just get Dumbledore right - PLEASE!

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2005)

Yes, a lot is left out: you can't condense a 636-page book into 2.5 hour movie without losing a lot (unless it's a VERY dull book, which Goblet of Fire isn't...). Go see it for what IS in there, then re-read the book.
The "adolescent" actors are maturing way faster than they should: tough, you can't make movies that fast, and I for one am very glad they are remaining. The adult actors as ever turn in adult and convincing performances - you just gotta love Alan Rickman's Snape. Sorry, *Professor* Snape.
BUT...
What the (expletive) are "they" thinking of with Dumbledore, eh? Is it script, actor or director? Has no-one working on the last two movies noticed that they have Dumbledore UTTERLY WRONG, and that this will have disastrous consequences in later movies? I can just see the end of Half-Blood Prince with THIS performance - "ho hum, big surprise - NOT".
Book Dumbledore: calm, the ONLY wizard of whom Voldemort is afraid, unfazed by anything that occurs, quietly spoken, always in control.
Movie Dumbledore: agitated, bumbling, taken aback by events, PHYSICALLY VIOLENT (fer cryin' out loud!), and perpetually on the ragged edge of hysteria.
NO NO NO NO NO! READ THE BOOKS, guys - ALL of them. Every word. Ask fans. Ask, for goodness sake, JKR herself. Find out what Dumbledore is there for, and why he is that way. THEN
GET
HIM
RIGHT!
(This movie would rate 10/10 if he were right - yes, for a true Potter fan, it DOES make that much difference)