Not as good as Goblet, but still mostly enjoyable.

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2015)

Goblet I thought really took a step forward. This film sort of did, it has promise, but overall it feels like filler to build up for the later films. The first half is about a government conspiracy to shut up Harry who's talking about Voldemort returning, then it jumps to the second half about training for the battle against Voldemort like the second half of Rocky. I liked the whole idea of the government not wanting to start a panic, so they're denying the inevitable, but after it goes to training it's just training scene after training scene, the only thing we're missing is a montage.
It's nice to see familiar faces in this one, like Sirius Black and Molly and Arthur Weasley, seeing Harry interact with them is just nice to watch, like he has such good friends and family by his side. We get a couple new faces, most notably is Doris Umbridge, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who is also a worker for the minister of magic. She's a promising villain who you just love to hate.
Overall, it works for the most part, if they tried to do more to make it standout then it could really work, but it's just trying to build up for the later films basically. Even though it does it well, because you become pretty invested in the cause, it needs a little bit more to keep us interested in its 2 hour 20 minute length.