of it is actually answered in the movies themselves but also in the books and on pottermore. *First, why Lockhart and why is he so popular?* _He's popular because he's a pretender. He makes others, especially other women, think that he's a big deal. As seen in the movie and stated in the books, men don't take so kindly to him, figuring him out pretty fast. And yes, Dumbledore knew from the very beginning. As well as most, if not all, teachers did. So why did Dumbledore chose him? Well one one hand, because this job is said to be cursed and only a fool or someone very brave would take it, and on the other hand because Dumbledore knew he was a fraud and that sat right with his plans._ *Second, Why did nobody follow harry with floo powder, when he pronouced the alley wrong?* _Actually, they couldn't. If you mess this up, you get sent.. Somewhere. (within the connected spots, of course.) But, of course, harry being harry, he was so lucky that he was sent just a few meters to the wrong side._ *Third, why could harry not understand/figure himself speaking parsel?* _In fact he did understand what he was sayin' just not that he used another language. Mostly, because he hasn't learned yet - that he's a parseltongue but also because of the horkrux that resides within him, granting him all this in the firsthand. Later, in the same movie, too, he starts getting a feel for actively starting to speak parsel on will._ *Fourth, Does the cloak muffle sound? and Why could Dumbledore see them?* _No, it doesn't muffle sound, as seen in the first movie and as described in the first book. In the Book, they reside in the far corner of Hagrid's hut, not as close as in the movie shown. And yes, Dumbledore could see them, for he can see through most of those 'Devices', as well as that he can turn invisible without a cloak like that, as said in the first movie and book. Why he can see through this, a bit more of a question. Mostly because he had all the time to uncover the secrets of harry's cloak, given the special interest Dumbledore had in it, given that it's one of the three deathly hallows. Most likely, there's a way to see through this, and dumbledore found it. I mean it's Dumbledore. The reason behind basically everything in every movie and book._ *Fifth, why did Hagrid F up the thing with the spiders?* _First and foremost, with him and dumbledore gone, Aragog basically is the only one that knows what really happened. So he didn't have much of a choice, really. And second, Hagrid, being Hagrid, didn't think of that Aragog would do something. Not only because this is how Hagrid's character was written, no, but because Aragog only ever met Hagrid, whom he was nice to... SO Hagrid figured.. Yeah._ *Sixth, why did they never find the chamber of secrets?* _Well, they may have magic, but the other side had magic, too, you know? And the only way to find and to open the chamber is with parsel, which nobody was able to speak, naturally, nobody could ever locate it. There's a good chance dumbledore knew about the whereabouts but Couldn't open it for that it was sealed with older, more powerful magic that could not be broken by sheer will or force, as shown in later movies where they had to follow Voldemorts riddles in order to gain access to the cave, for example. The same old, powerful type of magic. And even if they'd force the sink away with bombada or something, there would have been nothing, most likely.. Because magic._ *Seventh, why does a Basilisk still have venom?* _First and foremost, because it's a snake and a lot of snakes, even some that don't 'kill' with their bite have venom, even if it's very weak. Second, it's a very, very old race of snakes. Back some couple thousand years ago, a lot more animals where venomous, even when it is/was so weak, it doesn't affect a grown human at all. And third, it's because for the later plot, and yes, not only the diary but also in the deathly hallows, they use the teeth of the basilisk to destroy horkruxes. As described in the movie and books._ *Eightthfthfht, Fawkes??* _I think that he was sent by dumbledore, together with the hat. Not sure if actively, given Dumbledore can just... Go where he wants, if we remember... Dumbledore, y'know, but also possible that he told fawkes to act the part once something specific happens or at a specific time that he predicted. Not sure, only that, most likely, he was sent by Dumbledore together with the hat to aid harry. Tho, at least in the book, dumbledore acted kind of surprised and touched as harry told him he called the sowrd to his side, tho i believe this was due to Dumbledore having a moment to realize how much harry must like him and be loyal not only to him but also to his house, gryffindor, that he could have called the sword down there. Especially given that Dumbledore was plotting his plot already, back then._

Love these!

it said in the books it is very hard to find someone to take the defense against the dark arts position if i remember correctly. Due to the position being cursed

It’s my personal headcanon that Dumbledore hired Lockheart to teach the students a lesson about ego

It's my favorite. The one I hate the most was Goblet of Fire.

TWO harry potter elvis videos in under 24 hours? i’m gonna shit myself

Tbh. This is my favorite movie in the series, purely for nostalgic reasons. Loved it as a kid, my first Red Carpet premiere, and loved the PS2 game. It has a special place in my heart

4:40 that's why he's the *boy who lived*

Heck ya, part 2 let's goooooo

I'd say this is probably my favourite movie from when I was a kid. It's just so, idk, it has that perfect blend of childlike wonder and horror, they do go hand in hand. Subsequent movies were a bit too edgy for me, I still love em, but this is that transitional movie between those two tones that hits it just right for me.

