Does not do book justice.

Rating: 2/10 (14 July 2007)

First of all, I am a great fan of the Harry Potter books. When I see a HP movie, I expect it to live up to the books, even if it isn't necessarily the exact same. Goblet of Fire miserably failed to live up to the book, which isn't even one of my favorites of the series. The most crucial plot line of the whole story wasn't even properly explained. That would be the whole thing with the Crouch son and his father. One of the most important scenes is when he is interrogated by Dumbledore and confesses everything. I understand they have to skip parts, but that was the scene that explained EVERYTHING that had happened for the last year. This movie was really about the special effects and not the story lines. The scene with the dragon was highly unnecessary and kind of boring seeing as how it dragged on Way too long. They also left out important things such as Rita Skeeter being an animagus, seeing as she comes back in the next one being blackmailed by Hermione. Winky was very important too, but seeing as they decided to forget about that whole storyline i guess it doesn't matter. Ludo Bagman wasn't that important but still, to not even mention him? They are going to have a very hard time with the next movie, trying to fill in the holes that were dug with Goblet of Fire. The next movie will be confusing for non book readers because they weren't told what happened in the this one. Also, the guy who plays Dumbledore is AWFUL. Not saying hes a bad actor, but he SOOO isn't Dumbledore in any way. No way would Dumbledore grab Harry by his neck, even the Dumbledore from the movies. And what the hell was with that maze? How weak was that? If i put aside my feelings over the movie compared to the book, it still wasn't good. If you want to be awed by special effects and thats it, this may be the movie for you. But if you want a movie that has a fully developed story line, you will be disappointed by this movie. Worst of all of them. Truly not the spirit of Harry Potter.