> This evening, I got to sit in on the three hour preview of Harry
> Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
>
> I have to say it was pretty good. It followed the plot of the book
> pretty closely (as the other three have done) although there were
> some moments that seemed done differently from the book. I
> don't recall a metal group breaking into "song" in the middle of
> the Yule Ball.
>
> The bit with the Marauder's map was taken out, but it was
> covered over with plenty of other clues about the identity of...
> well.. you know. And if you don't, I'm not ruining it for you.
>
> The triwizard tournament is there in all it's glory, though there is
> one bit that was just slightly different from the books. Well, I
> think it was. I might be wrong, because I haven't read the book
> in a while.
>
> Other unnecessary parts were glossed over. The Quidditch World
> Cup was shown long enough to introduce us to Krum, and then
> it cuts to the celebration party with the attack of the Death
> Eaters. The other tournament champions were not shown
> fighting with the dragons.
>
> All in all, though, I thought it was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

Sadly, I haven't read the book yet, I've only read The Sorcerer's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets. Don't worry, I'm asking for the others as Christmas presents.

Anyway, I thought it was excellent. The animation was by far the best out of all of them. The kids have grown up enough that their acting has gotten much better. Radcliffe can CRY! And the drama was terrific in this one. It's by far the best of the series, so far. I like this new director MUCH better than the last one, of course, that don't take much.

One thing that bothered me slightly was that there was no real introduction to the castle on this one. I mean, I guess it's not necessary, but I was so used to seeing them have to make it to school. In this one, one moment they were in a field with a huge skull in the sky and the next they were at the school... Oh well. If that's all I can pick out, then it must have been great! Not a single dull moment in the whole movie!