Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[Jo Dawn]

Just got back from the midnight show.


GO SEE THIS MOVIE.


I gotta go to sleep for 3 hours before work... so more raving will ensue when I return. This is the best of the bunch so far...



And, most importantly...


I got my favorite part in my favorite book onscreen!!!! *dances* :D :D :D :D

[Anarky]

I don't like the HP-movies. At all. I mean, I don't even like the books, but the movies sort of took all my mental images from the books I've read. Sure, Radcliffe sort of looks like the Harry Potter in my imagination but still... it just doesn't feel right.

Anyways, I'm glad you liked the movie. I'll definitely recommend it to others in that case.

[Dr. Doom]

I'm gonna hafta go in the opposite direction that Jo did. GoF is probably my favorite book so far, but I was not left very happy with the movie. SO much of the meat of the story, so much of what draws you in and endears these characters to you is cut just so they can smoosh in the neccesary elements of the main storyline in 3 hours. I appreciate the movie as a visual companion to the original material, but as a movie, I don't think it was terribly well made in any aspect other than that. I wouldn't reccomend this movie to anyone other than people who could appreciate it as such.

[Peanut]

I got my favorite part in my favorite book onscreen!!!! *dances* :D :D :D :D

The "row" between Ron and Hermione!?!?! God, I hope that's what you're talking about. I'm going to see it later tonight. I can't wait.

[Jo Dawn]

Yes, Peanut!!!!



*dances off to work*

[verminator_x]

im looking forward to see the movie tonight.
i loved the book, and cant wait to watch it.

was kind a disapointed after harry potter 3 prisonerer of azkaban.
hopefully the 4th film, will be better.

[ZariusTwo]

Snape Ki...

[Dr. Doom]

-=Oblitherates Zarius=-

[Jo269976]

I might see it this weekend, depends how i feel

but the 3rd one was crap! (well the ending was anyway)

[Shadow Leonardo]

Seeing it in a little while can't wait! I hope this will be as good as the critics say it is.

[Jo Dawn]

Too tired to really comment yet...


But I will say... Doom's opinion doesn't count, as he liked the remake of Willy Wonka. ;) :P













.... that was a joke. Don't talk about that movie in this thread. Talk about HP here. Thank you. ;) :)

[zkarlette]

I hope I can go see it tomorrow cause Ive been looking forward to it:D

[Hannah]

Aye yes I agree with like, everyone, by sayin I think it's gonna suck.
I love the books, but the movies are just blah. They get worse each time. I mean, they wore muggle clothes in the last mvoie. Hermione was wearing a frikkin rainbow belt. That's totally emma, not hermione.
:D But ill be seeing it so i can criticize.




Doom's opinion doesn't count, as he liked the remake of Willy Wonka.Whhhoooaaaa. Tim Burton = <3

[IceFlash78]

I just saw it.. it was AWESOME!


If you expect a carboncopy of the fourth book, skip it.

If you accept that the movie is an ADAPTATION or a RETELLING of the story, it is extremely good in that aspect.

Yes, it felt very rushed (the ending was somewhat lackluster... it was missing a emotional punch), but overall, it was very well done. I liked the tone and atmosphere. The kids' acting has improved significantly, and what they go through is given a darker feel.

So much better than the previous three movies!

[Barkworm]

I saw it yesterday and I liked it quite a bit, probably because I love "Goblet" so much and expected to be completely disappointed by the movie.

The pros:

Daniel Radcliffe is a great Harry
Rupert Grint IS Ron. Seriously, he's perfect in that role.
the Horntail :o
everything related to the ballscene was excellent
Mad-Eye Moody was nothing like I expected him to be but I was pleasantly surprised anyway
the end was pretty touching
Emma Watson is so cute


Unfortunately the cons were extremely bothersome to me:

Dumbledore was COMPLETELY out of character. He was nervous, hectic, unfriendly, he was YELLING all the time. Gambon was great in "Prisoner" but this just wasn't Dumbledore
The beginning up to the horntail task was way too rushed
One of my favourite scenes in the series, the graveyard scene was horribly bad
I like Ralph Fiennes but I totally hated his Voldemort. The whole performance felt rather comic too me.


I compliment Mike Newell for adapting the ballscene so nicely but I would have prefered a decent graveyard scene by far. And Dumbledore and Voldemort are two of my favourite characters so I'm pretty pissed about the way they were portrayed.
Ergo: Novel purists won't be happy about this movie but everyone else might have a good time.

[Peanut]

I was super pissed at how different the movie was, but I also enjoyed it for what it was. I thought it was pretty funny, actually. Most of the movie got some great laughs out of the crowd.

