Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (DVD)

This film is great, the actors have definitely been improving in skill, the new character of professor moody was well played (although his description in the books is quite the opposite of what we see in the film!). These films have certainly been improving, I was a little disappointed with the first film, thought the second was a huge improvement, was greatly please with the third and the fourth left me breathless! The effects are stunning, costumes have been well thought about and the scenery is authentic. These films, although becoming increasingly entertaining, have been drifting further away from the books and even further away from the child-friendly genre. In the first we see a plant that eats people, a three headed dog and many other things, in the second we see flesh eating spiders hungry for a taste of harry and ronald as well as a gigantic snake paralysing people in the castle. In the third film; children in the cinema can be seen cowering due to the demon-like dementors in black cloaks and a werewolf chasing our heroes. The fourth film strays further than all of these with a teenage boy dying on screen, a horrific C.G.I voldemort complete with spooky voice, an overweight spotty midget cutting off his own hand on screen and the entire general atmosphere of the film is more horror than thriller. Please don't get me wrong, this is good for a childrens film but I would suggest watching it with them the first time to make sure thay are okay.
This film is well made, suspense throughout, highly entertaining and although it doesnt cling to the detail of the book it does make an excellent tribute to the series. The ending, I thought, almost guarenteed a sequel to this film. It was similar to the ending of "return of the jedi" (star wars 1980), leaving a bad guy still at loose and several problems that need fixing by our heroes. This is one of the best films of it's year and I strongly suggest you buy or at least watch it some time.

Technically brilliant and artistically accomplished: an entertaining adventure movie for the older kid-at-heart. A must-see for Harry Potter fans but, of course, a less detailed version of the tale in the book.