The Goblet of FIre lukewarm at best

Rating: 3/10 (19 November 2005)

Before The Prisoner of Azkaban came out, I had wanted to see the potter films as each one came out and due to a DVD glitch shortly after the release of the first film, I decided to wait. Not long until the third film was hitting the the theater I watched the first two movies on DVD then headed out to see Azkaban. I was pleasantly surprised and I was now a Harry Potter fan!!!!!! Last night I saw 'The Goblet of fire' and I was..extremely disappointed. I am a movie buff and I know movies and this latest installment of Harry Potter was beyond sitting still. I was squirming in my seat to stay awake. I kept saying to myself that it is going to pick up and hit it's stride. Now the special effects were flawless however. Each seen in which special effects were obviously used were spectacular. I'm still trying to find out why this movie was getting duller and duller but am still in shock as to how it came to be that way for me. At times there were jokes that did make me laugh but they were too sporadic and seemed shoved in there. I heard that this film was the darkest of them all and most realistic. Maybe that was the problem for me. The magic was now gone and it seemed to take itself way too seriously. I'm done with my review because I don't want to seem like i am bashing it because I'm not. I just disliked this film and i advise each future viewer to go into the theater as seeing this as a stand alone film.