These Movies Get Better And Better As They Go Along

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2005)

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire is great. It's definitely on my top 5 films of the year list. Having never read the book I just went into the film and took it for what it was. My wife on the other hand has read all the books and was saying that this book which the film is based on wasn't very good. So I guess my expectations were not to high. I was wrong. This is the best Potter film yet. It's funny, exciting, well written, well acted, and sometimes just down right creepy. This time around Harry is entered in a tournament that his school, Hogwarts is hosting called The Tri-Wizard Tournament. This is a dangerous tournament, that even the best and brightest wizards that attended Hogwarts have lost their lives in. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is terrified as well as his two best friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Herminee (Emma Watson). Harry enters the tournament an extreme underdog. Goblet Of Fire is just fun, plain and simple. The movie is awesome. We also get to see what big budget CGI looks like when it's done right. Something George Lucas should have done when releasing the new Star Wars films. The Harry Potter films are everything and more than these new Star Wars films should have been. Don't get me wrong I loved Revenge Of The Sith but Phantom Menace was terrible and Attack Of The Clones, though better when I've seen it again, still lacks in quality. The Potter films have everything the original trilogy had. Character development and a great story. When Harry is fighting for his life against a deadly dragon you feel scared for him. When Herminee yells at Ron you feel mad at Ron as well. When Ron feels dumb for doing something idiotic you feel embarrassed for him. This is what made the original Star Wars trilogy characters great, and the same formula goes into the Harry Potter films. That's what makes them classics. The only issue the films can run into is the three main characters aren't getting any younger, and this could pose a problem. In January they begin filming the 5th movie Harry Potter And The Order Of The Pheonix. I imagine the filming of the 6th film Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince will begin shortly after that. J.K. Rowling has begun writing the 7th and final novel in the series, so that should be adapted to the screen rather quickly. I just hope it doesn't get rushed, but in the same vein I don't want to see anyone else play Harry, Herminee, or Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire is great. Once again a wonderful world of imagination comes to life before your eyes. These films will be held in the same light as the original Star Wars trilogy. Just great, great, movie making. On a scale of 10 I give Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire a 10. This film, unlike the last 3 is rated PG-13, and it deserves it rating. It's much darker and could scare little kids. The tag line to the film is "Everything Is About To Change." Yes it is and believe me folks when I say, Change is good.