Question...WTF IS UP WITH DUMBLEDORE? Since when does he yell and scream and shove Harry around like he wants to punch him out? Ridiculous.

I also thought most of the scenes were majorly rushed and some of the changes made no sense to me at all. Why the hell did they call the little kid who wanted Harry's autograph Nigel instead of Dennis? At least give SOME reference to the annoying Creevy brothers in that movie. What's the point in a stupid name change?

There were a ton of flaws, but I still liked it. The movies seem to be getting more and more away from the source material, but whatever. The books will always be superior.

[Barkworm]

Question...WTF IS UP WITH DUMBLEDORE? Since when does he yell and scream and shove Harry around like he wants to punch him out? Ridiculous.
Exactly my thoughts. That wasn't Dumbledore, that was some angry old guy.

[Dr. Doom]

I pretty much share the same thoughts.....but I'm tired, so I guess I'm not going to elaborate.

[verminator_x]

i liked this one much better than the prisoner of azkaban.
but it didnt go all the way, as the two first harry potter movies.

well im going to see it tomorrow again, and then i might get more into it than yesterday.

[IceFlash78]

i liked this one much better than the prisoner of azkaban.
but it didnt go all the way, as the two first harry potter movies.
.


No offense to you, but I don't like how people expect these types of movies to "go all the way" wtih the book. It's literally impossible. Even the Lord of the Rings movies had to cut out some parts from the books.

The reason i think the first two movies were able to "go all the way" was because those two books were short, less than 250 pages or something like that.

Now, I like it if movies contained as much of the book as possible, but I don't expect them to. I think that's the way people should go into movies based off books. I'm satisfied if the movies manages to convey the FEEL of the books, and although I had to admit that Harry potter IV wasn't a perfect adaptation (I didn't even realize how Dumbledore acted until you guys told me about it--I'm deaf remember?) I got the dark tone and the teen angst from the book. Even though the parts that should have had the most darkness and angst, like the graveyard scene, was missing, I felt that the movie as a whole got the atmosphere right.

[Peanut]

I just don't like how they skipped out on IMPORTANT things. Like Barty Crouch Jr.. How in the hell are you supposed to know how he escaped from Azkaban etc etc. There's just no back story to that at all. Ridiculous.

[Mandi-chan]

I'm not seeing this one.

I was bored out of my mind while reading the book version, I'll wait for the book 5 adaption to come out.

[Jo Dawn]

I saw it again yesterday, and it was better than the first time.

And, as for the whole 'Dumbledore' thing... How ca you NOT like him in this movie??

To be completely honest, Dumbledore bored me in the books. This incarnation of him was HUMAN. And I loved it.

As I am typing this, there is a making of GoF on TV... and it just exactly described how I perseived Dumbledore in the movie. This is a man who is... troubled. He's scared and worried for his world. for these children... and he is reacting as such. If he was all calm and crap I would've been disappointed. This is a WAR. And Dumbledore is an old man who doesn't have all the answers that he used to have.

If you go into this movie expecting to see EVERYTHING from the book, then don't bother. That'll be impossible. So go into it just being GLAD that we are being given this movie as a live adaptation of these wonderful works of literature.

You won't be disappointed.

I shall see this again and I cannot wait!! :D :D

[zkarlette]

Two times !!:o How dare you JD I haven't seen it once:| I must watch this movie:)

[Jo Dawn]

You better hurry, or I'll have three up on you, hehe. ;) :D

[Barkworm]

And, as for the whole 'Dumbledore' thing... How ca you NOT like him in this movie??
To be completely honest, Dumbledore bored me in the books. This incarnation of him was HUMAN. And I loved it.
As I am typing this, there is a making of GoF on TV... and it just exactly described how I perseived Dumbledore in the movie. This is a man who is... troubled. He's scared and worried for his world. for these children... and he is reacting as such. If he was all calm and crap I would've been disappointed. This is a WAR. And Dumbledore is an old man who doesn't have all the answers that he used to have.
Being the huge Dumbledore fan I am, I hope you'll forgive me when I say I don't agree at all. ;)

[ThirdMarioBro]

I never saw Harry Pothead and the Socereor's Stoned. Won't see this one either. :D

[Barkworm]

But you have read one of the books, right?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Mmmm, no. I was just trying to annoy the Harry Potter fans :D :P I'll leave you all alone now ;)

[Barkworm]

If there's one thing I hate it is bashing something without having a clue about it.:ohwell:

[Peanut]

If there's one thing I hate it is bashing something without having a clue about it.:ohwell:

Agreed, but then again...TMB does think Mario Kart DS is a good game. So we'll forgive him this time.

[Jo Dawn]

Oh, I know ya like Dumbledore, Barkworm... though that IS what they were going for in this movie with him.

