Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Spoiler Alert!)
Just a warning...If you have not read the book or watched the movie, and you don't want any spoilers, don't read this post.
It has been almost a week and a half since I went to see HPGOF for the first time (only one day since the second time), but I've been so busy that I have not had time to blog about it. (What I've been so busy with is an entirely different story which may or may not be covered by some other post.)
First of all, let me say that I thought the movie was great. Second of all, let me say that though I think the movie was great, there were some things that were a little bit lacking, particularly if you have not read the books. (This is understandable though since the book was so long and there was just no way to fit it all into a movie...unless you pulled a Peter Jackson and made the movie just as long as you pleased. But, considering that this is a movie geared to a younger audience, that was not really an option. It already logged in around two and a half hours.)
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson all gave excellent performances. They seem to grow so much with each movie, and not just physically. I was so glad to see some of the more minor characters given a chance to shine, though. I was delighted with Matthew Lewis' (Neville Longbottom) performance. He was used more as comic relief in this film, but it worked. His delight with dancing was hilarious. It was almost like his character was thinking, this looks like something I can do. It's not magic related, so I'm not so worried about screwing it up.
James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) also gave excellent comic performances. You really get to see them for the mischief makers and entrepreneurs that they are.
The special effects were awesome. The dragon sequence was great, with the dragon breaking loose and chasing Harry all around the school grounds. It added a lot of suspense. The underwater sequence was excellent as well. I was a bit disappointed with the labyrinth sequence though. There were no acromantulas, sphinxes, or blast ended skrewts! The hedges moved (and occasionally tried to trap the contestants in their roots), but all in all, it was like, "Ooo, scary trees."
Voldemort looked fantastically creepy as well. The graveyard scene was good, but the explanation of Priori Incantatem was lacking, particularly for anyone who hasn't read the books....well...unless you can figure it out linguistically (priori-prior/previous, incantatem-incantation/enchantment, therefore meaning previous magic). The name of the spell is mentioned, but never explained, and why it happened with Harry's and Voldemort's wands is never explained either.
All in all, the movie was excellent, but those who have not read the books, may want to ask a few questions after the fact.
It has been almost a week and a half since I went to see HPGOF for the first time (only one day since the second time), but I've been so busy that I have not had time to blog about it. (What I've been so busy with is an entirely different story which may or may not be covered by some other post.)
First of all, let me say that I thought the movie was great. Second of all, let me say that though I think the movie was great, there were some things that were a little bit lacking, particularly if you have not read the books. (This is understandable though since the book was so long and there was just no way to fit it all into a movie...unless you pulled a Peter Jackson and made the movie just as long as you pleased. But, considering that this is a movie geared to a younger audience, that was not really an option. It already logged in around two and a half hours.)
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson all gave excellent performances. They seem to grow so much with each movie, and not just physically. I was so glad to see some of the more minor characters given a chance to shine, though. I was delighted with Matthew Lewis' (Neville Longbottom) performance. He was used more as comic relief in this film, but it worked. His delight with dancing was hilarious. It was almost like his character was thinking, this looks like something I can do. It's not magic related, so I'm not so worried about screwing it up.
James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) also gave excellent comic performances. You really get to see them for the mischief makers and entrepreneurs that they are.
The special effects were awesome. The dragon sequence was great, with the dragon breaking loose and chasing Harry all around the school grounds. It added a lot of suspense. The underwater sequence was excellent as well. I was a bit disappointed with the labyrinth sequence though. There were no acromantulas, sphinxes, or blast ended skrewts! The hedges moved (and occasionally tried to trap the contestants in their roots), but all in all, it was like, "Ooo, scary trees."
Voldemort looked fantastically creepy as well. The graveyard scene was good, but the explanation of Priori Incantatem was lacking, particularly for anyone who hasn't read the books....well...unless you can figure it out linguistically (priori-prior/previous, incantatem-incantation/enchantment, therefore meaning previous magic). The name of the spell is mentioned, but never explained, and why it happened with Harry's and Voldemort's wands is never explained either.
All in all, the movie was excellent, but those who have not read the books, may want to ask a few questions after the fact.
posted by jen.ackie | 9:00 PM
3 Comments:
I agree the labyrinth was the one main downside to the movie. Understandably, the blasted skrewts had no place as that entire subplot with Hagrid was cut out but what about all the rest of the stuff in there? Too distracting from the imperius curse? And I was also left waiting for the explanation of the wand backfire - maybe they'll explain it in the next movie as a recap with Dumbledore? I really like the way they made Voldemort still kind of human as opposed to some entity that is nothing but evil (and without personality).
Yeah, I understood the absence of the blast ended skrewts, but I still missed them...kind of like Bombadil in the LOTR movies...
YEAH! I was sorry to see so much pre-Bree action missing but moreso, I was sorry to not have the retaking of the Shire at the very end of the saga.
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