Harry would be ashamed - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Reviews

After waiting anxiously for months, I finally got to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. That was a mistake. Everything in the movie was either too little, too much, or not important. And of course, there was plenty that should have been in the movie that wasn't. I'll work chronologically. First off, Harry doesn't even start off at the Dursleys. I suppose that was just to quicken the pace, and could be needed. However, scenes like Dudley and the Ton-Tongue Toffee could have provided some much needed comic relief (and probably more effective than teaching Ron to dance). Anyways, Hermione abruptly jumps awkwardly on Harry and Ron says something idiotic to set his character. As for the dream itself, the directors decided to fix something that wasn't broken. They decided to add Barty Crouch Jr. to the scene, just to make sure people watching the movie don't receive any of the Rowling's mystery. The directors easily could have left it as Rowling wrote it, but they couldn't help themselves. Next, the Quidditch World Cup. A beautiful, well-crafted set greeted the viewer at the Quidditch Cup and everyone was poised for an exciting match. But wait! Then we can't watch Myrtle molest/violate/rape/attack Harry in a bathtub. Let's skip it! Not only do we miss a perfect chance to introduce Winky and Ludo Bagman, but we also lose a chance to show Krum's skill, as well as the winner of the Quidditch World Cup. Apparently, it was decided to show that the Weasleys were poor again, so the directors also deemed it necessary to chance their seating for no reason. Finally, we get to go to Hogwarts! We're rushed onto the Hogwarts Express, sit on that for thirty seconds, and arrive at school. Apparently, two or three months at Hogwarts isn't important though, so we skip ahead to the Triwizard tournament. First, the students from Beauxbatons arrive, and do their very.... interesting dance with the birds. Then the Durmstrangs boys do their rhythmic gymnastics routine, so everone gets a false impression on how Beauxbatons is all-girls and Durmstrangs is all-boys (we actually don't know for sure about that). Now we get to the Goblet of Fire. Everything goes predictably innaccurately until Harry's name pops out of the goblet. Dumbledore proceeds to throttle him, throw him against a wall, and vioently interrogate him on whether he put his name in the cup or not (in the book, "he asked calmly"). It seems as if a calm, collected, and wise Dumbledore is not cool enough for the target audience (which I will address later), and a violent headmaster is much more agreeable. Now, Ron gets angry from some half-explained reasons of jealousy. Some more unforgivable errors occur and we arrive at the first task. Fifteen minutes of the movie are spent with Harry sitting on a roof and the dragon ripping apart the roof of Gryffindoor tower and its new bulbous tumor (the three weird towers probably lacking in structural integrity). We just had to see that. Terrible things happen, and we arrive at the Yule Ball. We waste about ten minutes teaching Ron how to dance that could have instead been used in telling the story that Rowling wrote. Then the ball arrives. It is by far the longest and most important (to the directors) scene in the entire movie. This is where we get to see Hermione's hormones (and physical relationship with Krum) kick in, as well as see Ron and Harry becomes Hogwart's new pariahs. The emotionally scarring bathroom scene occurs, and we go to the second task. The merpeople are obviously more gruesome than they need to be, and apparently octopii are better than grindylows, but otherwise everything is okay. We hardly see the scoring or Dumbledore's conversation with the merpeople (which is referred to in the sixth book). We get a very confusing or egregious (depending on whether you read the book or not) scene with Barty Sr. and go to the third task. Instead of interesting magical creatures that Rowling wrote, we get to see violent shrubs! There is hardly anything more poignant than Harry saving Cedric froms some ravenous branches. Now we can go to the graveyard. We get to see the performance of Voldemort and his Death Eater henchman. Voldemort pirrouettes among the graves while rapping, throwing out unforgivable curses, and showing off his very unique nose. We get no explanation of Priori Incantatum and just think that it can happen any time two spells respond. The movie goes on... We don't learn about Dumbledore's plans or Fudge's reaction to Voldemort's return. However, we do learn that Dumbledore let fire to curtains in his fourth year at Hogwarts. Just to finish off, I'll go over somethings I feel are important. First off, I want to point out that this film has no targeted audience. Anyone who hasn't read the books can't understand the plot, and anyone that's read the book cannot help but be appalled. Next, I want to point out the missing characters. We get no Winky, Dobby, Bagman, Trelawney, Sprout, Mrs. Weasley, Percy, Dursleys, and a bunch of other people. The directors decided to rearrange roles and try to carry on with no actors. They fail to convey the plot, and the actors they do have are terrible. We get Dumbledore and his beard full of rubber bands, spoons, and probably fleas, as well as very wimpy, boring-looking Mr. Crouch, who shows no emotion at all, other than always seeming scared. I think I've ranted long enough, so that can conclude my review. The directors of this film failed, the actors failed, and the only good visual scene at the Quidditch World Cup was cut short. I honestly don't want to know what will happen for the rest of the series and the plot holes that this travesty of a film has created.