Harry's name is selected out of the Goblet of Fire. Harry will find danger in every step.

Rating: 4/10 (12 March 2006)

In this part of the Potter movies, directed by Mike Newell, there is a lot of danger and destruction, and Harry is introduced to newer, more dangerous things. Mike Newell was clearly trying to settle his camera upon one main thing: teenage love.
True, Harry is growing up, and his emotions are every which way, but why was so much of the movie taken up by the Yule Ball? It seems this movie was meant only for teenagers. Hogwarts is portrayed much differently when there are bare-backed teenagers dancing to a made-up rock band. The acting in the film is slowly improving. As for Michael Gambon: Fine an actor as he may be, the casting director who chose him went the opposite way of where they should have. Harris's Dumbledore shared the qualities of the book's Dumbledore: kind, compassionate, almost superhuman, and cares for Harry the most, foreseeing the danger that is to come in his future years, and what he must do. However, Gambon's Dumbledore has no warmth; in fact, he pushes Harry many times in the movie, and speaks in angry tones. In this film you see Dumbledore more as an angry old man rather than the book's Dumbledore (anyone who is a big fan of the books knows exactly what I'm talking about). (and besides, who really wears their beard in a ponytail?)
Rupert's acting is superior to the threesome; Daniel still seems to have a little trouble with his emotional blows. Being forced on a gravestone while a man you loathe cuts deep into your skin would require more of a short grunt and closed eyes.
However, the second task was done remarkably well; I think Newell captured the eeriness of the Black Lake perfectly. The audience is tense during this part, waiting for something scary to happen while Harry swims slowly through the water.
The first task is a little forced, but I can live with it. The third task....what happened?! Harry didn't seem so scared in the books, and in the books there were Blast-Ended Skrewts and animals, not some stupid wind. What was the deal with that?!
All in all,this movie did NOT live up to the book's standards. If you have not read the book and you watch this movie, you will be utterly lost EVEN WITHIN THE FIRST OR SECOND SCENE!
The humor was a little forced, too.
I would advise not watching it if you're a die-hard Potter fan.