Criminaly Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (13 May 2007)

Turning an extremely popular fantasy book into a movie is never easy (especially if its over 600 pages long). Of course I have read the book, which probably made my expectations unfairly high. Even so this film still fell way below what I had hoped for.
There is nothing terribly wrong in the Goblet of the Fire. The cast is good, the effects are well done and there is a fairly solid story line. However so much is cut out from the book and this leaves a gaping hole in the story. Daniel Radcliffe has barely improved since the first movie, which is a shame because most of the cast are excellent.
There is nothing extraordinary throughout the whole film and although I wouldn't call it a drag I wouldn't call it exciting either. What I can't believe is that this film has a rating of 7.8 Are you trying to tell me that this extremely mediocre film is better than for example most James Bond films? Because thats what the ratings say.
If you do watch this try not to think of the book because it was always going to be vastly inferior. It isn't bad but it isn't good either and considering the expectation, cast and budget I would call this film a flop.