Harry Potter and the Goblet of Awesomness

[jchrisobrien]

No spoilers here.

It wasn't a perfect movie, all the time. There were awkward moments, some jangling scenes, a moment or two that was even painful. But then, I seem to recall adolescence was a lot like that. Many elements of the film were great, even though a lot of your favorite characters don't get nearly enough time. But you do get a lot of tastes. It was spookier, and grimmer. It was also surprisingly emotionally wrenching and heart breaking.

Comments

[silas7.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty straight forward story. There's a big Tri Wizard tournament, Harry gets involved. There's a big winter ball, kids get jealous of each other. There's awesome effects, and a nice understory about evil wizards slowly coming out of hiding. The movie is darker than the third even.

I'd say you could follow it.

[sinspired.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a bit frenetic. Didn't really stop anywhere.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

There were some moments it slowed down, but there were those jerky, awkward scenes. Like I said (somewhere), trying to squeeze 600+ page novels into one movies is going to be rushed, and something aren't going to be realized to everyone's content. Her books deserve a miniseries to be really true to them.

That being said, I think that repeated viewings will be very entertaining. It was far from a bad movie, it just wasn't perfect.