Alright, I saw Harry Potter tonight. I was really excited to see this movie because it really has been a while since the last. I heard such great reviews about it, but I have to say the movie bored me. It was a huge disappointment.
For a moment I'll back track to Azkaban. Harry 3's plot was extremely intricate and not only did it include depth, the acting was phenominal. Who could forget Professor Sybil Trelawney. She was fucking hallarious. Or Professor Lupin. Even Serious Black was incredible. I never expected the ending. Every part of that flim was a shocker and even more so, the flim drew you in and you didn't want it to end.
The first thing that stood out to me was the direction of Goblet of Fire. The shots are incredibly claustrophobic. The entire movie feels like you are looking through someone else's eyes. That's usually a pretty cool thing, however for this film I kind of felt trapped. I will admit some shots of the castle and the water were breath taking, but where was the school? It felt like such a tiny place compared to the other movies. There were a few shots of the campus area, but for the most part this director kept to the same places over and over again and that gets boring!
The second thing I really disliked was how the movie lost its own direction throughout the course of the plot (which I might add was ALL over the place - very inconsistant). The movie begins with a dream Harry has of Lord Voldemort. This basically gives the viewer who hasn't read the book an idea of what the movie will be about. After the dream Harry makes his way to school and the plot twists dramatically. The focus shifts to the Goblet and a death defying competition that Harry has to go through. This took up a great chunk of the movie. I admit some of it was pretty cool. The second match underwater, now that was awesome. It reminded me of the last movie a lot. The plot doesn't go back to Lord Voldemort until the very end. That sucked because I thought Ralph Finnes was AWESOME. The makeup, and the fact that he used his normal voice - he was just so sinister. I wish there was more of him and less of the other stupid competition shit. There's a death of a student. Whatever.
What I don't understand is that Serious Black is in hiding, and Harry send's his Owl out with a letter that says "Serious Black" on it? That pissed me off!
The kids were so shmucky (for lack of a better term). There were times when they were very much like teenagers fighting and bitching amongst themselves, but they each had a bug up their ass (of course with the exception of Harry). They were painfully annoying at times. Where did those twins come from? I know there is a lot more about them in the book. They just appear out of no where in the movie.
I fell asleep tons of times. I just plain did not like this movie. I hated the direction. It was TERRIBLE. I'm sorry. The last director was 1000000000x better. The only good part of the movie was Snape because not only is he my favorite, he was such an asshole in this movie. It wasn't even the things he said, his mannerisms were absolutely hysterical. I would have loved more from him. Too bad.
Ugh, its 4:30 and I can't even speak English at this point ..lol