Not that great tbh, could've been much much better

Rating: 3/10 (28 April 2020)

The Harry Potter movie where they all had long hair and everyone had awkward love scenes.
Disclaimer: I never grew up on the Harry Potter series nor have I read the books. So my review may be biased.
Given the source material and worldbuilding, this movie could have been much better. We are introduced to many new things in this movie like the quidditch world cup, a cool tournament, and Voldemort. Yet this film focuses too much on flash instead of substance.
There are some undeniably cool scenes, but they make no sense once revisited upon second thought. How are the death eaters able to attack a WORLD tournament so easily, especially when EVERYONE is armed with a potentially lethal weapon? How come we haven't been introduced to other schools before and how come we never hear from them again? Also, why TF should anyone care about Cedric? He has never been introduced to the series before.
I appreciate that this film is the first of the series to receive a PG-13 rating and has darker themes than previous movies. Yet, the love stops there. It felt more like a self-service for fanboys/girls and nothing more. This film by itself cannot be a good standalone movie.
And don't get me started on the awkward "love" scenes that this film tries to incorporate in it. Felt forced and was bleugh.
1.5/5. Some good moments. Some cool new things to add to the Potterverse. Introduction of the long-awaited antagonist. But nothing much else outside of that.