Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Early Goblet of Fire Review
In the previous reviews we had posted on Goblet
of Fire we have heard repeat statements claiming that this Potter
film is the best and darkest yet. For that, we could only shout hurray.
However, what does this reviewer say after watching a possibly finished
film? As most would have guessed, this review offers exactly the same positives
and then some.
However, be wary with this GOF review, more about spoiler-ish details
than a review itself. Below are the best aspects of non-spoiler areas.
This leads me to the very tone of the picture. If you thought "Part 3" was dark, you haven't seen nothing yet! This is perhaps the darkest "family film" ever made. This is a family horror film! The new director (Mike Newell) and screenwriter in the series could have easily shyed away from the meaner tone that Alfonso Cuarón set up in the last installation. But they go further - and then some. This is even more stunning, haunting, scary, gloomy, suspenseful and ominous than the last film, and all the more engaging for it. The studio could have stopped them from making a film so dark that all the small children fans of the books couldn't watch it, but they stuck with a vision and should get a round of applause for that. It really isn't a film for small kids and they really shouldn't be allowed to see it. They can watch "Jurassic Park" in stead. That at least has a happy ending. This certainly does not -
and I won't spoil it if you don't know what happens in the graveyard and what the aftermath is. But it is certainly too much for children to cope with.
If I have sounded negative, I underline here that I am not. I just tried to tell you what was missing from the book and what was actually in the film (and a few things that I am sad couldn't be done better, especially concerning Fleur, Viktor and Cho). Would I have liked a four hour film that covered more of the novel? Yes! But for an almost three hour long movie they couldn't have adapted the material better. They haven't taken as strong liberties as in part 3, but they made part 4 even deeper and scarier than the book suggested. And I'm with them all the way! The direction, writing, the new music by Patrick Doyle, the very roller coaster ride into part adventure, part comedy, and (mostly) part nightmare is fantastic!
Having read Goblet of Fire more than a
couple of times, and consider it the best in the entire series, I am craving
an invitation to an early screening.
To read the whole review for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
head over to AICN.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire comes to theatres on November
18th.
For the trailers, movie stills, pics, clips, other reviews and synopsis,
go to the Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie Page.
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