Hi!
Well, on Friday, I went with my husband and we watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. And I must say, I was happy, yet disappointed! The reasons for my mixed feelings are as follows:
- What is a Harry Potter movie without the Dursley's! They never even showed that whole part, where the Weasley's travel through the Floo Network and enter in their house, and they didn't show the part where Dudley eats Fred and George's ton tongue candies. That whole scene was missed, and that was really funny. I think they should've included that in the movie.
- I didn't like how they just skipped the Quidditch match. That would've been an interesting scene.
- The whole scene where the Death Eaters are destroying the camp site of the World Cup is changed. When Barty Crouch Jr. lights the Dark Mark, Harry is blamed for it because of his wand. But it was totally different.
- When Harry goes into the Pensieve, there are more trials, but he only sees one in the movie.
- They barely made Fleur Delacor talk. She had barely any role in the movie, yet in the book she talks quite a bit.
- When Hagrid shows Harry the dragons, one of Ron's brother's is there (I can't remember which one, Bill or Charles). But anyway, they should've been included too. It would've at least made an introduction to his character.
- I saw someone writing that they saw a beetle. Where was the beetle? Rita Skeeter is an animagus. I didn't see any beetle.
- Sirius just had no role in this movie. He only came in the part where his head appears in the fire. I remember in the book Harry writes to Sirius so many times, telling him also to call him Snuffles, and he was telling him what to do and stuff. The next movie is the last one he's in, we barely get to see him.
- Cho didn't have any significant role in this movie either. Neither was Harry daydreaming about her. It didn't even come to our minds that he liked her.
- In the book, they showed Lord Voldemort talking to all the Death Eaters, but in the movie they only showed Lucius Malfoy. They never even showed the other Death Eaters properly.
- I think Mad Eye Moody should've been more beat up on his face. He didn't have enough scars on his face to be Mad Eye Moody. And his leg was supposed to clunk?
- There was a part where Harry was out of his bed, and he was under his cloak. Mad Eye Moody could see him. They never showed that part. They never really showed anything significant to his eye. They never explained how it could see through things and all it's different abilities. They only showed that he could see from the back of his head.
There are many other points, in which I was thinking about last night when I was about to sleep, but I can't seem to remember them all. If I do, I will surely post. The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book was my most favorite book. And I think that I might've been expecting so much from this movie, that I was slightly disappointed. I think that the first three books did better, and I think I know the reason why. The reason is because the first three books were very small. The fourth book was the first big book. It was impossible to cover each and every detail. In my opinion, if they made two movies, it would've been better. Then they could've covered all the important parts, and technically would've made more money out of it and would've perhaps made the audience much happier.
Please comment. Give me your arguments. Tell me where I'm wrong and where I'm right.
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