Goblet of Fire good, but a lot left out

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2005)

Goblet of Fire was a good movie, but I felt that it could have been really brilliant. After reading the book I thought that the Quidditch World Cup, along with a few other scenes were pivotal. In the movie the Quidditch World Cup goes by way too fast. I think that the movie would have been way better if they had shown the actual match. It would have been hands down the best scene of all the Harry Potter movies. Also I was deeply upset with Voldemort. Ralph Fiennes is a brilliant actor,but they needed to make him look horrific and they failed miserably. In the novel he is said to have scarlet colored eyes, and they are said to be catlike. In the movie they are blue. These little detail slips took their toll in my opinion. Another thing that chapped my ass was the beginning. The scene with the graveyard and Voldemort killing the muggle caretaker was brilliant, but it completely left out Harry being at his uncles house like the novel. It starts with him at the Weasleys home, awoken by Hermione from a bad dream. That greatly hurt the story in my opinion since they left out maybe 25 vital minutes of the actual story. I understand they had to cut time since the movie was already 21/2 hours, but they coulda taken some time from the Yule Ball to aid this. That scene was way overdone. Overall this was probably my 3rd favorite behind Prisoner of Azkaban and Sorcerors Stone. IT could have been brilliant too...sigh