Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[Guest sesshysgirl]

This was a pretty good movie. i went to the theaters last night and saw it. it was long! it cut out most of the good parts from the book tho. ne ways does ne one else like the movie? :catgirl:

[OMNOMNOMALY]

[COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Trebuchet MS]I think it was probably the best out of all the movies so far, however, that's not saying much, simply because of the amount they got rid of. To be fair, this director had the largest book to turn into a movie so far, but overall, I'd say read the book instead.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Guest araemi]

Yep....i have to agree that this was the best movie so far...altough i was really mad at the amout that they cut out...

[Retribution]

[size=1]I thought that this was a very well-done movie. People complain about them hacking the story - what did you expect them to do? Have a ten hour movie? Of course you have to cut some of the side stories and whatnot.

I think the acting was actually pretty good, and the story was relatively faithful to the book as well.

The only thing I don't like is that how Dumbledore [spoiler]was on the edge all the time... I thought he was supposed to be calm and collected![/spoiler][/size]

[OMNOMNOMALY]

[COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Trebuchet MS]I agree with you. I wouldn't have minded going to see a ten hour movie, mind you =P but people don't have that kind of time, so they did what they had to do.

And I totally know what you mean with Dumbledore! Very very irritating. I miss the first guy that played him.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[SaiyanPrincessX]

[SIZE=1]I've seen it twice. :animesigh

It was pretty good. I mean I was dissapointed by the hacking, of course, but I understand why. The movie was long as it was anyway.

This was my least favorite book, but I'm not sure of the movie. The book made it more exciting and creepy when it needed to be. I don't think the movie really captured those kinds of intense emotions. But thats me.

My favorite part in the book is also my favorite part in the movie, the [spoiler]dragons[/spoiler]. But this scene was much more exciting for me in the book.

One thing that bothers me about the new movie is Harry and Ron's look. I can't stand long hair on guys and I think it makes them look rediculous, for a kinder word. :animeangr

Overall it was good, and it got the basic story accross. Though I tend to pick at it.[/SIZE]

[sakurasuka]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1]The only thing I don't like is that how Dumbledore [spoiler]was on the edge all the time... I thought he was supposed to be calm and collected![/spoiler'][/size][/quote]

[SIZE=1]Yeah... What was with that? He was SOOO not as good a Dumbledore as the last one.

I agree that they have to cut stuff out, but honestly, why exactly did they [spoiler]have Longbottom give Harry the Gillyweed, rather than Dobby? I mean, it's not as though it would have made much of a difference, but it just bugs me. Meh. I suppose if they had put Dobby in, they would have felt the need to add in Winky and S.P.E.W. and such...[/spoiler] But it still perturbs me.

Anyway, I sort of noticed that the WHOLE movie was [spoiler]about the Triwizard Tournament. I mean, other stuff went on too. And I think they could have done Krum's character a bit better.[/spoiler]

The characters that I was simply amazed with this time around were [spoiler]Cedric[/spoiler], [spoiler]Moody[/spoiler], and [spoiler]Fluer[/spoiler]. I think it was superb acting by our Harry, Ron, and Hermione as well. Let's all give them a hand =D

Oh, another thing I noticed, [spoiler]why are they trying to make Hermione all pretty all the time? I noticed it in the third movie as well, they're slowly making her hair less frizzy and more bouncy/curly. When they did the whole scene at the Yule Ball, she was supposed to be TOTALLY different, but she was just a little bit nicer looking.[/spoiler] That sort of makes me mad.

I suppose it was a pretty good movie, all in all. If the Dumbledore was a bit better, I'd have to say the best, but... Seeing as he was my favorite, I can't really say that I was all that happy about that.[/SIZE]

[Sinistra]

[SIZE=1]*Nods and Agrees* Pretty much all that needed to be said was said.

I have to give Daniel Radcliffe a hand for his good acting. He did really good with Harry as usual. I think the ones who cracked me up the most were the Weasley twins.[SPOILER] I mean rolling on the floor, wrestling each other with white hair and wrinkled beards because they got caught by the Goblet was hilarious.

I was also wondering where Winky was. My friend and I noticed right away when there was no S.P.E.W or anything like that.[/SPOILER]

The action was good, and I'm glad that the ending wasn't played out for too long. The movie itself was good, but I think that there was a lot left out. It's too bad, because the movie itself has to appeal to everyone.

Y'know, can't have kids sitting there getting antsy because the movie is 3 1/2 hours long, but you can't cut out some of the more important things for the fans who just loved the book.

