Its very Greek Drama

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2005)

You really need to have read the books to understand this movie. Its a great way to market the books and make the 3 people in each country who haven't read the books buy 10 copies each! Its like Greek drama in this fashion - Greek theatre goers knew the beginning middle end and continuation of every comedy and drama that they watched - just like the majority of the people who went to see this film. Its a great visual expression of the book and it particularly captures the stumbling panic that Harry felt competing in the Goblet of Fire with everyone pushing at him from every angle (better even than the book did). The SFX are awesome and i loved the Hungarian horntail. They removed the exact right elements to translate the book and make it work on the big screen. The first 40 minutes or so are very frenetic and rushed though the last 2 hours more than make up for it when the movie finally settles into its stride.