Still a great movie but a bit rushed in some areas

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2007)

Having reading mostly all the Harry potter books (except the final story) I've come to realize that these are definitely the definitive adventure stories of a boy coming of age and dealing with a huge weight on his shoulders of saving the world...typical you think but not so typical when you are Harry potter and this is another feat his in task.
Harry potter and the goblet of fire is the Fourth story of a seven part adventure and believe me it gets darker and darker with each story and this is of no exception; the very upcoming talent of Daniel Radcliff returns once again as the still learning Harry potter the only difference now is that he is coming out of his own as he faces a new school year, a few new friends, as well as adolescence as he has a new crush of the very attractive cho chang (Katie Leung) but there's more to it than meets the eye and of course something wicked is growing beneath the shadows and a new danger awaits potter and his friends Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and the comical Ronald Weesley (Rupert Grint) but this is nothing new for the boy who lived as this is natural for him and his team.
The movie don't get me wrong is another great adaptation of the book itself; it simplistic approach keeps the pace good and still brings the feel of the book to life on film...the characters are good and still funny and at times you know they have grown up when you realized the jokes are more grown up as well and in a way I'm sure that's what J.K. Rowling's wanted from the book and movie after all. The people are fleshed out from its childish nature of the previous movies so what you get is a more deeper tone to the movie which puts the movie in a serious category so expect more darker areas to be dealt with like the feeling of death and torture cause the time of childish play is over and this movie seemed to put that and make it known to the viewers that watch it as well but still adds the comical feel from the previous movies and that's still good.
So when there's good there's also bad to this as well. Even though the characters were growing and more detailed they were also too dramatic as well. It sometimes felt that each of the characters overplayed the part and you can tell as the movie progresses you often would wonder or even say to yourself, "that's a bit OVERDONE" or, "okay it's not that serious calm down!" Dumbledore (played by Michael Gambon) in the book you find him as a very calm, intelligent, and a man that is one step ahead of the game than most people and no matter what you think he very rarely shows anger and if he does the book describe him as a man that can just look at you and you can tell if he's upset or otherwise....again this goes back to being overplayed and that's what happen it didn't really feel like the Dumbledore that you read about more like the man that had a big anger chip on his shoulder which that made me laugh at bit cause I thought it was funny how it was acted out.
Also, the movie was a bit too rushed...director Mike Newell knew what he was doing and of course being that the actual book is nearly almost 300+ pages one can't cover all of the visions on a grand scale which is understandable but don't watch the movie expecting stuff that you read in the book cause unlike the previous movies you're not going to get it...in fact, you will ask yourself, "wait...there was a part missing here" or, "where's this character he was suppose to be here" or even, "They completely took that out" in fact there are a lot of missing scenes that didn't cover nor explain completely...the DVD version has no deleted scenes unlike the other ones so a Harry potter fan would be somewhat disappointed at the fact that some scenes are gone to sacrifice for a much shorter film which can be a good or bad thing depending on your take but for me personally it was a bad move.
All in all, despite of all of what it lacks this movie still held the end of its bargain in being an all time great movie not just for kids alone but for adults as well; and as HP grows so does the content and this is of no exception there is a dark cloud coming and its dealt with greatly in this movie...special effects are great as usual, and the connections between the characters are very good in some part and Ralph finnens as Voldemort was a very good choice cause he played the part very well...but don't go expecting the full book version cause that's not what you will get sadly...but expect a good ride of adventure, peril, as well as tragedy and all that put together makes a good movie and Harry potter and the goblet of fire is still that damn good! 9/10