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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
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Storyline
Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero? |
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The Director
Mike Newell
Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. After the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, Newell became the third most commercially successful British director in recent years, behind Christopher Nolan and David Yates, as confirmed by the UK Film Council in their 2010 Statistical Yearbook. Newell won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 1994 for Four Weddings and a Funeral and the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing for his career prior to 2005.
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User Reviews
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Do They Have Fans Writing the Harry Potter Screenplays?
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First off - I love the Harry Potter book series. I was one of those who dressed up in the wizard costume and stood in line at midnight to get the latest Harry Potter book. I then read the book as soon as I got it - then reread it in the morning when I could, being more awake, understand it better.
So perhaps it should come as little surprise that many of the Harry Potter movies have been disappointing to me. Not that they were bad technically or visually; the directors (usually) did a good job with the screenplay they had.
Indeed, it's the screenplay that killed the films. I know, I know, it's hard to make a perfect representation of J. K. Rowling's 300 or 500 or 800 page books - but really, they could've done better in most cases. It's the important, canonically, parts they cut out, that made the difference. And, in some cases, to replace said parts, the screenwriters added (sometimes subtly) other parts to the plot that weren't included in the book. Maybe it made for a better Hollywood experience, but what about the fans?
Okay, let me back this up a bit. Yes, of course, the movies are... movies, so they need to appeal to a certain kind of audience, one that doesn't necessarily care about the exact plot details and requires a lot of action. But I think the filmmakers could have stayed truer to the plot, that is, not diverge so radically sometimes (I'm talking about you, Prisoner of Azkaban!), while still satisfying the moviegoers' needs.
For the future movies, I'd like to see a better confluence of literary canon and movie action/intrigue/whatever they need. The Half-Blood Prince trailer certainly looks promising, but, of course, we'll only be able to say wh...
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reviewed by magicofpi (Filmaster.com) on the 28th of May 2009
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This is a decent film, but it has a rather rushed feel to it. I imagine that some parts must be fairly confusing to people who haven't read the book. I don't think I've read the book since it was published, and I found myself puzzled by certain parts. There are also too many scenes that felt like they should've been there but that were obviously taken out/never filmed for time reasons -- the quidditch world cup match comes to mind.