Very good graphics, pity about some parts of the story.

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2005)

To start on the bright side, the fourth movie in the Harry Potter series has got very good graphics - the dragon, the mer people and especially Lord Voldemort are very well done.
But those of the viewers who also read the book may be disappointed by the way the director has chopped op the book in a desperate attempt to squeeze all the story lines into one movie of acceptable length.
While the principle is sound (recreating all of the book would have lead to a movie of four hours length), you could argue about his choices. For example: The slowly igniting love-story between Ron and Hermione gets plenty of room in the dance, while the Quidditch World Cup literally zooms by from the opening scene in the stadium to the attack by Deatheaters.
Nevertheless, it is a good movie with nice play by the protagonists and you will probably leave the theater satisfied.