My thoughts on GoF (****Warning CONTAINS SPOILERS****)

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2005)

My thoughts on GoF I just went to see GoF yesterday and can I just say that this may be the best HP movie yet, tying (sp?) with PoA.
Note: If you haven't seen GoF yet....stop reading here because I think I am giving away what I think are the best parts of the movie.
My favorite parts of the movie: too numerous to mention, but here are a few highlights: The beginning with the snake, Nagini (great name for a baby IMO), which moves right along into the appearance of the Holy Trinity---er, um, Trio. Man, is Rupert Grint getting fit all of a sudden?
Plus that short Quidditch sequence reminded of a cross between the Super Bowl, The X Games, and World Cup Soccer, all in one. Now if they had a brawl, that would have been awesome and funny.
The Twins, pure frat boys, those two. What Warner Brothers need to do is give James and Oliver Phelps their own movie!
How about the fallout between Harry and Ron and the crazy makeup afterward? All I can say is leave it to men ('cause, let's face it, Dan and Rupert are practically men at this point!) to find ways NOT to say "oops what a jackass I was to doubt you!" "Hey it wasn't like I had told you in the beginning it wasn't me!" I loved how Ron turned that skid around to make it look like he told Harry about the dragons...and loved Hermione's response: "Boys!"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
The Three Tasks sequences were dark and lovely, esp. when Harry fought that dragon outside the stadium. That dragon was like the Energizer Bunny, it just kept going and going and going.....until Harry kicked his ass!
The Yule Brawl, I mean, Ball was cool. I loved how it started all classy and everything and went all dark and alternative with the appearance of the Weird Sisters. I wished my prom had been like that. Man, the sparks that flew between Ron and Hermione was enough to start a five alarm fire.
I noticed how cool Ron was and how insanely angry Hermione was, and then I got to thinking "Rupert is a Virgo in real life and Virgos tend to stay away from arguments, especially when they know they are gonna get ugly. Since I don't know Emma's sign, my guess is she might be a Scorpio, because we Scorps love confrontation, and as much as we love that, we also love being the Drama Queens too."
Right now the only perfect song that could have gone with this sequence would have been "Careless Whisper" by George Michael. (Trust me on this, just listen to the lyrics and think about this sequence when you do)
The entrance of the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons...Everybody say "Soul Train." Even I was jamming to their entrances! And did you see how Ron was checking out the Beauxbatons.....you could almost hear him say "Damn!"
Now to the two scenes that are gonna cause controversy if they keep talking about too much (which makes what I am about to say utterly pointless and redundant):
When Rita Skeeter (love that name along with Nagini and Fritzy Rodriguez, not a character, but a name I came across one day) interviews HP for the Daily Prophet and they go into that cramped broom closet....was it just me or was she seriously coming onto Harry? The only thing that came to my mind was "Meeeeee andddd Mrs.,Mrs Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs Jones.....we got a thing going on!" (That's from an early '70's song, if anybody is old enough to remember that song.)
The Hot Tub scene with Moaning Myrtle....I can see why she was moaning!!! She was trying to get a peek at Harry's----ahem----"goods."
Go on Myrtle, Go on with your bad dead self!
No wonder they made this thing PG-13. Next thing you know she'll being propositioning him, a la "The Graduate" ("Why, Moaning Myrtle, I do believe you are trying to seduce me!"), she's old enough.....
Ron's threads for the Ball, just one word: Prince, if he and the Revolution went to Hogwarts. He looked like he wore the leftover wardrobes that Prince wouldn't be caught dead wearing onstage. In fact, all Ron was missing was those high-heeled boots, Wendy, Lisa, Appollonia and Morris Day and you got "Purple Rain" Harry Potter style.
The acting in this movie was great, especially Rupert's. This young man is getting ready to breakout in the worst way, he still outshines no matter if he's making funny faces or comments, or conveying every emotion in the book. He is still is my favorite. And it doesn't hurt to look good either.
Daniel Radcliffe, I could go either way, but even I have to say that he was really good this time around. Emma Watson's acting was OK, but her best moment was in the Yule Ball/Brawl with Rupert. Jealous much? All in all, this was the best $6.00 I ever spent and I plan on seeing it again after my finals are done.
Go see this movie, get up off your ass and see it, you will not be disappointed!