"Goblet of Fire" Review Thread

[HedwigX]

Post your reviews here, Schmoes.

My verdict: 10/10, (I'll post a full review at some point.)

[War Movie Mania]

I typed this up pretty fast, so I may add more later.

Spoilers, read at your own risk!!!


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:

Wow! What a movie! This really blew everything out of the water. It is everything I ever could have wanted from a Harry Potter movie. Let me start off by saying how I felt about the first 3 HP movies.

HP: Sorcerors Stone 6.5/10
HP: Chamver of Secrets 7/10
HP: Prisoner of Azkaban 8/10

Every movie so far has gotten much better, and Goblet of Fire is no exception. This movie has an AMAZING background. From the moment it started, I was hooked.

The World Cup scene was utterly amazing, that they could have made an entire movie about that game alone. I was disapointed that they didn't show the actual game, but for the sake of time I understood the sacrifice.

We see very little of the classroom in this movie. Infact, the only classroom we see is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Moody. The actor pulled this character off amazingly.

I was surprised at the very limited role Snape played in this movie too, he had very few lines which was sort of disapointing.

Dumbledore, is well, the same old Dumbledore. All the champions played their roles excellently. Fleur Decour was played perfectly in my opinion, and quite hot I might add. Viktor Krum wasn't as good as the rest, but still did a good job. I'll talk about Cedric below.

Hermoine and Ron were back with their usual bickering. And I was very happy with both their performances, especially Ron's who was no longer annoying in this film, infact he was very funny.

Voldemort... well Voldemort was actually the most disapointing character in the film for me. I was really looking forward to seeing Ralph Fiennes in this role, but to be honest, If someone had told me that was Ralph Fiennes I wouldn't believe them if I hadn't already seen the casting. I wish they hadn't used so much make up and made his face more normal looking.

Now, the performances that made this movie for me was Cedrick Diggory and Harry Potter. Both of them were perfect in this movie. I was in tears when Cedrick and Harry were ported back to Hogwarts after the scene with Voldemort. That's a pretty good accomplishment to make me cry in a movie.

The 2 and 30 minute length didn't bother me at all, at no point in this movie did it feel slow or boring. The pacing is actually quiet nice, and the special effects are (dare I anger a fan boi?) much better than Lord of the Rings or Star Wars (Except for Ep. 3).

Everyone must go see this movie immediately!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 9.5/10

[inglourious basterd]

I may or may not type up a full review (so bogged down by work at the moment). But I just want to say that I enjoyed this movie immensely even though much of the character development was cut from the movie (for the sake of making this a 2.5 hour movie).

But even though there was character development cut out, I think that this movie did an incredible job of making all of the characters feel human. And that is an improvement that I really didn't expect.

It seemed that all of the actors were asked to step up a notch in their acting performances. Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint did just that. Rupert Grint had a certain charisma that he lacked in the past films. He was no longer the whiny, annoying character that he was. Emma Watson lost the whiny attitude as well and she was brilliant at times. Unfortunately, at other times, her acting seemed amateurish. In those times, when drama was required, she overacted and overstressed certain lines. Dan Radcliffe was a surprise and I feel that he had an inspired performance. His emotions were completely believable in this movie. He has made huge steps as an actor. Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) also was well played and I look forward to seeing more of Katie Leung (Cho Chang) in HP5.

If you guys have the opportunity, please do yourself a favor and check it out at the closest IMAX screen. It wont be on IMAX screens for long as it will be replaced by Polar Express 3D in the near future (which is also very cool).

Seeing the Quiddich world cup on a 70x84 screen backed up by 12000 watts of sound was fucking incredible and was worth the price of admission in its own right. I won't even speak about how awesome it was to feel the powerful subwoofers as the horntail was about to decapitate Harry. This movie fit the format perfectly. Even the dark mark looked amazing (the film was remastered digitally in order to be high resolution on IMAX screens). It magnificently filled the frame over its 5800 square feet of screen space (that is over a mile!). And despite my concerns previously, it was not too much screen for me to handle. The experience was so perfect that I will reiterate it again. See it in an IMAX theater. See it in an IMAX theater. I was blown away by this film.

[MonkeyGoat]

I LOVED the movie!! 10/10

I agree, the movie went by very quickly, I had no idea how long it was till we left the theater.

Snape's role was very small and Sirius' as well. Especially since they are such an integral part of the next two books.

I would have preferred Sam Neil as Mad Eye. And Crouch jr. was very creepy.

I was impressed with Fiennes as Voldemort, he does evil very well, and slightly sexy.

I thought this was the best directing on a Harry Potter film yet! Having a British director makes the most sense. He knows what British school life is really like, and the weather too. He kept the pace going very well and set up the scenes nicely.

I highly reccommend to all Potter fans. Don't let the editing get to you though, just have fun. See it as more of an explanation of the book rather than a telling.