Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

November 18, 2005

Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 157 min Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Goblet of Fire is the best of the 4 Harry Potter movies so far and if this is any indication, they will only get better. Director Mike Newell went a different direction with the tone of the characters and the scenery than previous directors Columbus and Cuaron did and it worked to perfection. This being the 4th book, the overall tone of the story is getting darker and darker, so the movie really needed to capture that feeling of dread that the books bring to life so well. You know something bad is going to happen but you keep reading to find out just how bad it’s going to get, Newell brought that to life… too bad he only gets to direct this one.

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire On to the story at hand - Unlike the previous 3 where you get to see humor first; Harry and the Dursleys and their antics, this chapter goes the other direction - GOF starts out with a very creepy dream sequence! Harry wakes up only to find he is safely tucked away with his favorite family the Weasleys and instead of being dead, as in his dream, he is on his way to the Quidditch World Cup. This is where our story kicks off with a bang. While at the match (that’s what Brit’s call football games) the gang, get over run by the henchmen of Lord Voldemort known as ‘Death Eaters’. The Death Eaters burn the camp and search high and low for Harry so they can deliver him to the dark lord, so he can get his long awaited revenge against the only person to survive his dreaded killing curse. This is all very complicated if you haven’t seen the previous 3 movies or read the books so if you are lost - I suggest you get that Netflix queue lined up and see the first 3 before seeing this one because it gets even more complicated as we go.

The Next chapter picks up as the school year is beginning. Dumbledore announces to the students that they will be hosting 2 other Wizarding schools students throughout the year and that this was going to be a very special occasion. The occasion he speaks of is a competition involving one student from each school called the Tri-Wizard tournament. The only condition is that each competitor must be of legal age to compete so no one under the age of 17 will be permitted. This is a Harry Potter story so you know the rules change or else we wouldn’t be talking about this. Anywhoo, Harry winds up being chosen along with a boy from Hogwarts named Cedric Diggery, a very (soon to be) hot chick named Fleur, and last a big oafish looking guy named Viktor. Each of the 4 will participate in 3 dangerous tasks and the winner will be the champion… so on and so forth for about 2 more hours.

This movie is very good. It has amazing special effects, decent acting with the exception of Watson - who overacts constantly, and last but not least a very mature story that was adopted perfectly from the best selling book. In short; I will see it again and once it makes the DVD run I will be one of the first to buy it because it is that damn good. It is very late in the year so I might even go so far as to say it might get attention form the Academy� Not that we care what they think. Remember we have our own awards and they are much better�cough� Cro-Magnons this January..cough!

Posted by J.C. Edwards | Filed Under 5 Stars, Action, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, PG-13, Rupert Grint, Theatrical