A waste of my precious time

Rating: Null/10 (18 November 2005)

Having read the first three books and being thoroughly unimpressed, I was unsurprised by this film. Knowing before-hand that John Williams was not continuing his role as composer for the film, I should have expected that any charm the earlier films had held would evaporate with this fourth instalment. The story itself is incredible enough-why would any school permit a tournament in which students are so frequently killed?-but compounded with the seemingly tacked on sub-plot of romance which is never completely fulfilled, the film itself ends up being an incredulous piece of garbage, even within its own setting. While the film looks extremely impressive, the set design is not enough to distract from the flailing plot and the unconvincing characterisations