The best of the Potter movies but not perfect

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2006)

Three first Potter movies were disappointments. The first two were just boring and the third one was imbalanced. So, I didn't expect much of the Goblet of Fire. Surprisingly it appeared to be a quite good movie.
The best thing about TGOF is that it's a coherent and straightforward picture. The story just doesn't jump from scene to scene without even trying to make a complete and logical movie. That was a problem with the three first picture. But in TGOF story moves on easily and it's well-built and understandable. Of course they have had to delete many of the characters and story lines, but I think is a good thing. The world of Harry Potter may now seem more limited than in books but the movie works better when there are no too more subplots and filmmakers can concentrate to the main story.
The movie is action-packed and there are none boring moments. Although it's over 150 minutes long, it never felt too long and that's a good thing about movies that are as long. The critical points of the story are made well and effectively. Especially I like the Yule Ball scene. It captives funny and understandably the first steps on relations between teenager boys and girls, when their hormones are running and the opposite gender are beginning to be interested in but they're still too inexperienced to handle this.
Of course, TGOF has its flaws.It's still too superficial view to the world of Harry Potter. It also suppose that viewers have read the book so it does not explain well some very important moments. The ones, who have not read the novel, may be very lost when watching picture. I was also disappointed about ending. It was just too easy. In the book, end was dark and it makes you shiver. In the movie, you just felt that nothing important really happened. Also characters act like everything that happened really meant nothing.
I am very unsatisfied the young actors. Radcliffe is still monotonous as Harry, and Watson and Grint overact. The adult actors instead are good in their roles. Two of them deserves a special mention: Gleason is hilarious as Moody and Fiennes is a marvelous Voldemort. He apparently scares the hell out of kids.
In conclusion, TGOF is the best Potter movie but not the perfect one. The book is, again, much much better.