Product Description Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (DVD) (FS)It's Harry Potter's fourth term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft andWizardry! Harry, Ron and Hermione look forward to the internationalQuidditch finals. Harry dreams of spending time with the alluring ChoChang. He wants to be a normal 14-year-old wizard . . . But Harry is notnormal--even by wizarding standards. This term, for the first time inhundreds of years, a competition will be held between three schools ofwizardry, and contestants will be magically chosen for the verydangerous event. Now, as Harry's lightning scar burns, indicating theevil presence of Lord Voldemort, the Goblet of Fire makes its finalselection for the competition--Harry Potter.]]> .com The latest entry in the Harry Potter saga could be retitled Fast Times at Hogwarts, where finding a date to the winter ball is nearly as terrifying as worrying about Lord Voldemort's return. Thus, the young wizards' entry into puberty (and discovery of the opposite sex) opens up a rich mining field to balance out the dark content in the fourth movie (and the stories are only going to get darker). Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) handily takes the directing reins and eases his young cast through awkward growth spurts into true young actors. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, more sure of himself) has his first girl crush on fellow student Cho Chang (Katie Leung), and has his first big fight with best bud Ron (Rupert Grint). Meanwhile, Ron's underlying romantic tension with Hermione (Emma Watson) comes to a head over the winter ball, and when she makes one of those girl-into-woman Cinderella entrances, the boys' reactions indicate they've all crossed a threshold. But don't worry, there's plenty of wizardry and action in Goblet of Fire. When the deadly Triwizard Tournament is hosted by Hogwarts, Harry finds his name mysteriously submitted (and chosen) to compete against wizards from two neighboring academies, as well as another Hogwarts student. The competition scenes are magnificently shot, with much-improved CGI effects (particularly the underwater challenge). And the climactic confrontation with Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, in a brilliant bit of casting) is the most thrilling yet. Goblet, the first installment to get a PG-13 rating, contains some violence as well as disturbing images for kids and some barely shrouded references at sexual awakening (Harry's bath scene in particular). The 2 1/2-hour film, lean considering it came from a 734-page book, trims out subplots about house-elves (they're not missed) and gives little screen time to the standard crew of the other Potter films, but adds in more of Britain's finest actors to the cast, such as Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody and Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter. Michael Gambon, in his second round as Professor Dumbledore, still hasn't brought audiences around to his interpretation of the role he took over after Richard Harris died, but it's a small smudge in an otherwise spotless adaptation. --Ellen A. Kim
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Five Stars
Another fantastic installment in the series! The plot thickens with incredible twists and character development. The Triwizard Tournament is thrilling, and the stakes are higher than ever. Can't recommend this enough to any Harry Potter fan!
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Good
Good movie
P**5
Best series of movies ever.
My friend introduced me to Harry Potter a little over a year ago, we binge watched it before we left for universal studios, and I am so glad we did. it really was a great a experience and eye opener when we went and explored, based off all the movies, it was cool to see things in real life. 10/10 movies
A**R
FINALLY, we have a PG-13 HP movie.
It's about time. No longer did the filmmakers feel the need to tone down some of the scarier moments and themes. Finally, we have a HP movie that (at least somewhat closely,) captures the darkness, as well as humor, of the book. Prisoner of Azkaban made an effort to do this, but Goblet of Fire succedes fully.Goblet of Fire is paced very well. It takes off almost instantly and the pacing rarely lets up. But unlike Prisoner of Azkaban, where important plot points were sped through (to the confusion of non-readers,) Goblet of Fire at least makes sure most loose ends are tied up. From the beginning, the movie seems epic. The music, by Patrick Doyle, is great, and, in my opinion, and improvement on John Williams's music. The music when they ride the portkey is excellent, for example, and Doyle's new HP theme, (that plays a couple of times during the movie, most notably when Harry sees the ghosts of his parents,) is excellent. Williams fans don't need to worry, though; his HP theme remains in the opening scene and at the start of the credits.Special effects have improved all around, and some scenes, like the Quidditch World Cup, the Portkey scene, the 2nd task, Priori Incantatem....these scenes are amazing. And after basically having had his character ruined in Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron is FINALLY more than just "comic relief." And Rupert Grint shows that he can actually act, rather than the mugging for the camera he did in the past 2 movies. Dan Radcliffe's performance as Harry has also improved, and while there's still some occasional issues, overall, he's completely captured the essence of the character. Emma Watson as Hermione....she's good in some scenes more than others. At times, she seemed to be overacting a little bit. Yet, in other scenes she did a great job. It's really hard to say for sure. Hopefully her performance will be a bit more even in Order of the Phoenix.I'm also glad to see that they didn't squeeze a happy ending out of this movie. Yeah, the ending's still slightly more happy than the book's, but it's more of an "uplifting" happy than the "cheesy" happy that was used in the