Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 1.0
Too much hype
There is a lot of "paid" hype behind this HP installment, there has to be as none of the hype surrounding this film turned out to be for real. This was by far a very dark Harry Potter and definitely not for younger viewers. This film came very close to earning an "R" rating and I have no doubt they had to do some extensive editing to prevent it.Besides the "blood and guts" aspects of this film, I found it to be the most boring installment yet, even more boring than #2/Chamber of Secrets. There is a long period in this film where absolutely nothing important to the story happens. We see a tiff break out between Ron and Harry that lasts for quite some time in the film and ends without reason.There was a lot of hype in the film itself about how dangerous the Tri Wizards tournament would be, yet we found the tournament wasn't dangerous at all, it was quite dull by HP standards. The only dangers were to Harry Potter in the background story which had nothing to do with the tournament itself.Poorly scripted and weak on story, the production company has but two choices: quickly get the next installment out so viewers can forget about this travesty, or wait a long time for the next installment so this one can have time to die it's own death in the minds of those who were unfortunate enough to sit through it.Parental Caveat: This isn't a film to drop the kids off and leave, they may not be able to sit tight for the entire showing. Definitely a film older viewers may find easy to walk out in the middle of.