Overall it was good, a little choppy, but good nonetheless.[/SIZE]

[Sara]

[quote name='sakurasuka][SIZE=1]Oh, another thing I noticed, [spoiler]why are they trying to make Hermione all pretty all the time? I noticed it in the third movie as well, they're slowly making her hair less frizzy and more bouncy/curly. When they did the whole scene at the Yule Ball, she was supposed to be TOTALLY different, but she was just a little bit nicer looking.[/spoiler'] That sort of makes me mad..[/SIZE][/quote][color=#333333][font=trebuchet ms]Lol. YOU try to keep Emma Watson from looking hot.

[quote name='Retribution][size=1]The only thing I don't like is that how Dumbledore [spoiler]was on the edge all the time... I thought he was supposed to be calm and collected![/spoiler'][/size][/quote]Concurrence! That was the only thing that irked me. And it bugs me for a couple reasons: First, because it's a pretty basic character change. But also, it really changes the mood of the story. All along, because [spoiler]Dumbledore was there, things were, [i]somehow[/i], going to be okay--because with Dumbledore there, how could they [i]not[/i]?[/spoiler] They always mention how "As long as Dumbledore is around, Hogwarts is safe," [spoiler]but it doesn't feel that way in the movie, because Dumbledore seems like he's in way over his head. Like when he snaps at Minerva?[/spoiler] Yikes!

This is my favorite HP movie so far, and I think they did it very well. Sorry, but I'm not willing to go see a ten hour movie. Not even one with Robert Pattinson as Cedric "Handsome" Diggory. ([i]Maybe[/i] if we'd've had Sean Biggerstaff...)

Am I horrible, or what? Heh.

But yeah, enjoyed the movie. The whole SPEW thing got pretty tiresome in the book as it was. I sort of expected it to have a "cameo appearance" or some such, but I didn't notice one. (Honestly, I wasn't looking.)

I'm happy that we got to see more of Neville.

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[Shinmaru]

Yeah, [spoiler]Dumbledore's mood swings[/spoiler] were so bizarre lol. He's been dubbed "[spoiler]Grumbledore[/spoiler]" at a few places I usually go. :p

I'm wondering if a lot of that was Michael Gambon's choice, or the director's choice. Michael Gambon is usually a great actor, but I guess that he's due for an odd choice every once in a while... lol.

Anyway, though Goblet of Fire is far from my favorite Harry Potter book, I thought that this was the best of the Harry Potter films so far. It's nice to see that each successive sequel has gotten better (that's what I've thought, anyway). My big problem with Azkaban was that the pace was very zonky, and Goblet of Fire took care of that quite nicely. I don't really mind most of the stuff that was cut out of the film, because a lot of that just isn't "movie material," you know? Some stuff just works much better in novels than they would in a film.

The only bad thing was that the first time I saw the movie, I got stuck in a crappy audience with tons of screaming girls. Ugh. The audience was tons better when I saw the movie a second time at least. :)

[Sinistra]

[SIZE=1][quote name='Lore']I'm happy that we got to see more of Neville.[/quote] Yeah, me too, that should help out since he has a little bit more to look forward to in the next book/movie. After all, he'll have more to do with the plot in regards to Harry. I felt bad for him when [SPOILER]Moody was using the curses on the spider and he looked like he was going to cry. It was a good thing Hermione said something.

It was also kind of funny to watch him dance his way back to his bed after admitting that he had just gotten in from the Yule Ball. He and Ginny must have stayed up all night dancing.[/SPOILER]

I just thought of something else that wasn't in the movie. [SPOILER]There was a time in the book that Harry shows that he's capable of fighting one of the three Unforgivable Curses. Don't remember the name, but surely someone knows what I'm talking about...the...Cruciatus curse I think it was. I just noticed now that nothing was in there about that.[/SPOILER][/SIZE]

[Box Hoy]

I thought it was the worst of the four movies thus far. The actors really didn't convey the same quality acting as they had in the first two. I wasn't much of a fan of the third one either. The new director didn't really focus on the parts of the books which contained the most rising action like the original director did.

Dumbledore ruined the movie for me. He didn't fit his character which I think is important. When you go and watch all of the movies, it's almost painful how obvious the mood change is. Plus there doesn't seem to be a real cause for the change.

I swear, adding maybe an additional 10 to 20 minutes to the movie to explain just a few things and/or add some crucial scenes could've saved it.

[eleanor]

[QUOTE=Lore][color=#333333][font=trebuchet ms]Lol. YOU try to keep Emma Watson from looking hot.

