Missing Mike Newell & Chris Columbus

Rating: 4/10 (12 July 2007)

I loved all the other films, and in particular, the Goblet of Fire. That being said, this movie was terrible. Veteran performers are made to "overact", giving this a blown up BBC Drama feel, instead of a Harry Potter film. I'm surprised that Daniel Radcliff didn't hyperventilate when making the film, he had to pant so much in reaction to his misfortune. That, accompanied with the fact that all our favorite characters had no development in this film whatsoever, makes this a very disappointing outing for the series. If the rumors are true that they're going to keep David Yates to direct the next installment, I know that I'll be waiting until after the word of mouth gets around instead of wasting my money seeing another bad film.