Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Creative, entertaining movie based on Rowling's book
Harry Potter book 4 is the first Harry Potter book I read. I ended up reading all the Harry Potter books. I have enjoyed movie 1 to 3 but have been shunting this movie because of many critical reviews here. People complained everything from omitting riddle in the maze scene, spending too much time on the dragon, to Hermione being too pretty. However, after finally watching the DVD myself I am compelled to applaud the creativity of transforming an 800 pages book into an exciting 2 hour movie, with spectacular visual effects, suspense and superb acting. I felt that events in the book were allocated just the right amount of time. Including the riddle scene in the maze would be certainly a bad idea since it would have spoiled the suspense that has been building up. For people who read the book before watching the movie one of the enjoyment comes from the difference between one's own visualization while reading and that of the movie. I liked the creative visualization of the movie -- sometimes concise and sometimes elaborate -- very much.