Rating of
3.5/4
Still getting better
TheWolf - wrote on 07/24/07
The movie is amazing. I will admit that anyone that is a die hard fan of the books, and want the films to follow the exact path of the novels is going to complain. Mike Newell's screenplay writer took a lot of liberties with this film and decided to change some things up to keep time within reason. The sad thing is that after Christopher Colombus left this is the second replacement director, and also the second screenwriter to make a number of adjustments to an already good story. The first reason for the adjustments was to fill all of the holes that were left or story lines that were never touched upon that were suppsoed to be in the previous film. Then to keep it moving, there was a lot of hack and slash of certain plot points that could have been left in without dramatically increasing the length of the film. After introducing Gary Oldman in the last movie, I was annoyed to see that they cut out the majority of what he would have to do with this film. Again the effects were amazing, and I would highly recommend this to most people, just be sure to watch all the films before it to get a better understanding of the relationships between Harry, Hermione and Ron.
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Manda - wrote on 03/09/09 at 04:48 PM CT
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review comment
The book is certainly better but this is definetly my favorite of the movies. I feel like it completely different from the rest. You see a lot of Harry's personal problems, such as his confidence. Although he can fight Voldemort time after time he still has a hard time asking a girl out. I really enjoy the action scenes and believe they were really well done. The Yule Ball scene was great, and it is my favorite, but there was something missing. I can't put my finger on it but it was just odd. …
