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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
FaultyGluestick:
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Yeah, what he said.
If you thought #3 was terrible, you'll /hate/ this one.
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Thanks. It saves me the trouble and agony.
LeeZion:
Watching the 4th Harry Potter movie was like reading the books on fast-forward. By speeding through so much, no time was left on the subtle nuances which made the books so enjoyable. And not JUST the subtle nuances — the scene with the Dursleys and the Ton-Tongue Toffee? I burst out laughing when I read that. No space for it in the movie.
The worst offense is that one of the most surprising elements of the books — the political divisions in the wizard community that turn Dumbledore and Harry Potter into pariahs — is missing from the movie. Based on the movie version of Goblet of Fire, what will Harry Potter have to get angry at in Order of the Phoenix?
They should have released The Goblet of Fire in two parts. They should have split it at the fight with the dragon, which is almost the exact half-way point in the book. And based on the text from the original books, each half of Goblet of Fire would have been roughly the same length as Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, if you're from the UK). Imagine that: Goblet of Fire, part 1, would show the Quidditch final intact, and all four fights with the dragons. Then, we get to see Harry triumphant — BUT, cut immediately to Voldy-land, and the Dark Lord is laughing. "Enjoy it while you can, Harry Potter. Enjoy it while you can!" Then the words flash on the screen: TO BE CONTINUED...
Now that would have been a great movie. Steven Kloves should die and let me take over.
Lee Zion.
Simulacra:
saw it last night and definitely plan to see it again.
sober this time.
cause i don't remember a ferret scene.
tastick:
Saw the midnight showing Thursday night (well...technically Friday morning, if you're anal about that shit).
It was excellent.
darkhorizons:
--- Quote from: Aphi ---All of the parts missing from the movie that I COMPLETELY forgot about.
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I had actually loved the movie, I saw it Thursday night/Friday morning. But I think that I enjoyed it so much because I didn't take the two days to re-read the book the movie was about. That completely wrecked the third one for me. The third one SUCKED.
When I was watching the film, I had completely and totally forgotten about Hermione's SPEW thing.
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There were some elements of GoF I liked, though. Like the fact that they were actually wearing their UNIFORMS this time around. In the third movie they were in street clothes for 75% of it. And I think that the main plot points they DID do were well done (aka the v. beginning of the World Cup, the dragon thing).
But LeeZion was right. The series would have been better served by splitting the movie into two. In retrospect.
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