Clearing stuff up

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2006)

First of all, most of the people here say that they got Dumbledore wrong. I believe quite differently. In the 4th, 5th , and 6th books, J.K. Rowling begins to peel away the facade or veneer that Dumbledore was seen as. Dumbledore is strong and a true leader, but he has human faults. He is not fearless, like Harry thought, which just makes Harry think'What now? Who do I count on?'"Goblet" shows Dumbledore as a frail old man. Sure, he seemed fearless in the first three. For those of you who have read the 5th book know about the prophecy. Now, if Dumbledore knew that, which he does, if Harry died in the tournament, that meant Voldemort would grow the strongest ever. In your declining years, wouldn't you be afraid? The point is that Dumbledore is not God. He is not immortal. He fears death and evil. HE IS A HUMAN BEING! In "Goblet" you see him as one. So if you think they got him wrong, your just stupid. I mean, how would you react? I think Dumbledore handled the situation well, which makes Harry admire him more, even through his fear.
Second off, people thought that too much was cut out. Many people are saying that they should have made two movies. Oh, that would be great. You go and watch the first half and get left off with one of those stupid cliffhangers. 6 months later, you go watch the second half. How the heck are you going to remember what happened in the 1st half? And, you should know, its BASED off of the book, NOT word for word off the book. Also, J.K. Rowling previews the script beforehand if you didn't know. If she felt that anything extremely important is omitted , she flat out tells them. SHE seemed to be perfectly happy about it. And most of the important scenes were included, for example: graveyard, Moody, all three tasks are accurate. Don't worry yourselves over minor details. By the way, if you thought Dobby should have given the gillyweed to Harry, the reason they didn't was because of high special effects costs.
Third of all, think off it as a movie. You don't enjoy as much if you sit there and go, " That wasn't in the book. That's the wrong line. That never happened." Its a good movie, standing alone and not being compared to the books. Like Princess Diaries, which were based off the books. The books and the movies were good. The movies DEFINITELY wasn't word for word, but was good STANDING ALONE.
Acting was great and special effects were mind blowing. Go and watch for yourself. It explores teenage problems properly but not with to much hormonal content that it clutters the movie. I loved it and I think if you read all of the above and pop in the DVD with an open mind, it won't be a waste of 2 and 1/2 hours.