A Bad Harry Potter Movie Exists, and it's Goblet of Fire 

One comment I’d like to make. If your only takeaway from this video is that I don’t like the film because it isn’t like the book, you weren’t paying attention. All of the films deviate from the books to some extent, and sometimes for the better. Goblet of Fire is the only one where it deviating is a symptom of a larger problem, the film’s lack of respect for itself.

Personally I hate the line at the end where they’re LAUGHING and Ron says ‘do you think we’ll ever have a quiet year at Hogwarts?’ Considering Cedric’s death plagues Harry and is meant to be a heavy blow and the next scene they’re all having a good old laugh 😂

Hot take: David Tennant was an excellent casting choice for Barty Crouch Jr. The reason why he was so bad in this movie was bad direction and lack of material to work with. They cut Barty's backstory and left him 3 scenes so the director made him act like this to make him scarier. David Tennant can play this character and he has. His casting was good but not his direction

i actually find the "i love magic" line super endearing as a muggle-raised kid, largely neglected, it felt in-character and endearing to show he's still enamoured by it, compared to the weasley's who grew up with it and take it for granted

I feel like this maybe is a bad adaptation rather than a bad movie. When I saw this before reading the books, I really enjoyed it.

Goblet has issues sure, but let's not let Half-Blood Prince off the hook either.

The best actor in Goblet of Fire was Jeff Rawle, who played Amos Diggory. He was there for like 2 scenes, and he killed it in one of them.

The reason everyone's hair is so long is because for the previous three films, the actors were told to grow it out by the hair stylists so they could get it cut as needed when they got to the set of the next film. No one told the director for Goblet of Fire this and he just kept it as is for the hell of it.

The most disappointing thing about the music in this and future movies is that Voldemort himself doesn't have a memorable score to accompany him. It's always just creepy and eerie music. Big villains like him in big franchises usually have a memorable theme, something that almost becomes part of the character itself. I especially love when movies make the theme start just before the villain comes into the scene, such as how sometimes the Imperial March plays in Star Wars. It's like they're annouincing their presence, like trumpets before a king, something that demands everyone's attention. I don't think Voldemort needed a bombastic theme, but even a creepy jingle would have been enough.

Huge fan of the books. This movie admittedly leaves out many important elements from the book. However, arguably the most important sequence from that story, Voldemort’s rebirth, is absolutely nailed in this film. And I stand by that. The mood of this entire franchise shifts when Wormtail kills Cedric, then proceeds to slice open Harry’s wrist and sever his own hand. It’s very disturbing. Voldemort looks horrifying, the way Finnes moves and hisses his lines is exactly the way I pictured him while reading the book. Radcliffe really shines here, selling Harry’s fear but determination to not be a coward and to face Voldemort anyway. It’s great and marks the point in this franchise where it’s not fun and games anymore. People are gonna die and it’s about to get very dark

The blame must ultimately lie with the director Newell, the fact he didn't read the books says it all really.

Imagine if we had gotten an Alfonso Cuarón directed Goblet of Fire, as originally planned.

Cedric's father crying was probably the best acting in the whole movie.

"I love magic" is not a bad line. And is fair when walking into a tent that's bigger on the inside

I think you’re kind of missing the point of why the Yule ball and krumionie doesn’t hit right in this film. Because they short change the other champions at every point in the film, the whole point of those scenes is lost. You never get to see or hear how talented the other champions are. The big point in the book is that Harry always feels like he’s out of their league and feels like he has to prove himself to others as well as himself. Also The trio doesn’t suspect Krum and karkaroff of putting Harry’s name in the goblet in the film as much as they do in the book. Instead of taking the mystery of who wants to kill Harry seriously, the film is more like a skim read of the main scenes of the book.

Moody’s lesson about the Unforgivable Curses remains my favorite scene of the entire series.

I always love this film if only for the - “dumbledore asked calmly” meme

Fun fact I learned earlier this week! Their hair is so long because the new director didn't know that the previous director had told the actors NOT to cut their hair for styling purposes. The new director went on set, saw their hair, and was just like "ya, that's good, this is it"

I don't think "I love magic" was that bad of a line. Harry grew up in the muggle world, and even having been a few years to Hogwarts, it's not farfetched that he would see a tent and think "meh, it's gonna be cramped in there" and then enter it and be like "Oh yeah, magic is a thing!"

Yeah let’s not forget that Hermione is also 14 having a “mostly physical” relationship with an 18 year old. You never hear that mentioned enough. Creepy.

I am glad you mentioned it, this movie is a mess but "My boy" is truly gut wrenching, especially after the peril of the other trials is toned down

I’d honestly prefer it if they cut out the Yule Ball and instead kept in the Quiddich World Cup. And if not that THEY COULDVE AT LEAST KEPT IN THE HOUSE ELVES OR BARTY CROUCH JRS BACKSTORY.

