Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2008)

After the very good "Prizoner of Azkaban" HP attempts to keep to it's title, but unfortunately they placed their priorities wrong. I watched this film before I read the book, I didn't like it then and I don't like it now that I've read the book. Unlike the story suggests from the dark third one, "Goblet" focuses more on flimsy teen relations, and less on the evil that is growing around the school. At the end of the film, the most evil villain in the series is reincarnated, except through the tangled web of teens fighting, teens crying, teens going out, teens being stupid, this ending is diminished, at this point you say to yourself, "who's this Voldemort guy who's being reincarnated?" Then you have to remind yourself: "Oh yeah! he's the evil creepo who's attempting to murder the main character and take over the world!, yeah I remember him!"..... urgh. The movies plot is mostly taken over by two of the main characters squabbling over going out and such, and if it's not taken over by that, it's consumes by Harry's conflicting emotions over his school crush Cho Chang. OK, if you're a female teen who likes chick fliks you might like this, but if you're an actually fan of HP it's next to impossible to take this one seriously. Well, there you have it. Goblet of Fire, you either like it or you don't, there isn't much of a middle ground to this situation. Oh well, at least they get it right in the next installment.....