A rather damp Goblet of Fire

Hello ? I thought this was supposed to be the best Harry Potter movie in a long time ?
Well, first impressions are...I was wrong (or maybe I thought a bit too much !)...

The new Harry Potter movie looks more like a patchwork quilt of action sequences & special effects put together while appearing to retain its links with the previous films in the series by retaining most of the main cast - most of all, I guess the movie lacks continuity, and doesn't somehow do justice to the intricately woven plot that J.K. Rowling treated us to.

The Quidditch World Cup is omitted (well, almost) ; the initial build-up is lost (alongwith Winky) ; the first task with dragons is more about special effects than Hermione's teaching & Harry's wit ; the second task has no mention of Dobby (and instead makes Neville look quite smart !) ; and the third and final task - well, the less said about it, the better.
I mean, that was a maze of dangers, not a maze-of-storms-that-push-you-stupidly-in-the-right-direction-towards-the-Cup.


I do agree that Harry is beginning to grow, and innocence fights with adolescence at every turn ; I do know that each passing year brings worries of a different (and feminine) kind to a boy's mind - but I don't know why we need to lose the endearing charm of the Harry Potter series as we know it in the books, when we try to convert them into film.

P.S. : I guess the Potter film-crew has a lot to learn from the The Lord of The Rings, which, across all 3 films, is a landmark, a watershed, in movie creation - it doesn't attempt to bring out the gigantic novel in its entirety ; but I'm sure there'll be very few who can say that it doesn't do justice to the story.
With this latest offering of Harry Potter, however, I regret to say (as an ardent Potter-fan), that there will be very many disappointed viewers who will go home from the theaters with the not-quite-content-and-something-is-missing feeling.


P.P.S. : I HATE this Dumbledore !!! I guess that's what put me off, TOTALLY - this guy sucks, man ! Dumbledore is supposed to be the greatest good wizard ever, someone who never loses his cool, someone with twinkling eyes, someone who is a quiet, confident, assured and loving character who loves Harry ! This guy is a close second to Voldemort in terms of love shown to Harry and students in general ! Crap...bullcrap......