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This is my favorite HP movie so far, and I think they did it very well. Sorry, but I'm not willing to go see a ten hour movie. Not even one with Robert Pattinson as Cedric "Handsome" Diggory. ([i]Maybe[/i] if we'd've had Sean Biggerstaff...)

Am I horrible, or what? Heh.

I'm happy that we got to see more of Neville.

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[color=darkslateblue] I love your first sentence. XD So very true. And to this day I still love Sean Biggerstaff.

I thought it was a great movie, except I think PoA was just as good as Gof, just in different regards. I do think the beginning of the movie was very choppy, but that's expected. I've actually gotten really annoyed by many of the people screaming bloody murder because they movie didn't follow some book scenes exactly. Seriously, it's a movie, not a page-by-page act of the HP books. I'd probably kill myself if I had to watch a 5-hour long HP movie.

Dumbledore was, er... a bit violent. And Hermione seemed really emotional throughout the whole movie. Sort of made me think about whether that was done purposely or it's just the way she acts.

But basically, GoF boiled down to me crying over Neville and Cedric.

Neville is one of my favorite HP characters, so I loved seeing more of him in this one. Wanted to hug him when Moody [spoiler] showed him the spider under the Cruciatus curse[/spoiler]. I [b]really[/b] hope that in the next HP movie they'll add in [spoiler] the scene where Neville visits his parents and receives that bubblegum wrapper from his mom... that part killed my heart, there.[/spoiler]

Cedric... [was undeniably good-looking] and I started to get tears in my eyes when [spoiler] Cedric's spirit came out of Voldemort's wand and asked Harry to return his body back. Yes, I'm a HP dork, and yes, tears were running down by face when Harry returned with Cedric. I'll have to add that Radcliffe's acting during that scene was great. :D[/spoiler]

Le sigh. I love Neville so much.[/color]

[OMNOMNOMALY]

[QUOTE=Lunox][color=darkslateblue]

Cedric... [was undeniably good-looking] and I started to get tears in my eyes when [spoiler] Cedric's spirit came out of Voldemort's wand and asked Harry to return his body back. Yes, I'm a HP dork, and yes, tears were running down by face when Harry returned with Cedric. I'll have to add that Radcliffe's acting during that scene was great. :D[/spoiler]

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[FONT=Palatino Linotype]Hear hear. I'm a big Harry Potter nerd as well. I think I was the only one crying in the theatre. I felt lame. But it was so sad! And I started crying harder when [spoiler]Harry's parents came out of Voldemort's wand.[/spoiler][/FONT][/COLOR]

[celestialcharm]

[COLOR=DarkOrchid][QUOTE=sakurasuka][SIZE=1]
Oh, another thing I noticed, [spoiler]why are they trying to make Hermione all pretty all the time? I noticed it in the third movie as well, they're slowly making her hair less frizzy and more bouncy/curly. When they did the whole scene at the Yule Ball, she was supposed to be TOTALLY different, but she was just a little bit nicer looking.[/spoiler] That sort of makes me mad.
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I agree! They are making the plain/homely/ugly characters too pretty!

I saw the movie twice. I thought it was pretty good. I had tears coming from my eyes when [spoiler]Cedric died. He didn't even get the chance to even know what was going on! He didn't even get to say 'hey what's going on? Why are you pointing that wand at me?!' Well, maybe not those exact lines...[/spoiler]

Most of the people I know that that how [spoiler]Dumbledore[/spoiler] was acting as if he was high on magic dust or something. But, maybe Michael Gambon was acting so [spoiler]moody because he knew he was going to be out of a job after HBP.[/spoiler]

But, I liked the fan service in this movie! ;) One of the funniest parts was when Moaning Myrtle was [spoiler]coming on to Harry.[/spoiler] I laughed so hard! One of my friend's said that if she was a ghost there, she would be doing the same thing too.

They better put the part when [spoiler]Fred and George[/spoiler] leave the school in the next movie! That part was so dramatic![/COLOR]

[nikkilynn211986]

Did any of you notice that the guy who plays Professor Snape plays the Metaton in Dogma??

