Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 3.0
Great effects but plot holes hurt it...
I'll probably get pummeled from the fanboys and girls who read this, but I have to put in my 2 cents. I realize these are made from the books, but come on...I have seen the previous HP movies, and I must say these are becoming like the Star Wars franchise, 'if it has Harry Potter's name on it, it will sell regardless of content'.First the good. As usual, the visual effects save the movie. They are great, except the ridiculous CGI mermaids during the water contest scenes. Sadly, that's all the good I can say about this film.I actually found myself glancing at my watch and praying for the end of this extremely LONG movie. First, the plot has become predictable in these stories. Rest assured that if a new teacher is introduced, they are most likely to be the villain. We find the kids back at Hogwart's, starting a new year of school. The entire story revolves around a contest where the child participants face death if they lose. What kind of school is this? There is no suspense when Harry Potter's name is picked from the goblet, because we already know he survives to the next story. The story introduces characters that have no purpose to move the story along. For example, the asian girl that Harry Potter has the hots for has like 2 lines of dialogue, and we never see her again. Huh? There is a mind numbingly long ball room dance scene which ruins the pace of the film.As always, the movie strangely ends just before school is out, after numerous plot holes that a 18 wheeler could fall through. I won't ruin the film by divulging anymore info, except to say this installment is mediocre at best.