Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 3.0
A Terrible Disappointment
I am so glad that I read the book before seeing this terrible adaptation. So much of the story was left out that I find it hard to believe that anyone who sees only the movie would know what is going on.First of all, the two house elves Winky and Dobby were left out of the movie altogether, even though they were integral to the storyline. Ludo Bagman was also omitted. The characters of the other TriWizard champions, Fleur and Viktor, were so under developed that you could not particularly care what happened to them during the course of this ill-directed movie. I really miss Chris Columbus. Mike Newell does a terrible job here. He decided it was a good idea to film everything in the dark. Sure, the subject matter WAS dark, but I think movie viewers would like to see what the hell is happening.Thumbs down on this one. I hope Newell will be absent in subsequent Potter films.