[Guest sesshysgirl]

[quote name='nikkilynn211986']Did any of you notice that the guy who plays Professor Snape plays the Metaton in Dogma??[/quote]

yeah, he's also the sheriff of nottingham in robin hood prince of theives and in spece quest or w/e
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[kaiyukianime]

[quote name='araemi']Yep....i have to agree that this was the best movie so far...altough i was really mad at the amout that they cut out...[/quote]

[COLOR=DarkRed]Ok now you all are going to think I'm crazy because I have only read 5 pages of HP5 and I watched the movie on 26 and 2. I've read half of the first one,and all of the 5th and 6th book. Any way so I don't really know what they cut out.0 :animesigh Every one tells me all this stuff and I personally think that the movie kicked butt. It was way better than the rest of the HP's. :catgirl:[/COLOR]

[Fyxe]

[size=1][color=slategray]Everyone complains about how they always cut out things in Harry Potter movies. Well, personally, I thought the script writers did a [I]wonderful[/I] job with it. They made it flow, even with all the cut and paste they had to do. I heard they could only have a maximum of 150 pages in the script. I'd like to see you guys try and summarize seven hundred and so pages into only 150. Lol. I was impressed, to say the least.

I was somewhat bothered by how Rupert(Ron) and Daniel(Harry) had their hair so long... sure, it looks hot on the Weasley twins... but... those two... cut it, boys. XD I guess it sort of made Daniel's hair look a little more.. messy and rebelious... but the look certainly doesn't flatter him. But the main reason they have that is because it's showing how they're growing and changing... etc.

Though I really enjoyed this movie, and it was a little more fast paced than some of the others, I still like the first movie the best. They were all so small and cute... and I think it just captured the book the best. Plus, it was Christipher Columbus's director master piece. Lol.

The crew is definitely getting better at being their characters, being comfortable on set, and you can feel it in the way they act. For example, [spoiler]when Harry brought back Cedric's body? I almost cried.[/spoiler] I think Daniel Radcliff did a [I]far[/I] better job at expressing the emotion compared to when he had to get upset in the last movie. Phew, I wanted to laugh the last time he... "cried.." >>

They definitely put in a lot more... suggesting themes. But, you know, who cares? It was PG-13 anyway. XD But, I like how they add in little tid-bits according to how a lot of teenagers would react or say in those situations. Like Fred and George. Haha. [spoiler]That part in the bathroom... with Moaning Myrtle. Oh my. XD She was getting pretty friendly with Harry, wasn't she? And I noticed something... when he goes under the water to listen to the egg, she goes under too... and he doesn't bother to cover anything. So she would eventually be able to see full-frontal. LOL.[/spoiler] I pointed that out to my mom and we had a pretty good laugh. XD
And you know what kind of irked me?[spoiler] I had [I]really[/I] been looking forward to the Quiddich World Cup, and they only showed about a minute of it! >.< I wanted to see the veela... haha.[/spoiler]

I missed Devon Murray(Seamus) and Sean Biggerstaff(Oliver Wood) in this one... aww... I won't get over losing Oliver. Lol. But I got to see a fair amount of Tom Felton(Draco Malfoy), so, I guess I can't complain too much. Cute ferret. XD

But, in all, I thought the movie was great. And, as always, I can't wait for the next one.[/color][/size]

[Retribution]

[quote name='Lore][color=#333333][font=trebuchet ms]Lol. YOU try to keep Emma Watson from looking hot.[/color'][/font][/quote]
[size=1]OMG, you preach it, Lore. Haha.

[spoiler]Haha... Grumbledore. That's pure genius. Had me cracking up for a good five minutes, Shin.[/spoiler]

Now, since I personally thought this was the best HP movie thus far, do you think they can top it in Order of the Phoenix?[/size]

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I haven't yet seen this movie and I'm almost finished reading Order of the Pheonix (so I'm a little late to the party compared to the rest of you), but I do wonder one thing.

I wonder what rating an Order of the Pheonix movie would have, if they kept it true enough to the novel. It's interesting to see how each novel gets progressively darker - Order of the Pheonix seems to have some elements in it that are significantly darker than even Goblet of Fire. I'm hoping that they don't try to hold back on that or dumb it down, simply to make it a "kid's movie". Hopefully they do their best to stay true to the novel's tone.

Although based on comments here, it seems as though they were not in-keeping with the tone of Goblet of Fire as much as they could have been. I'm really saddened to hear about [spoiler]Dumbledore[/spoiler] in terms of character changes and so on.[/font]

[DBZgirl88]

[COLOR=#004a6f]I absolutely loved Goblet of Fire. Great effects, lots of action, very funny, and emotional too. 2 THUMBS UP!

But like others have said I am particularily dissapointed in Michael Gambon's protrayal of Dumbledore. Dumbledore's suppose to be calm and collected, and although he does get angry sometimes, he never loses his cool.

