Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Entertaining but shallow (Do Not Buy Ultimate Edition!)
Originally to be divided into two films, part 4 was instead squeezed harder than an orange for juice. We all know everything in the book can't make it to the film, but the condensed version still needs to be complete on it's own terms.While entertaining and funny, the entire film can be broken down into a half-dozen sequences: Prologue, picking the champion, first task, second task, yule ball, conclusion. Problem being that there's no flow, while only about ten-percent of the novel covered these events they become the entire film, and it's a hollow experience. The tri-wizard champions are just figures on the screen with no depth or personalities, the plot is just to get Harry to the end of the film. Mostly it's just one special effects sequence after the other with little story, plot or character to hold it together.Now, the Ultimate edition is nothing more than a re-packaging with some extra bonus features,not an extended version like promised when the first two came out. So don't wast your money on it, buy the regular blu-ray for the same movie. The original blu-ray also has superior PCM uncompressed audio, this special edition only has compressed DTS.