***SPOILERS BELOW***
If you haven't seen HP/GOF, don't read any further!
I orginally posted this in my temp blog on 11/17/05, the day after I saw the sneak preview at the IMAX theater at Jordan's Furniture, but moved it over here, as I want to keep track of it.
Here's the original post:
I noticed the different musical score right off; not better, not worse, just different. This movie started off differently, too; no Dursleys! I don't really like the Dursleys so that was fine with me.
Loved the miniature dragons!
The Weasley's tent at the World Quiddich Cup was awesome! And I adored what Harry said when he saw the inside of it: "I love magic!"
Michael Gambon...I still don't care much for him as Dumbledore. I picture Dumbledore as a regal, tall, thin, an extremely clean man...and Gambon's fingernails in the movie are just GROSS! Yes, picky, I know.
Harry & Ron and their fight: I know exactly how Ron felt, I've felt that way myself from time to time, so I could empathize. Boy, Ron's voice has really gotten deep!
Lucius Malfoy: Still lucious, still horribly mean.
Draco: The ferret scene, OMG HAHAHHA!
Mad Eye Moody: Didn't like the use of the eye patch, but the goofiness of it wore off as the movie went on. The first scene with him in the classroom was riveting and horrible.
Cedric: Poor Cedric! From the first scene of him with his Dad at the World Quidditch Cup, I felt bad, knowing what was to come.
Wormtail: I hate him.
Voldemort: His rebirth was horrifying, the cemetary scene very scary, and his "greeting" of his Death Eaters appropriately terrifying.
Oh, my heart just ached for Harry at the end, all that he had to go through, gah!
Snape: I particularly loved the scene where he wacked Harry & Ron on their heads with a book, but any scene with Snape is fine by me! Oh, please, more Snape!
My major disappointment was Snape-related: I wanted to see Snape show Fudge the Dark Mark burned into his arm (I REALLY wanted to see that), and also, I wanted to see Dumbledore ask Snape if he was ready to go do what "he had to do", i.e., go to Voldemort.
Can't wait for The Order of The Phoenix, when Lupin will be back (!!!) and we get to see Tonks!
Here's what wasn't in the old post:
Here's what some of the other bloggers I read had to say:
From Four Kids and a Dog:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was a very different film from the first 3, but still quite excellent. Very little to disappoint, except for the absence of Dobby and Winky. It's understandable why they had to be cut, but I was looking forward to seeing Dobby again. He's more lovable than Yoda. Ralph Fiennes was a superb Voldemort. A bit freaky looking, but then the dude had been only partially alive for the last 14 years.
There was just enough comic relief to keep the movie from being overly dark. I've heard from several parents who were concerned this movie was going to be too graphic for their kids, based on their reading of the book. I think those fears can be laid to rest. This movie was more akin to the scary movies of old, which managed to send shivers down your spine without resorting to showing severed limbs and slashing knives.
I was left hungering for the 5th movie. How long will it be until it's ready??
