Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


Fourth installment of the popular pubescent wizard... stalls a bit.

I am going to keep this short and sweet. While I like this series of movies, I must say that this fourth in the series of seven movies was a disappointment. The general wit and action of the tales of Harry Potter and his fellow magic students at Hogwarts got bogged down in some unnecessary WB-like teen dramas. After showing us Harry put into a competition against hsi will, the entire show stopped for a prom, basically, at which nothing untoward happened, but Hermione had a snit fit.

The producers also made hte mistake of not bringing back the edgy director from the third film. Big mistake. The real star, in the end, was Scotland, which provided appropriately eery and magical natural landscapes for much of the film. The series still probably has some gas in it. I hope this film was merely "transitional."

Posted: Fri - December 23, 2005 at 02:19 AM        


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