Weird how everyone is seemingly seeing this video now. I completely agree with what you said. Feels like a weird movie. Especially after how crazy good Prisoner of Azkaban was.

They did nail the dark shift in tone upon Voldemort’s return to full power. The sudden murder of a teenager just for being in the way, and Voldemort gleefully torturing a 14 year old had audiences dead silent in the cinema I worked at.

I don't think any of the movies are bad by a long shot. They all have different points to make. This one I felt had some off moments but overall I thought it was kinda genius, the entire bombastic sequence of outrageous over the top events I think serves as the perfect red herring for the trauma harry experiences at the end. The whole movie he's thinking "oh no this isn't good, nothing is right, nothing is ever right, but everyone's so excited and happy, maybe I should be too, maybe I should be proud, maybe I did earn that prize" BOOM voldemort was luring you in this whole time, have fun reliving your torture, your friend dying, and living with the guilt while the walking apocalypse builds his strength again thanks to you. I think it's a wild ride but it's genius character development, Harry is a kid and this movie made him a man.

I personally loved this film as a kid! I would watch goblet of fire and the 2 last movies whenever I felt down. And when I re-watched all the harry potter movies now that I'm a bit older, I thought it was some really good fun. Granted the book was far FAR superior, the movie was just some good entertainment! Or maybe I'm just biased and love the nostalgia I get from it. Great video though! Completely understand why you sent it to dantes inferno 😆😆

I was with you until 20:26. Half blood prince is also equally as bad if not the WORST out of all of the movies. It changes everything to a more comedic tone as well, and omits a lot of the source material including crucial memories of Voldemort's past to identify the horcruxes

Goblet is one of my favorite movies solely for the ending when Cedric’s father is giving the most heartbreaking cry over his dead son.

I think the Yule Ball scene was necessary, mainly because the series needed to establish that the kids are growing up--it was the first time I grew to think of them as peers--but as little as an extra fifteen minutes could have provided many world-building plot details.

The thing about the hair is that they were told to grow it out before filming so they could get ut cut the right way at the start of filming the next movie, but the director liked everyones long hair and didn’t change it

Damn you didn't have to do Twilight Princess dirty like that. TP uses gloomy palettes tastefully, if you go run around hyrule field or lake hylia after removing the twilight they're full of color. TP has a huge range of environments with different color moods.

Graveyard scene was absolutely bone-chilling the first time. Imagine few scenes more from the books!

Dumbledore asked "CALMLY"

The reason why books 1-3 made such great movies and books 4-7 such bad ones, is because they were much longer books. Books 4-7 double the amount of pages of books 1-3 but the movies cannot double the screentime. So you have to adapt a book that is twice as long with the same amount of screentime. Honestly, books 4, 5 and 6 should have been adapted into 2 part films, like book 7 was.

You can blame Mike Newell for the long hair. In a promo video for the reunion special, Radcliffe was asked about the hair. He said the boys were told to let their hair grow over the break from filming and the expectation was it would be cut/styled when they got back on set. But Newell decided he liked the long hair and made them keep it.

Unpopular opinion:GOF is my favorite HP movie 🤷🏻‍♀️ yes it has its flaws but the things they changed really didn’t bother me. And the I “ love magic” line- I think it is very in character for Harry. We’re in his head in the books and we constantly see how amazed he is at the magical world.

Yes! It was my favourite book but the movie just baffled me in just how many absurd choices it made in the adaptation. That being said, I do like the slightly more dreamlike yet significantly darker tone of the movie, which matches the book. Additionally, the graveyard scene was genuinely the most genuinely terrifying Voldemort has ever been. And finally, the tonal dissonance in the scene when Harry returns with Cedric's body to fanfares and cheering and then Amos' SCREAM is just absolutely CHILLING. It's so perfectly sadistic to the viewer that it almost makes up for all of the missteps earlier in the film.

The fact that S.P.E.W. didn't even get a mention in this movie is a travesty. You can really tell only one person on the crew actually read the book.

Yeah this film got done dirty. It's arguably one of the best books in the series. It was the book I enjoyed most as a kid for sure. The reason the film didn't work was simply because the director chopped too much out. It was meant to be a mystery thriller, but they cut out most of the mysteries: - Did Barty Crouch commit the crime he was imprisoned for? (The book is ambiguous about it but the movie is dead set that he did it). - What happened to Bertha Jorkins? (The film entirely cut this out). - Who put Harry's name in the cup? (The only one they kept in) Also they missed out the Quidditch World Cup and SPEW. Also also... Where tf was Dobby?

