hhmmm... Two minds

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2006)

I'm in two minds about his film... I thought it was rather good in places (e.g, the bathroom scene with Moaning Myrtle, it was great to see her again!), but it did have a few terrible bits (e.g, the Goblet of Fire, I mean, come on Newall, it's meant to be similar to the Holy Grail, a 'roughly hewn wooden cup', not some random antique chalice!). Having said that, the Phelps twins did pull of some spectacular acting, as did Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and the others...except Emma Watson... I feel her acting has suddenly deteriorated (her 'Ron, you spoilt everything!' scene was a over-dramatic and whiny... Not exactly the way one would expect Hermione Granger to behave...). Michael Gambon irritated me in this film; Dumbledore wouldn't treat Harry the way he does in this movie... I was also disappointed with Ludo Bagmans disappearance... but David Tennant redeemed the film a little with his wonderful performance as Barty Crouch Jr. All in all, I think this movie is fair, almost the same quality as the second, outstripping the third by far (I didn't really like the way the director created that one...), and a generally good film.