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Just wow! Oddly enough this film didn't feel as dark as the last one, yet the final act of this installment really blew my socks off. This series now officially has me on the edge of my seat. Enjoy :)

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FULL REACTION - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Ali D

You’re flying through them! And you seemed hesitant at the start! 😄 Still plenty of dark elements in this one (🥺) but it’s less of a jump from 3 to 4 than it was from 2 to 3.

Heather Geer

“We NEVER use transfiguration as a punishment!” …”why not??” 😂 Response level: Legendary

Lady Beyond The Wall

Poor, poor Cedric. :( And Harry.. for having to witness that and then deal with Voldemort afterwards. I think most people would be blaming themselves for his death at least somewhat after that. Harry didn't kill him of course, but.. he insisted they take the cup together. It was the right thing to do but such the worst thing to do in hindsight. 🥺 And yeah, I personally wish the ending was a bit more somber? Not sure how.. but since they didn't really show much time passing between Cedric's death/Dumbledore's Speech/The End.. the smiling, laughing and joking seems a bit off. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Regardless, I really do love this movie as much as all the others. Yes, it's different than the book and is missing a lot from the book, but I just view them as two totally different entities - almost like two different universes. So I personally tend not to get annoyed or upset by changes from Book > Movie, in general. As for Ron - yeah.. he's 14. So he's gonna be how he is. 😂 His best friend is one of the most famous people in the world and the most famous person in their school. He's the youngest son from a very large family with a lot of pressure on him to be like his older brothers (besides Gred&Forge) so in a way, he feels like no matter what he does... someone in his family will have already done it. All while being best friends with Harry. And he's 14, which is such a crazy age. So he's going to have a lot of emotions going on, including jealousy sometimes. But he came around, so good on him. It happens. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I really, really can't wait for the next one. You're absolutely going to love it. :)

Tara ✨💫

It’s been a while since I’ve read the books, but they are absolutely amazing. I couldn’t put them down and I read them as an adult. They had to leave so much out of the movies. The beginning of this movie where they spent time at the Quidditch World Cup alone was much more detailed. If I remember correctly, Dobby was there in the book. A lot more time was spent there before the death eaters attacked. Unfortunately, due to the run time, they leave things out completely or gloss over them quickly.

Tara ✨💫

I remember when it was announced that Robert Pattinson was cast in Twilight, a lot of people were very upset because they only knew him as Cedric Diggory and didn’t think he’d be able to pull off the character of Edward Cullen, but he ended up winning the fans over.

Kru Timmy

You're right about Ron; In the films, he's totally reduced to comic relief. The only film that really does justice to his character is the very first one. When I watch reactions to these films, I often notice reactors puzzled moments where things don't quite make sense. The incongruities are due to changes in the screenplay verses the books.

Kru Timmy

I loved watching (and reading) Goblet of Fire. It's a fun romp through action-adventure land - right in the middle of the series. The director admitted to having a hard time (at first) figuring out how to make this film, but then realized it 'was' and action-adventure. Mind you, the ending completely flips this on it's head. Voldemort's appearance is pretty close to the description in the book. He has a slit of a nose, snakelike. He was also written as having red eyes, but they made the (i think good) decision to leave the actors eyes natural. Red eyes in film would be a distraction and reduce the power of Ralph Fiennes acting. A couple of tidbits that are my own opinion and probably wrong: I always felt like the decision to make Alastair Moody turn out to be the death eater, Barty Crouch Jr, was a very late decision on the author's (J.K.Rowling) part. It just felt a bit tacked on. The graveyard scenes were still astoundingly good. I found the performance of the actor playing Barty Crouch Jr to be a bit hackneyed as well. Reminded me of the 'extra' acting of professor Quirrell in the first film. I mean, really... the tongue licking thing was just silly. Directors - there's this little thing called subtlety.

Heida

Funny you should mention Dumbledore's "DID YA PUT YAH NAME IN DA GOLBET OF FIYAH?" when in the book it is clearly stated "Dumbledoe asked CALMLY". Just one example of how film Dumbledore is very different from book Dumbledore AND how Michael Gambon's Dumbledore is different from Richard Harris' Dumbledore. The film doesn't really explain why Harry's and Voldemort's wands connected or what exactly happened. It's because they both have wands with a core made from a feather from Fawkes. The Priori Incantatem (previous spell) effect can spontaneously occur when such 'brother wands' get locked together. If one is able to overpower the other, the latter wand is forced to repeat echoes of the last spells that it cast; like ghosts of people killed by the Killing Curse. As always there's a lot in the book that is not in the film (apparently they were thinking of splitting this to two parts) but I'm okay with most of it. What I miss the most is actually a subplot involving Hermione forming S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare), a group to liberate Hogwarts' enslaved house-elves. Winky the house-elf who serves the Crouch family is an important character in the book. Dobby too, he gives Harry the Gillyweed instead of Neville. There is also a plot point in the book that has Rita Skeeter being discovered as an unregistered Animagus (someone who can shape-shift into an animal) and Hermione blackmailing her into not writing for a year. The tongue thing done by Barty Crouch Jr. was not in the book and was improvised by David Tennant. Brendan Gleeson then added the quirk to a few of his scenes as a hint to his real identity. Although it is not explained in the movie, Fleur Delacour is described as part Veela in the books. Veelas in the Potterverse are magical nymph-like beings that have the ability to charm men. Fleur actually has a strand of her Veela grandmother's hair as the core of her wand. Victor Krum is under the Imperius Curse (one of the three unforgivable curses) in the maze, that's why his eyes are like that. The victim basically has no control over their actions and is obedient to whomever casted the spell (in this case Barty Crouch Jr). They are placed in a calm, trance-like state in which all feeling of responsibility and anxiety was vanished, similar to hypnosis. In the book, Harry and Cedric are tied for first place, but with Cedric dead, Harry is declared the winner. He is rewarded with a large sum of money, but struck with immense guilt over Cedric's death he offers it to Cedric's parents, who politely decline. He gives the money to the Weasley twins instead who use it to open a joke shop. Lastly, Cedric's dad's cries are absolutely heartbreaking. That actor did a phenomenal job portraying a father who just lost his son.

Michael Short

I always think Harry is an idiot for putting sirus' name on the envelope. they should use a code name

Bpark

The books explain that Ron's insecurity stems from having 5 well-known and accomplished brothers, only to accidentally make friends with the most famous wizard in their world. And as they go through puberty, Ron MOSTLY handles this well lmao. He and Ron can def fight and make up like brothers do, ferociously and then with quick resolution.

Jim Schmitz

It's so much fun watching your mental wheels churning. You really have a knack for picking up things with just a few clues. I'm looking forward to seeing how you've handled Rowling's misdirection in the rest of the films.