Good Film but Disappointing for fans

Rating: 6/10 (5 December 2005)

The film is enjoyable for those that have not read the book and are not concerned with continuity, plot consistency or the loss of characters and background information. Lots of the sub plots have been massacred or twisted to 'save time'.
My fear is that this will affect future films. Warner Brothers should have insisted on making the film either longer or into 2 films and they should have slapped some sense into Mike Newell, he obviously is not a fan of the books and this is evident in his butchery of the book. I hope a fan of the books remakes The Goblet of Fire or redo the film for the DVDs to be more true to the book.
Having said that the film was choppy to start with but once it got going it was a good movie (must be I saw it several times). So go watch it and enjoy it for what it is a good film which could have been excellent given the opportunity. Shame on WB and Mike Newell.