Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Tennant, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Brendan Gleeson, Timothy Spall, Robert Hardy, Frances de la Tour, Robert Pattinson
Synopsis:
On his fourth year at Hogwarts Harry, who has been plagued by ominous dreams, becomes embroiled in Lord Voldemort's planned return and finds himself entered illicitly in the famous Triwizard tournament between Hogwarts and two other visiting schools.
Review:
With the addition of ever more backstory the plot becomes increasingly hard to follow with this instalment, but it is alright so long as you don't care too much about understanding every detail, such as why the ship disappears beneath the lake in the final shot. On the plus side it introduces some genuine peril and the sense of evil is palpable and unsettling rather than just cartoonish (all provided you can accept the concept of a school that lets its students fight dragons and get tied up at the bottom of lakes). Rupert Grint is most certainly the least intelligible actor in the cast by some way, and anyway only gets to mope sullenly through this one. Fiennes makes his grand entrance, and it is worth the wait.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Tennant, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Brendan Gleeson, Timothy Spall, Robert Hardy, Frances de la Tour, Robert Pattinson
Synopsis:
On his fourth year at Hogwarts Harry, who has been plagued by ominous dreams, becomes embroiled in Lord Voldemort's planned return and finds himself entered illicitly in the famous Triwizard tournament between Hogwarts and two other visiting schools.
Review:
With the addition of ever more backstory the plot becomes increasingly hard to follow with this instalment, but it is alright so long as you don't care too much about understanding every detail, such as why the ship disappears beneath the lake in the final shot. On the plus side it introduces some genuine peril and the sense of evil is palpable and unsettling rather than just cartoonish (all provided you can accept the concept of a school that lets its students fight dragons and get tied up at the bottom of lakes). Rupert Grint is most certainly the least intelligible actor in the cast by some way, and anyway only gets to mope sullenly through this one. Fiennes makes his grand entrance, and it is worth the wait.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Tennant, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Brendan Gleeson, Timothy Spall, Robert Hardy, Frances de la Tour, Robert Pattinson
Synopsis:
On his fourth year at Hogwarts Harry, who has been plagued by ominous dreams, becomes embroiled in Lord Voldemort's planned return and finds himself entered illicitly in the famous Triwizard tournament between Hogwarts and two other visiting schools.
Review:
With the addition of ever more backstory the plot becomes increasingly hard to follow with this instalment, but it is alright so long as you don't care too much about understanding every detail, such as why the ship disappears beneath the lake in the final shot. On the plus side it introduces some genuine peril and the sense of evil is palpable and unsettling rather than just cartoonish (all provided you can accept the concept of a school that lets its students fight dragons and get tied up at the bottom of lakes). Rupert Grint is most certainly the least intelligible actor in the cast by some way, and anyway only gets to mope sullenly through this one. Fiennes makes his grand entrance, and it is worth the wait.