Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 5.0
honest, magical journey continues.
I thought the film was fantastic, the Hollywood Harry Potter franchise is very separate from the books and a lot of detail has been left behind to save time and to focus on the story. In this installment the director, Mike Newell chose to zero in on the boarding school/teen angst stuff and I think that was a good choice.In the previous films magic was still very new to Harry and he was reacting to it as anyone would when faced with something totally unfamiliar. The first three films story lines were very specific, in the first Harry is in search of The Sorcerers Stone, in the second he is trying to figure out who wants into The Chamber of Secrets, and in the third film we meet The Prisoner of Azkaban. Now, Harry is fourteen and along with the constant threat of Voldemort's return to power, Harry is also going through something very real, puberty. Harry is interested in girls, Cho Chang specifically. There is a scene early in this film when Harry says "I love magic," and he does, but if this film were all about the magic, that just wouldn't be very honest. Performances are solid, story is strong and affecting, special effects are brilliant.