If only my vacuum cleaner sucked like this movie!

Rating: 4/10 (8 December 2005)

First, let me say I understand that it is impossible to make any book into a movie without bending the storyline(s) and/or reducing subplots. This is especially true for books as complex as the Harry Potter series, and I think the director -or whoever makes those decisions- did a fairly good job stripping the "Goblet of Fire".
My complaints about this movie are not that the Dursley and Weasley family scenes were left out or that Crouch's son appeared in Harry's dream. I neither missed Winky, Dobby or S.P.E.W., nor the conversations between Snape and Karkaroff, nor Ludo Bagman or even Sirius (to name just a few). However, here are some of my peeves:
I disliked the movie because it: generally sacrificed character interaction and development for CGI action scenes; dragged things out to the point where they became boring (Harry getting chased by the dragon) or annoying (the prefects' bathroom scene); added completely unnecessary scenes (the performances by the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students or Neville's outburst at the lake); and made any interaction between the sexes look awkward, embarrassing, or ridiculous.
I disliked the movie because it portrayed Dumbledore as a raving lunatic; turned the miserable, mean squib Argus Filch into the plucky comic relief guy; and made Minerva McDonagall a dance instructor - to give just a few examples.
Last but not least I disliked the movie for its bad colors and lighting. Come on, people, it is not the absence of light that makes a movie "dark", it is the content!