Seen it, loved it, however...

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2005)

I'm am a Harry Potter fanatic and book 4 is my favourite book at the moment, I was so excited when this film came out!!!!!!!!!! I literally had goosebumps from the beginning till the end of the film. The 12a rating evidently implies that the trio are kids no longer and they have grown-up. It was good to see the film done by a British director for once as it is a British novel. The visual effects (especially the dragon and underwater scene), were realistic. However, I felt that the dummies used in the underwater scene looked unrealistic and nothing like the actors. I also felt that the maze scene could have been improved (i.e. in the novel, there were several magical creatures in the maze, unfortunately in the film there wasn't). The quidditch world cup proved disappointing also as it was only on for 5 minutes. I also was disappointed about the fact that some characters were either not included or had little time on the screen (i.e. Mrs Weasley, Winky and Dobby, Ludo Bagman and Sirius Black).
Performancewise, Ralph Fiennes' Lord Voldermort exceeded my expectations and portrayed the dark lord very well. I would have liked to see some of the newcomers more on screen such as Stan Ivanevski(?)(Viktor Krum), Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and the Patil sisters.
The music was impressive, though I would have preferred Williams to have composed the score.
Like most British films, plenty of comedy was provided. But this film also provided a lot of unsuitable material for younger children. In the cinema I went to, there were a lot of young children and Voldermort appeared, there seemed to be a large number of young children heading towards the toilet. It is an incredibly dark film, all we have to do know is wait for a Harry Potter film with a 15-rating!