I could get behind daily posts! Keep up the great work!

Rubber duck exists so programmers can explain concepts to it

Man, I've been following you for so long. Love your vids my dude, saw you sponsored Indimaus to that was awesome. Hope all the luck to you and the wife !

Now Mr Elvis....you're gonna spoil us with the multiple uploads 😂❤ i love it lol

This is my favourite movie of the entire series. I loved the emphasis on mystery and I felt that Harry was very independent in a good way in this movie. There was serious moments, but also straight up goofy stuff like Gilderoy Lockhart etc. All in all, really fun family movie and great continuation from 1st movie

Gilderoy Lockhart was someone I always kind of wanted to see fail upwards. A bumbling egotist that would need to more and more cleverly justify his existence as a teacher at Hogwarts while also being karmically punished for lying. I thought he was great.

It's a fun movie. I love it. Alfonso coming on for the 3rd film was great though. He definitely gave the series a darker more adult feel and look.

This was my hands down favourite

18:20 bruh this got me reeling lmao

Dobby is a force to be trifled with. He is the strongest boss in all years of Lego Harry Potter. Don't mess with him.

neville longbottom is actually professors sprout's favorite student. Idk if that makes it worse or funnier she said to just leave his ass on the ground.

Since you asked, Dobby loves Harry because he hated the Voldemort years and is much happier since Voldy disappeared due to Harry aka "the boy who lived". It's explained in the books. Also, he knows what Lucius Malfoy has planned which is why he wants to stop Harry going to Hogwarts. He doesn't want him killed and the death eaters returning to power.

This one is my favorite, I like that isn't super dark I also like that it has a golden hour effect rather than a dark gray color pallet like the sequels

Who else thought Moaning Myrtle was Daniel Radcliffe in a wig?

I love your takes on the many plot holes in this charming series. A thoroughly entertaining, but very flawed series.

I feel personally attacked this was and still is my favorite Harry Potter movie

There is 1 muggle item Arthur NEEDS to know about. A Condom. (Tell him to not re-use it and tell molly to not "just wash it out")

Never underestimate how thick in the hesd crabbe and goyle are lol. Plus they're probably so used to floating stuff by now

Hogwarts has Ghosts, remember? The castle literally is teaming with them..... The Professors and Dumbledore could of had them scour the entire castle from top to bottom in search of the Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore could have gathered the memories of the Ghosts to fully map the castle, including every secret built within (including the Chamber of Secrets). A Ghost could've found the Chamber and be like "I found the girl, she's here [uses Penseiv to plot a safe route to where Ginny was].

Nah man this is my favorite movie, the whole mistery and the secrets, the girl that died its so good

You missed Lucious straight up saying "Avada" to Harry. He was about to kill the series right outside Dumbledore's office

My favourite Harry Potter film.

TheCarlinBrothers have a cool theory video on Dumby's plan for Harry spanning all the books (and movies), and yes, Gilderoy's employment is included. Definitely recommended. You could say that it's weird how Harry and Ron applaud Hagrid's return considering, but at least Hagrid didn't think Aragog was gonna kill 'em, contra Dobby, who didn't wanted Lucius to to harm Harry after Harry had set Dobby free...

I'mma leave my Oldboy request right here and continue watching, thanks for the upload Elvis

6:40 when you haven't read the books and don't realize NO ONE WOULD take the defense against the dark arts position. That's why Dumbledore settled for the idiot.

A new video in less than 24 hours OH MY GOD. Thank you ayylien

The "actual" mythological basilisk was supposed to be like 30 cm and his stare could kill as well as his vemon being so impossibly toxic that killing one with a lance on horse back would even kill the horse, not just you

2:31 he ends up in nocturne alley instead of diagon alley because he says "diagonally" and the flu powder makes him literally go in a diagonal direction from his starting location, nocturne alley must be at some diagonal angel from the house in which he uses the flu powder in

My favorite 'oops' moment of that movie is how they changed it so that Lucius Malfoy is literally about to use an illegal spell to murder Harry right in front of everyone in that hallway, instead of just hit him with his cane or something like in the book. And nobody calls him on it or anything.

The use of the Harry Potter game music in the background is top tier.

Hope all of this gets monetize dude keep it up

Idk if anybody answered already, but Dobby was sent there by Lucius to stop him from going to Hogwarts. Not to protect him, but to prevent him from stopping Voldemort. He was about to be resurrected using the notebook, it was all planned ahead. On the way Dobby started liking him and betrayed Lucius, that's why he was about to whip his arse.

That was my favorite movie too 😢

I always thought how much this movie didnt make sense

This movie scared tf outa me when I was a kid. Idk why but I remember being afraid of the scenes where Harry spoke in the snake language.