Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 1.0
Where is the rest of the story?
I have not even read the book, and I could tell there is a great deal missing from the movie. It is so rushed and nothing is developed fully. The maze is so short and incomplete. I understand that the book is very long. So make the movie longer. Why does it have to be 2.5 hrs or shorter? And why select a director that knows nothing about action movies? What has he directed, Four Weddings And A Funeral? How does that make him qualified to direct a Potter movie? This movie should have been 3.5 to 4 hrs long, if not longer. If you leave out so many things from the book, it affects the later movies. You have to continue to leave those things out or have a flashback scene just to introduce it.If I haven't read the book and can tell that major plot points were left out, then everyone can. The director did a poor job with this one, and I am glad he is not doing the next one! With books this large, the movies have to be longer. It's common sense. I am shocked that Rowling approved this version of her book. Why didn't she reject it due to losing most of its meaning?This movie was forced, rushed, directionless, and very shallow. Dumbledore would never grab and shake Harry. That scene was like a Three Stooges show. I liked the other movies, but this one was not very likeable. I give it only one star b/c of what it could have been!