Michael Gambon is way too "abnoxious" in my opnion. He hasn't bothered to read the books, nor does he plan to, and therefore doesn't really understand what Dumbledore is like, nor does he really seem to care. He stated that he's bringing his own character into Dumbledore. I don't think he's taking his role very seriously and if he doesn't get with the program sooner or later he needs to be sacked.[/COLOR]

[Fyxe]

[QUOTE=Chabichou]I absolutely loved Goblet of Fire. Great effect, lots of action, very funny, and emotional too. 2 THUMBS UP!

But like others have said I am particularily dissapointed in Michael Gambons protrayal of Dumbledore. Dumbledore's suppose to be calm and collected, and although he does get angry sometimes, he never loses his cool.

Michael Gambon is way too "abnoxious" in my opnion. He hasn't bother to read the books, nor does he plan to, and therefore doesn't really understand what Dumbledore is like, nor does he really seem to care. He stated that he's bringing his own character into Dumbledore. I don't think he's taking his role very seriously and if he doesn't get with the program sooner or later he needs to be sacked.[/QUOTE]

[size=1][color=slategray]I couldn't agree with you any more than I already do. Michael Gambon... what to say... he may [I]look[/I] the part of Dumbledore, but he will never be able to [I]be[/I] Dumbledore. He doesn't have Dumbledore down the way he should. I wonder what J.K. Rowling thinks about this portrayal? If I was her, I'd be complaining for all I was worth. In interviews, she says that she works the hardest to make Dumbledore the way he is, and that by the way he acts, he is over-all one of her favorite characters. If some actor was destroying my character, I would make it clear of what I thought.
It's really a shame that Richard Harris died, he was, in my opinion, the perfect Dumbledore. When I saw the first movie, and saw Richard Harris, I was just like, "[I]Yes[/I]... that's exactly how I pictured him."

*A moment of silence for Richard Harris*[/color][/size]

[Kuroshin13]

Accually, If I remember correctly from the book (been a while since i read it through), Dumbledor in fact was a little more aggitated and emotional in the fourth book than the others.

However, I agree that I do not like the new dumbledor one bit. Personally, I do not feel he even looked the part. His robs this movie made him look like...just uck and I think it was the color...not very flatering but I'm no fashion expert (Truley miss the purple). He ruined the character for me personally. His voice is just annoying, expecially in the comercial for the game. ^.^

No one can replace Richard Harris...it just isn't possible.
*takes up moment of silence as well*


All and all, I think they did pretty good with the movie considering. The Death Eaters (and Voldemort) all looked really cool...except for the hoods. I know what the hoods were for and what they resembled, but I guess it was the fear element. I want a mask like that. lol.

[Lady Asphyxia]

[font=Arial][size=2]No.

I'm sorry, but having people complain about what was cut out of the book and how it isn't 'true' to the novels really shi-- erm, gets my goat. The first two Harry Potter movies were what I would term 'pale imitations' of the book. They stuck so close to the novel that it was just a boring old rehash. It was stale and it was dull. There was none of the magic I expected to see in the HP movies.

The third movie kind of realised that the movie had to be a movie in and of itself -- it couldn't just be the book in visual form. And so they cut and pasted. It wasn't perfect -- and more than one person I know who hasn't read the book didn't really understand it --, -- and the crying scene was crap --, but I think it was better.

This movie, though...

[spoiler][i][b]WOW. [/b][/i]I loved it. I loved the fact that this movie was a movie. You didn't just have to read the book in order to see the movie. The Quidditch World Cup was fantastic, and the 'mystery' sort of thing to the movie -- with Moody and Barty Crouch -- was fantastically done. Since everyone who has read the books knows what's going to happen, it might seem obvious. But my brother, who hasn't read the 4th book -- or even the third -- got it. He was glad/excited/appreciative of the fact that there were clues as to the fact that Barty and Moody were the same; the tongue thing, for instance.

This movie was just so...so [i]cohesive[/i]. It was a movie, by itself, standalone. It wasn't something that a Harry Potter fan enjoys, but something that anyone can enjoy.

Yes, Dumbledore's characterisation was a little off, but I think that can be forgiven because everything else was so well done. The acting of Grint, Watson and Radcliff was fantastic, and it's great to see them mature into their own style and add their own personalities to the character, instead of just following the books and the director's orders. And I, for one, was [i]not[/i] complaining during the bathroom scene. Yum. I'm wishing I was Murtle, haha.

All in all, I think it was a better [i]movie.[/i] And that's my point. It's a Harry Potter [i]movie, [/i]not just a copy of the book. And so of course liberties must be taken with the script, and things must be cut and so on, otherwise it wouldn't be a movie in itself, it'd be, you know, the book. If I want the book, I'll read it, thanks very much. If I want a movie, I'll go to the cinemas and watch it. [/spoiler]
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