Wow. Very, Very Good Despite a Few Minor Flaws.

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2006)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an excellent movie. The acting is impressive giving that the actors who play students have never acted in anything before this series ever (few exceptions). It has a good mix of action and special effects and living life as a teenager. I was however disappointed on the quantity of content left out that was in the book: The Dursly's, Dobby, The Quidditch World Cup (they never actually showed the game), Karkarof's Fleeing at the end, Hagrid's Blast Ended Screwts, and probably many more things that I can't remember. The maze sequence was a little messed up cuz they didn't have the 30 foot spider or any creatures or spells to test the contestants skills, they simply had the maze try to eat them or something, I dunno. The climatic grave yard scene wasn't exactly as I expected it, but still extremely good, exciting, and suspenseful. I'm glad they decided to go all out and make this installment PG-13 because if they hadn't, the grave yard scene would have been pretty crappy. I think they should have made it longer, or even into 2 parts to extend and add some scenes like with the Dursly's, the World Cup, and the Veritiserum scene with Crouch Jr./Moody. I saw it in IMAX which made it better than it probably was (big ass screen, and 12,000 watt surround sound system). If you're a die hard potter fan, you may be a little disappointed, but this is a very, very good movie. See it.