Goblet of Fire Media Reviews
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Wizard and witch wannabes of the world unite, our favorite boy who lived is back and in full force. After the moderate disappointment of Prisoner of Azkaban, this new movie is nothing short of the best Harry Potter movie yet.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, we meet our favorite wizard again at the Quidditch World Cup just before the new school year begings. All is not right, however, as Lord Voldemort's legions of death eaters attack the World Cup. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) go back to school with this recent event burned into their minds.
At school, they are introduced to the Tri-Wizard Tournament, a competition between the three major wizarding schools in Europe. The students are told that only those over 17 years of age can compete. Despite his lack of years, and probably owing to the fact that he's Harry Potter, our young wizard friend gets dragged into competing in the tournament. Along with his friends and suspicious mentor Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), Harry must fight his way through the tournament while trying to find how he was entered in the tournament and stopping the evil Lord Voldermort from rising again.
Goblet of Fire is the movie with the most resemblance to the books. It carries the dark themes from the book over to the movie while keeping up with the humor and cheerfulness that make the books so great. Imagery throughout the movie is also fantastic, sucking the viewer into the Hogwarts world and embracing them in the culture and activities. Where Prisoner of Azkaban failed in so many ways to try and create the books on the big screen, Goblet of Fire succeeds with nearly no flaw, the story does not jump, it doesn't require the viewer to have read the books, and the acting is at an all time high.
The only major problem with the movie is the age of the actors. The majority of the children are not, and do not look like, their age, with the exception of Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright), who does look like a 13-year-old. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all look like they are at least 16 years old, but if you are able to overlook this and realize that this is a movie set in a world where wizards and witches and dragons exist, the movie will be most enjoyable. This movie was made for kids, but themes of love and death are thrown in. This is not to say that you can not take your kids with you, but be warned that there are some very serious events at the end of the film that small children may not completely understand.
Goblet of Fire creates the world of the books on the big screen in a way that has not been done yet, and doubles anything for the last film. If you are a Harry Potter fan, and who isn't, then this is the film for you to see. In the end, Goblet of Fire turns out to be some real magic.
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