Great Film! Two Thumbs Up!

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2005)

I saw this at 10.00am on the Friday morning of the 18th November and was so excited beforehand! And to be honest, I don't think I was disappointed. I thought the film was fantastic, and certainly the best one yet.
I know that the Harry Potter purists dislike the lack of subplot, but I'm sure they can't argue that as a movie it works. I think you have to look at the film and the book separately. (Think about Bridget Jones II - Rebecca's character is totally different from the book, but the film works better because of it). I love all the book, and yes there are changes and lots missing from the fourth film, but it kept me gripped all the way through. With the first task I thought the dragon chase was brilliant, and the underwater scenes were great and yes the maze didn't have the blast-ended screwts but it was still scary.
The bit at the end where Harry arrives back at Hogwarts with Cedric and the band starts playing before people realise what's going on had me in tears and was better than what I had in my head from reading the book. And the extra scene with the dance lesson made me laugh out loud when the girls were all eager, and the boys all slouchy!! and I loved Ron dancing with McGonagoll.
I'm now looking forward to the DVD which I believe will be released in April and to see the extra scenes and footage.
I give this film two thumbs up!