Harry gets even darker and deeper

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2015)

Rating-7/10
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire see's our young friend In his fourth year at Hogwarts, and very much in danger yet again. The movie is dark, slick and all together a new kind of Harry Potter which seems to take us in a new direction when it comes to Potter and wants us to feel much more dark but also more emotion. The film has thrills everywhere and the plot is pretty fun, it's not every film you get Dragons, huge hedges and Ron Weasley all rolled in one but this one makes us laugh or it did for me, and here below are my thoughts on the adventure.
The plot isn't necessarily unique but still captures a certain imagination of thrilling chases, battles and teenage angst in which there is quite a bit. Yes this is truly the movie where Harry, Ron and Hermione start to realise they are becoming more mature and with that comes relationships etc which kind of intertwines with the more serious nature of the plot. On that point the serious side of the story, it is much darker than before, now Prisoner of Azkaban was possibly darker in the whole set up of the plot but this is a little darker throughout, gossip of Lord Voldemort growing in power and his gang of "Death eaters" stoke fear in our characters and even new additions to the teaching staff make Neville Longbottom wince.
The film is pretty well cast, new additions a plenty especially with all the new schools we get to see. But for me the one best new face is Brendan Gleeson as Alastor Moody who just makes the film funny and not necessarily in a fun way, his mannerisms are second to none and his speedy eye makes the plot a little more interesting. Among the new young actors is Robert Pattinson who as new boy Cedric Diggory is good and appears alongside others such as Stanislav Ianevski(Victor Krum) and Clemence Poesy(Fleur Delacour) who make the cast a big one but a good one.
Mike Newell is drafted in to direct this and although he isn't bad, I didn't like the way in which he did it. I just felt he sets it up in a way in which the actors can seem awkward and although he deals with the massive scenes involved, he doesn't get the dramatic side out until right at the end. With source material so huge, this is really the first big challenge that the series gets when adapting but I felt Steve Kloves adapts it well and Newell does it well enough to make this a very worthy addition to the franchise.
Going into more technical terms it is filmed well, the design is nice and the entire look and feel is one the best of the movies now four in. With John Williams not scoring this movie you might not expect it to be as epic and although it does sound a little different to before, new man Patrick Doyle thumps this one out and in the process creates a really good score, that isn't afraid of going all blockbuster on the whole show. I felt even the special effects get driven up slightly from before, they improve in a way only hundreds of millions can do but in any case, good work.
So Goblet of Fire keeps Harry Potter going on and really keeps it steady, not a better film than the previous instalment for me but oh so close though. Yes Daniel Radcliffe and co just have no signs of slowing down, and with the backing this franchise has there is no wonder people love these movies and the series as a whole, me included.