Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie- My thoughts….
November 19, 2005
Alright so I went to watch HP-4 movie for the 7 pm show at STC with my cousins and this is what I thought about the movie…
*They started off well with the Quidditch world cup and I really loved the way they showed the arena and introducing the players and all but they shortened it way too much that you tend to forget whether they even showed the world cup in the movie….I wish that scene was a little bit longer atleast showing some parts and showing the cup presentation and all.
*The importance given to the Tri Wizard tournament tasks were really less… Only the dragon egg task was shown properly but the other ones were quite overshadowed..especially the last task which didnt seem like a task at all except walking and running through the misty maze. They didnt show how the judges sat in front and gave points and all i wished they had all those portrayed becuase it was an international tournament but it didnt feel like that.
*Yule ball sucked. Was expecting more by looking at the movie stills before the movie came out but I dont know for some reason it lacked something.
*Very less importance to all the other charcters except Harry. Was good to see some importance given to brown characters Parvati and Padma Patil.
*Vickor Krum’s acting and Fleur’S qualities explained in the book lacked in the movie and the guy who portrayed Vicktor Krum didnt impress me with his acitng skills. Mad eye moody impressed me. As sophie said Albus irritated me with the rubber band on his beard and his dirty coloured cloak. The other actors were alright…
* The part I truly enjoyed about the movie was after harry and Cedric touch the Tri wizard cup which turned out to be a port key. From that point I really enjoyed the movie with all the anger from Voldermort and the duel between Harry and Voldermort and all the events surrounding it was all good. And the death of Cedric and all the finals elements of the movie were really well done.
Overall a good movie better than the third one. Go watch it guys but dont expect to get the magical fealing, the fun and the eagerness the book gives you.
YOU WATCHED IT!! YOU WATCHED IT!!?!?!?? SO LUCKY!!!! waAH!!! DUE TO WORKLOADS I COULDN”T GO!!!! T.T
Regarding comment: hahah I like that song!! I’m not crazy over the film, its just one of them which deserves my respect for it! =)
Comment by Steph — November 21, 2005 @ 6:05 am
I mostly agree with your review, however the one comment I am itching to disagree with is the one about the Yule ball. I thought it was great. When the great hall was decorated and the band was playing it seemed quite *ahem* magical.
I found this movie too plot driven, as they had a whole 734 pages to cover in 2.5 hours, although the brief emotional moments (such as Harry asking Cho to the ball,
) were nice.
Much of the Triwizard tournament was definitely rushed (another example) at the end of the second task, it looked to me like Harry only pulled Ron to the surface, right before Dumbledore announced that he had recieved second place for his bravery.
I also remember disliking the graveyard scene at the end of the book, here it was better but definitely not my favourite.
Comment by andrew — November 22, 2005 @ 2:14 pm