The most messed up thing is how they strayed form the book. We are literally here to see those stories play out not the writers fantasies!

As bad as it was, it was my favorite growing up😂 but you CAN’T DENY the lake scene! I was so in awe with how that was shot I watched a behind the scenes video. It was all done underwater and then they re-recorded Harry’s lines after. Mad props to Daniel Radcliffe for training to do that whole scene underwater👌🏼

Now that I’m rereading the books I’m bothered by the cuts and inaccuracies. Wish they had gotten a better director who actually cared and bothered to read the books, but I never hated this one. There’s a lot of good scenes and things to love. I still say there’s no bad Harry Potter movies, even though I absolutely hate how they changed Voldemort’s death scene. The cast is still great, that’s probably the best thing all the Harry Potter films have going for them, great setting and lore. Good effects, good action. But yeah book readers will always be bothered by the changes and want a 100% faithfully accurate ten hour movie. Fact is these were so good and so successful they won’t remake them for decades and I don’t want them to. This cast was lightning in a bottle.

Just gonna say, if someone brought a burning candle near my face while I was asleep, and in fact, while I was having nightmares, my first instinct would be to slap it out of their hand. ... And then I'd probably rush to put out the fire it caused. ... And then whoever did that would get a piece of my mind. Seriously, please don't bring burning candles to people's faces, Hermione!

One of the things I really dislike about this movie is how they tried to make the other champions into sort of antagonists to Harry. Harry is just trying to SURVIVE the tournament. He barely thinks about winning it until he's deep in the maze. Fleur is a bit vain but she softens considerably after the second task when her character gets a bit more screentime. Krum is introverted and doesn't really take to being a global superstar athlete. Cedric is just a really good kid who's worst crime is he beat Harry at Quidditch once and asked out Harry's crush before Harry did. Harry has MAJOR PTSD after Cedric is killed to the point where he breaks down in front of everyone he knows and has to be sedated.

When I first watched Goblet of Fire, I was extremely confused by it, especially in the first part of the film before we get to Hogwarts. It's only when I actually read the book that I understood the film properly and there's still loads of stuff missed out of the film that make it hard to understand. The next worst one has got to be the Half Blood Prince because it leaves out too much information about Voldermort that is important to knowing his past and understanding how to defeat him.

It's a shame this movie sucked so much. Because it's my favorite book.

I read somewhere that the reason the whole cast had long hair is that they, which is typical, were all asked to grow their hair out pre-filming so they had enough for stylists to work with. However, for this film, the cast showed up with their natural long hair and there were no stylists, the director ignored all of it and just filmed.

The entire franchise suffered by letting David Yates direct everything after Goblet of Fire. His world didn't feel magical despite all the magic.

"Where's your trigger, Bane!?!" ~ Batman asked calmly.

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I can't get "I LOVE MAGIC" in Ralph Wiggum's voice out of my head.

It was, is and probably will always be my favourite movie in the franchise.

just found out from your video that Cuaron had a chance to shoot the Goblet (and potentially all the other movies I guess). I'm crying inside, what a masterpieces we've lost.

I never liked Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort, especially not in this film. He's never, ever scary. I imagined more of a collected Hannibal Lecter-ish performance. A calm psycho. He's like a kindergarden bully in this film.

I havent even read the book and my initial thoughts of this film were similar… Not only did it feel like it never built up to anything, but it also constantly left me feeling unfamiliar with the new characters. As someone who never read the book and knows nothing of the other champions, they nailed it if giving us these new characters with no backstory, personality, and familiarity was what they were going for. (Not to mention how you said the characters are completely different from the book. I cant imagine sitting through this having read the book) Like you said a 700 page book has so much to reveal translate to a film so EVERY second of every scene matters. This film cuts so much out and the scenes that are included often dont move the story forward much. Pair that along with the terrible humor, and unnecessary scenes that amount to nothing and build no plot or takeaway theme leave this film without a doubt the worst film of the series.

No no no. From 5 to 8 must be the worst

This movie was like a fever dream.

Can you please explain why Harry simply stating, "I love magic" at 4:19 is completely out of character for him because I don't understand? Sure it's cheesy sounding but I thought Harry considered the magical world his actual home compared to being constantly abused in the Muggle world by the Dursleys, plus, I think the line is meant to act as a sort of dramatic irony because Harry's whole view of the wizarding world and magic definitely changes forever after the tragic ending of this film/movie. Also, I don't agree with you at all at 24:23 that the cinematography of the Half-Blood Prince is quote on quote "stunning" simply due to the film's awful color grading. I'm not that big of a fan of the way David Yates directed his Harry Potter films and this video perfectly explains why => ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-urdV6VUfpnI.html.

