The Best Yet

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2005)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is not the best of the Harry Potter books, in fact its about in the middle, but in the case of the movie it is by far the best of the movies in fact it is almost a great movie and possibly better than great films such as On the Waterfront and Saving Private Ryan. The cutting out of lead characters from the original films seemed like a major mistake when I first read it, but ends up being one of the best things about the new Potter film. The lack of the dreaded Dursleys and of Mrs. Weasly only help put us in th mind of Harry Potter as he becomes more of a teenager and less of a child. The only character missing that would help is that of Sirius Black who is you hear narrate a letter and see a computer generated face but is barley in the movie. The acting and direction are both really great the standout performances are by Brendan Gleeson as Mad Eye Moody, and there's a major surprise in a great performance by Emma Watson as Hermione who has seemed slightly lost in all the other films and never really worked before. The visual effects are some of the best ever put on film, the only ones that could match it at all are those in The Return of the King, War of the Worlds, and Revenge of the Sith. This is one of the best films of the year, and the best of the gradually great series.