previous 2 movies. I said this with Prisoner of Azkaban, and I guess I'm saying it again with Goblet of Fire; the HP series is heading in the right direction. Can't wait for Order of the Phoenix.My only problems with this movie are minor. Dumbledore's personality....I didn't have as much of a problem as most people apparently did, but the scene in the trophy room was way over the top. Dumbledore even looked INSANE in some shots. (Look at his face in the close-up after Moody explains that "The goblet of fire is an exceptionally magical object")Also, each of the tasks, (as well as the Quidditch World Cup scene and Priori Incantatem,) literally don't last 1 second longer than they had to. ...but I think that some, especially Priori Incantatem, (I really doubt I'm spelling that right,) could have lasted for at least another minute or two.Anyway, overall, it's an excellent movie. The HP movie series has finally grown up. I can't wait to see what they'll do with the next movie....as for the DVD features...it's a bit disappointing this time around. This series has never really had good DVD's. Sorcerer's Stone was a joke. Chamber of Secrets was an improvement. Prisoner of Azkaban was a bigger improvement, although the interviews were ruined by the Shrunken Head.Goblet of Fire, though, (DVD features-wise) is better than the first 2 movies but behind PoA. While GoF has a ton of "making of" stuff dealing with special effects, it's missing the "making of the movie" itself! Director Mike Newell doesn't get interviewed, (although he briefly makes some comments) none of the adult cast is interviewed, and Steve Kloves (screenwriter) and JK Rowling are completely absent. So the special features are mostly special-effects related. Although even these aren't done particularly well. They cover the 3 tasks, Voldemort, and the Yule Ball, but dont feature Priori Incantatem, the Quidditch World Cup, (or the attacks there,) the portkey, or anything about Moody's magical eye or the Pensieve.Although there ARE some worthwhile features. The "Reflections on the 4th film" is a great feature, and the feature where you watch a typical day on the set for each of the 3 champions is interesting, (although again, I wish more focus was put on how they actually SHOT the scenes and less on what the studio looks like.) Plus, the deleted scenes were worth a look, even though it's clear why most of them are cut. (Only 2 of them really seem like they should have been left in; the scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione talk in the common room before Harry visits Dumbledore, and the scene where Harry steps outside at the Yule Ball.) And, finally, they have the lame teaser trailer. (No Theatrical trailer...why...I don't know.)Anyway, great movie, bland DVD. Someone's really gotta step it up in the DVD department on the next movie. For a movie that's grossed over 290 million domestically, the DVD features here are surprisingly uninspired. And make sure you get the "2-Disc Special Edition" DVD, or you get no special features at all.
F**O
Potter 4 - El Caliz de Fuego
Esta es un parte importante de la saga creada por JK Rowling, para muchos fue una verdadera reproducci?n del libro pero aun as? se qued? corto por que falto muchas cosas que ser?n importantes para la siguiente secuela. Pero no podemos negar que es una verdadera fantas?a echa verdad. Espero que con la misma genialidad que fue creada esta secuela se nos permita mirar la siguiente, que contiene un excelente drama. Espero que para cuando se acabe de filmar las pel?culas no tengamos que ver caras nuevas ya que el tiempo que toma entre pel?cula y pel?culas, es muy largo y esto puede ocasionar un cambio (que a nadie le gustar?a).Vemos luchar a nuestro amigo Potter con grandes aventuras, que van desde Dragones, Sirenas y Mort?fagos. Harry es escogido sorprendentemente como participante del torneo de los 3 magos y con una inesperada selecci?n que por primera vez despu?s de muchos a?os de tradici?n se cambia a 4 participantes, veremos unas caras nuevas que le pondr? al drama de la pel?cula una nueva faceta ya que habr? una mezcla de locuras, amor y baile. Empezamos con el campeonato mundial de quidich el deporte favorito de Harry. El cual es interrumpido por un ataque de desconocidos donde se logra divisar la marca obscura, carta de presentaci?n del Lord Voldemort. Unas concursantes del torneo Francesas, unos competidores Rusos, toda una mezcla de nuevas aventuras se mezclan en esta fascinante pel?cula. Se las recomiendo es muy buena la pel?cula.This is a you leaves important of the saga created by JK Rowling, for many it was a true playback of the book but even so it was short per that lacking many things that they will be important for the following sequel. But we cannot deny that you is a true fantasy you tosses truth. I hope with the same brilliant idea that this sequel was created we are allowed to look at the following one that contains an excellent drama. I wait that you stops when you has just filmed the movies we don't have to see expensive new since the time that takes between movie and movies, is very long and this can cause a change (that anybody would like Iyou).We see fight to our friend Potter with big adventures that they go from Dragons, Sirens and Mort?fagos. Harry is chosen surprisingly as participant of the tournament of the 3 magicians and with an unexpected selection that for the first time after many years of tradition it is changed to 4 participants, we will see some new faces that you will put to the drama of the movie a new facet since there will be a mixture of madness, love and dance. We begin with the world championship of quidich Harry's favorite sport. Which is interrupted by an attack of unknown where you is possible to sight the dark mark, letter of presentation of the Lord Voldemort. Some contestants of the French tournament, some Russian competitors, an entire mixture of new ventures they mix in this fascinating movie. I recommend them to him you is very good the movie.
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