Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 4.0
It's only a movie
I've read a lot of the previous reviews for this movie and it seems that most of the people who gave it a bad review are comparing the content of the movie to the content of the book. BIG MISTAKE. The books are "bloody brilliant" as Ron would say. There's absolutely no way any filmmaker could capture the magic of Rowling's work. To truly enjoy the movies you have to think of them as something completely separate from the books. If you start comparing the two, you'll only make yourself crazy (as I did after viewing the first 3 movies). As a movie, I thought GOF was great. It had action, humor and romance. And in my humble opinion, I think this is the best movie in the series so far. My only complaint (and I think someone already mentioned it) is how Dumbledore reacted when Harry's name came out of the Goblet. Never, in 6 books, has Dumbledore lost his cool like that. It was quite disconcerting to see him grab Harry and start questioning him the way he did. That was not how the Dumbledore we all know and love would react. Other than that, it was a fantastic, fun movie. Is it as good as the book? Absolutely not. None of the movies so far can compare to the books. So, make life easier for yourself and view the books and movies as separate entities.