By the way Peanut... what'd ya think of the row?? ;) :D

[Dr. Doom]

Dumbledore has always come across as being incredibly clam, soothing, in control (with the obviosu exception of Half-Blood Prince). He's always had an air about him of utter serenity. That's what Dumbledore is to me, and Richard Harris pulled that off excellently. Michael Gambon is obviously going in another direction, and while I'm sure he's doinga lovely job with that, I'm sort of biased because it's not the Dumbledore that I'm used to or prefer.

[Mecha Cow]

Just got back from seeing it.

While I definately enjoyed the film a lot, I think the book-to-movie transition was really rough in places and there were some serious pacing issues.

Good movie, but I hope someone else will be directing the next one.

[Barkworm]

I think "Order of Phoenix" will be easier to adapt anyway.

[Dr. Doom]

Even tho it's the longest book thus far, if I remember correctly?

[Hannah]

I HATED this movie. =D IT was plain horrible. Characters were protrayed in completely wrong ways, they completely left out the house elves, which were a BIG part of the book, and what the hell was up with hagrid touching whatsherface and myrtle like, getting it on with harry?


********. x-x;;

[Barkworm]

Even tho it's the longest book thus far, if I remember correctly?
It is, but there is more stuff in it that could be cut.

[Peanut]

By the way Peanut... what'd ya think of the row?? ;) :D

That part was awesome! I got chill's. Although I could have done without Hermione sitting on the stairs and crying. I still loved it thought! RON & HERMIONE = LOVE!

[Duke]

Just saw it and thought it was really good. Although, I've never read the books so I have no reference point to judge them by.

[Barkworm]

I think if you liked the movies, you will love the books.

[Duke]

I'm sure I would but honestly I'm really lazy when it comes to reading. I can't remember the last time I read a book for no other reason than to simply read one. Usually the only books I read are textbooks and I hate them too.

[Barkworm]

I'm a literature student so I have no choice. :lol:
The HP books are extremely accessible though, they're perfect for lazy ones.

[Hannah]

I hate it when people see movies without reading the books. =D

[Jo Dawn]

That part was awesome! I got chill's. Although I could have done without Hermione sitting on the stairs and crying. I still loved it thought! RON & HERMIONE = LOVE!

I, also, got chills! Heheh.. LOVE IT!!


I HATED this movie. =D IT was plain horrible. Characters were protrayed in completely wrong ways, they completely left out the house elves, which were a BIG part of the book, and what the hell was up with hagrid touching whatsherface and myrtle like, getting it on with harry?


Um... Have you read the book?

Hagrid and Madame Maxime have a thing in the book. Of course they're gonna show you that!

And thank goodness they left out the elves. Very easily lost for the adaptation.

And Myrtle? Hehe. oh come ON... that was just piceless!!

Actually, the characters are completely right. And remember... JK is really involved in the making of the movies. So however they act, it's how she wanted them to. Keep that in mind. It's not YOUR take on the characters that's right. It's HERS. So they were just right.

[IceFlash78]

Um... Have you read the book?

Hagrid and Madame Maxime have a thing in the book. Of course they're gonna show you that!

And thank goodness they left out the elves. Very easily lost for the adaptation.

And Myrtle? Hehe. oh come ON... that was just piceless!!

Actually, the characters are completely right. And remember... JK is really involved in the making of the movies. So however they act, it's how she wanted them to. Keep that in mind. It's not YOUR take on the characters that's right. It's HERS. So they were just right.


Amen, JD... I was just about to respond to the same post. Hagrid/Maxime point you explained well, so I'll leave at that.

As for the houselves, I was glad they weren't in the book. I kinda saw them as annoying...nice subplot, but not really worth including in the movie. I liked how they (the writers) handled the absence of the houseelves (such as having Neville give Harry the gillyweed). It would unnecessarily complicate the movie and make it even longer (which means the movie would be even MORE rushed...)

I've always thought Moaning Myrtle had a thing for Harry in the books. Didn't she say something to either Harry or Ron about how she was lonely and wanted them to "keep her company?" I have a feeling I read that in either book 2 or Book 5/6. So I wasn't surprised that she behaved the way she did in the movie. I thought that part was HILARIOUS!

As Jo Dawn said, JKR is heavly involved with the movies. I think most people forget that fact and rashly assume that the movies, especially PoA, sucked because it deviated from JKR's vision when they don't really. Really, the movie are just JKR's retelling of the saga in a different medium, and people should view them as such, not simply the book on the silver screen. They are readaptions/retellings of the Harry Potter series.

[Ryona]

I just saw the movie and I totally loved it! Not that there was ever a doubt. :D