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Connor Macgregor Reviews...Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Least Favourite Potter Movie....But Still Brilliant.
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion.
Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.
Its hard to pick which potter film is the least best. To me its GOF for this reason. It was changing. It was no longer Harry,Ron & Hermione playing Scooby Doo and solving mysteries. They were getting older and more mature and were entering...Puberty. Yes this was a coming of age story with A Wizard Tournemant thrown in the center. Some of it works like The Yule Ball and Harry`s crush on Cho and Victor & Hermione. But in the end it just felt very yucky and boring to watch. The Twiwizard Tournemant itself is a great idea. The First Task was a great set piece and was great to watch. The Second Task nodded me off till the end and The Third Task was the same until the crucial plot point.
I want to talk about Ralph Feinnes. What a performance despite being on for 10 minutes roughly. The character is one of the greatest ever created in Pop Culture. Menacing , Evil and bent on dominating and controlling everything around him. This is also the film which Michael Gambon finally becomes Albus Dumbledore. He had some interaction with Harry which was wonderfully acted by both Gambon & Radcliffe. The Three Main Characters once again prove wothy of being in the acting game. Emma Watson is highly underrated in general. Radcliffe has the makings of a classic star.
Rubert Grint is comedic and can make me laugh.
CGI was fantastic in this including the dragon. Very exciting scenes with the CGI. Mike Newell`s direction is swell and keeps The Potter magic alive and well in this film. Robert Pattinson is good but not fantastic.
Overall Great Film but least favourite because some comedy doesn`t work for me.
Rating - 80% - B+
Connor Macgregor Reviews...Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Least Favourite Potter Movie....But Still Brilliant.
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion.
Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.
Its hard to pick which potter film is the least best. To me its GOF for this reason. It was changing. It was no longer Harry,Ron & Hermione playing Scooby Doo and solving mysteries. They were getting older and more mature and were entering...Puberty. Yes this was a coming of age story with A Wizard Tournemant thrown in the center. Some of it works like The Yule Ball and Harry`s crush on Cho and Victor & Hermione. But in the end it just felt very yucky and boring to watch. The Twiwizard Tournemant itself is a great idea. The First Task was a great set piece and was great to watch. The Second Task nodded me off till the end and The Third Task was the same until the crucial plot point.
I want to talk about Ralph Feinnes. What a performance despite being on for 10 minutes roughly. The character is one of the greatest ever created in Pop Culture. Menacing , Evil and bent on dominating and controlling everything around him. This is also the film which Michael Gambon finally becomes Albus Dumbledore. He had some interaction with Harry which was wonderfully acted by both Gambon & Radcliffe. The Three Main Characters once again prove wothy of being in the acting game. Emma Watson is highly underrated in general. Radcliffe has the makings of a classic star.
Rubert Grint is comedic and can make me laugh.
CGI was fantastic in this including the dragon. Very exciting scenes with the CGI. Mike Newell`s direction is swell and keeps The Potter magic alive and well in this film. Robert Pattinson is good but not fantastic.
Overall Great Film but least favourite because some comedy doesn`t work for me.
Rating - 80% - B+