Great Harry Potter

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2005)

Great Harry Potter movie. For those (who are most of us) who have read the books, this movie cuts out about 40%, where part 3 cut out 20% and 1 and 2 cut out less than 2%. This is because the books have gotten bigger, and the directors have changed.
The negatives are the same as part 3. Dumbledore. The actor they got to play him is horrible. I understand no one can play the part like Richard Harris, but they could of at least tried to find someone that could at least try to play the role. After part 3 the internet was in an uproar at the awful behavior of Dumbledore and the way he was portryed. The "new" dumbledore said in an interview that he had never read the books, and that he didn't even watch part 1 on and 2. He simply read the screenplay and decided he would play the character how he felt it was. Of course his performance was horrible. If you go in to this movie hoping he will do a better job, or at least have taken some acting lessons, read a book, or tried to get into the role of Dumbledore, you will be disappointed. He's every bit as horrible, and whats worse, he has more screen time.
The word Veela was never used in the film :( and the women who were supposed to have Veela blood did not. Nor were they attractive. The entire plot was stripped from the movie as I suppose it would of cost them too much extra money to put Dooby or Winky in the movie.
What does this mean? It means most of the key points of the story through the 7th movie will have to be rewritten to pay for this oversight.
Some good things however. The twins have a lot more involvement, lines, and screen time, and most of their scenes were not cut from the movie :) Thats a huge redeeming value right there :) Also Luscious makes an appearance! Sirius Black actually talked to Harry in the fire, but since again I guess it would of cost too much to put his face above the fire, they rewrote how flu communication works, and had the logs talk to Harry instead.
The movie was excellent even with the lack of a dumbledore. Mad Eye Moody was a great cast for this film. Voldemort was a great cast and looked fantastic. Diggory and Cho were excellent.
I loved the film as it is Goblet of Fire. But I can't get over the biggest disapointments that not only hurt the quality of the movie, but also forshadow ruining movies in the future.