When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
11 Mar Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Unmagical
The bottom line is that the first two films engaged us on the sheer visual invention of the magical world. The third film was a good film as a film, architectural, Sculpted rhythm that matched the physical spaces shown.
This one fails on both accounts. Oh, you will read that it attempts too much, coming of age meets thriller and so on. But I think it was simply a matter of not having a creative team in place that cared to make a good movie.
There was only one cool effect: the seven Pegasii. And there was only one interesting character, Moaning Myrtle. Just one.
So on the superficial level, the comment is that the basic film-making skills were absent.
But wait! This is the guy behind “Pushing Tin” and “Enchanted April,” both supremely well done.
So it must have been the producers that made this bloodless, a walk through the required scenes.
So very strange, because the last one was all about rich film-making, It had a centre, following the Orson Welles tradition that anchored the thing in the buildings. Why goof with expertise?
Posted in 2005
Ted’s Evaluation — 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
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