"A Look Back at HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE" (2005)
With the fifth installment of the HARRY POTTER movie franchise ("HARRY POTTER and the Order of the Phoenix") about to be released, I thought this would be a great time to look back at its predecessor - "HARRY POTTER and the Goblet of Fire". When the latter was first released in November 2005, many had hailed it as the best of the four HARRY POTTER movies. I wish I could have agreed with that assessment of Goblet of Fire. I really wish I could. But . . . I can't. I'm sorry, but I consider "Goblet of Fire" the weakest of the four movies.
Unlike others, I had no problems with the screenwriter cutting out some of the material from the novel (however, I do regret that Newell and Kloves had cut out the Dursley scenes - which were the best in the series. In fact, all of the first four novels had been edited for the movie screen. However, "Goblet of Fire" did so in a manner that left the movie filled with plotholes:
*Why didn't anyone know that 长椅, 沙发 Jr. was missing from Azkaban?
*How did Voldemort and 长椅, 沙发 Jr. know about the Triwizard Tournament?
*Where was the infamous trunk, when Moody aka 长椅, 沙发 Jr. arrived at Hogswarts?
Other problems I had with the movie was Newell's heavy emphasis upon a realistic portrayal of British schoolchildren, to the detriment of the characters' performance. He tried to be realistic with the Hogswarts students, yet wallowed in one-dimensional cliches and portrayals of the visiting foreigners.
Aside from the Yule Ball (one of two 或者 three sequences I actually enjoyed), I began to wonder if Newell was a Harry/Hermione shipper. I especially noticed that Hermione did not seem upset with Fleur thanking Ron for helping Harry to save her sister - unlike in the novel.
But my two biggest disappointments with the movie was its production 设计 (I got the feeling that Newell was trying to recapture Middle Earth as it was in "LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers", making Hogswarts look very grim) and the hammy 表演 that nearly the entire cast seemed to be engaged in (with the exceptions of Dan Radclifffe, Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman).
Do not get me wrong - I still managed to enjoy "Goblet of Fire". But it was a comedown after the solid "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secret", and the dazzling "Prisoner of Azkaban". I can only hope that the fifth film - to be released in July 2007 - will bring back the magic.
With the fifth installment of the HARRY POTTER movie franchise ("HARRY POTTER and the Order of the Phoenix") about to be released, I thought this would be a great time to look back at its predecessor - "HARRY POTTER and the Goblet of Fire". When the latter was first released in November 2005, many had hailed it as the best of the four HARRY POTTER movies. I wish I could have agreed with that assessment of Goblet of Fire. I really wish I could. But . . . I can't. I'm sorry, but I consider "Goblet of Fire" the weakest of the four movies.
Unlike others, I had no problems with the screenwriter cutting out some of the material from the novel (however, I do regret that Newell and Kloves had cut out the Dursley scenes - which were the best in the series. In fact, all of the first four novels had been edited for the movie screen. However, "Goblet of Fire" did so in a manner that left the movie filled with plotholes:
*Why didn't anyone know that 长椅, 沙发 Jr. was missing from Azkaban?
*How did Voldemort and 长椅, 沙发 Jr. know about the Triwizard Tournament?
*Where was the infamous trunk, when Moody aka 长椅, 沙发 Jr. arrived at Hogswarts?
Other problems I had with the movie was Newell's heavy emphasis upon a realistic portrayal of British schoolchildren, to the detriment of the characters' performance. He tried to be realistic with the Hogswarts students, yet wallowed in one-dimensional cliches and portrayals of the visiting foreigners.
Aside from the Yule Ball (one of two 或者 three sequences I actually enjoyed), I began to wonder if Newell was a Harry/Hermione shipper. I especially noticed that Hermione did not seem upset with Fleur thanking Ron for helping Harry to save her sister - unlike in the novel.
But my two biggest disappointments with the movie was its production 设计 (I got the feeling that Newell was trying to recapture Middle Earth as it was in "LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers", making Hogswarts look very grim) and the hammy 表演 that nearly the entire cast seemed to be engaged in (with the exceptions of Dan Radclifffe, Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman).
Do not get me wrong - I still managed to enjoy "Goblet of Fire". But it was a comedown after the solid "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secret", and the dazzling "Prisoner of Azkaban". I can only hope that the fifth film - to be released in July 2007 - will bring back the magic.
1 she can go see The dark Lord in his bedroom afther hours
2She can not kill anyone who calls her a bad witch but can kill it they call her a good witch (unless the dark lord calls her this)
3 She can eat all she wants even if it's not on all =you can eat table
4She can not be called the b word 由 Molly
5 If she does she will be killed
6I will not KILL DOBBY unless he takes my best firends wand
7 She can have 更多 then one strowberry
(note this is for a role plaing bella and some are for the ones in the book)
2She can not kill anyone who calls her a bad witch but can kill it they call her a good witch (unless the dark lord calls her this)
3 She can eat all she wants even if it's not on all =you can eat table
4She can not be called the b word 由 Molly
5 If she does she will be killed
6I will not KILL DOBBY unless he takes my best firends wand
7 She can have 更多 then one strowberry
(note this is for a role plaing bella and some are for the ones in the book)
1. You've read the 图书 更多 times than Hermione has aced an exam.
2. You've learned another language just so 你 didn't have to wait a few months for the book to be translated into your native tongue.
3. 你 have permanently tattooed Harry Potter iconography onto your body.
4. 你 have played Quidditch ... not in a video game ... in real life.
5. 你 have been 袜, 放养 up with tissues for months in anticipation of the final book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
6. There is a room in your house that looks like it belongs in Hogwarts.
2. You've learned another language just so 你 didn't have to wait a few months for the book to be translated into your native tongue.
3. 你 have permanently tattooed Harry Potter iconography onto your body.
4. 你 have played Quidditch ... not in a video game ... in real life.
5. 你 have been 袜, 放养 up with tissues for months in anticipation of the final book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
6. There is a room in your house that looks like it belongs in Hogwarts.