This is how I've always felt about Half Blood Prince, my favourite book but least favourite film

Goblet of fire is among my favorite Harry Potter movies and there is more to the story in the middle of the film than you mentioned. The first two steps of the tournament are executed very well. Between them there is some dialog that shows characters' opinion on the competition and other schools (winning vs making new friends) and a bit of Harry's interaction with Cedric that makes his death much more tragic by the end of the movie. However, it's a great video with valid criticism and definitely a subscription from me. I wonder what your top 8 movies will look like.

Interestingly it was the one I anticipated the most as a kid. However HP1 and 2 are my unapologetic favourites. 100%

Thank you for all the great comments! My next video is going to be a ranking of the eight Harry Potter films. It'll be a much more positive video than this one, and I'm excited to share my opinions on the other movies. See you all soon!

I personally feel like Half-Blood Prince is much worse than Goblet of Fire. It's more rushed, scenes are added that weren't in the books which don't feel like they need to be there, and worst of all, they speedrunned Harry & Ginny's relationship and practically made Ginny have no personality. At least Goblet of Fire kept the essential moments, and didn't make the characters feel ooc.

I always loved Goblet of Fire because it is different from the other films, but not in a bad way. There are so many parts of the story taking place out of Hogwarts, and that's a clear contrast to the first three films. With one problem and one challenge, it just never gets boring, like in my opinion order of Phoenix does. I have read all the books before starting to watch the films, and must admit, that Gobelt of Fire is one of my favourite movies and books Edit: And why the heck are 95% of all comments not a week old?

I remember being so perilously let down by the “Quidditch World Cup” when I saw this in theaters. That was such a cinematic sequence of events in the books, with a sustained sense of excitement that then abruptly turns so dark, which left such an impression reading it. In the movie it was so absurdly rushed that you never had a moment to be lulled into the excitement of the event, and so the impact of the Death Eater’s arrival is utterly squandered. One could say this was consolidated for runtime or streamlining purposes, but it becomes such a stale tone setter for the rest of the film, and almost worthless as consequence. Thanks for making this review!

RU-vid's recommendations work in funny ways, but here I am watching a (now) year old film and seeing someone voice some of what I felt lacking from the movie in a way that goes beyond the usual comments (looking at you, Dumbledore). An excellent job!

Also for me, although I found the scenes where Filch accidentally shot the cannon early a few times (if I remember correctly) funny, I really do feel like it was out of character for him, now that I think about it. Mainly because in the previous films, he'd give off this "I'm a grumpy ass old man but I'm good at my job" type of vibe. But then, in this one he does dumb stuff like shooting early. Like yeah thays hella weird. It would've made more sense if it was Seamus given his previous history like the wingardium Leviosa scene and the cup scene. Idk but that's how I feel about it lol.f

You mentioning they didn't show the world cup made me feel seen. One of the most disappointing moments in cinema for me, broke my childhood heart lol

Half blood prince is easily the worst movie in the series. Turning a book that focuses on horcruxes and Voldemort’s past into a teenage rom com was a terrible idea. Especially since Harry & Ginny have no chemistry

When I was a kid goblet of fire was my second favorite movie in the series right behind prisoner of azkaban. As an adult this movie is downright awful....while prisoner of azkaban is even better than I remember. Pure perfection even with the plot holes of the time travel plot

The best book with the highest film potential got mismanaged.

very well done video bro! i loved it! every joke and reference was greatly appreciated lmao. especially the sweeny todd one

I still posit that Order of the Phoenix is the worst movie. I agree with you wholeheartedly with everything you've said in this video, but they took the longest book and made it the shortest movie with OotP. Snape's Worst Memory was my favourite chapter in the entire series of books, and instead of learning more about Snape as well as the Marauders, we're given a 10 second montage of disjointed flashbacks of Snape's experience with them, where you can't even tell who is who. The whole movie feels rushed because they're trying to effectively shove 870 pages into a ~2 hour movie. It always felt like, if you hadn't read the books, you'd have no idea what was going on because things happen too quickly without properly explaining anything. I also agree that the 6th is one of the worst as well (maybe a comfortable #3 for the reasons you stated), because the title of the book/movie means nothing until one almost throwaway line of "I'm the half blood prince." The line and revelation meant nothing because the movie didn't spend any time wondering about that mystery and the reveal didn't make any impacts at all. It's as if the director/screenplay writer forgot it was supposed to be a thing and tagged that in because they suddenly remembered. For all of its pros, it still has way too many cons. Especially with the precedent set by the first 3 movies. At least they all got haircuts, I guess.

Yeah, GoF was the particular point in the franchise where I realized "this series isn't going to be Harry Potter for much longer", particularly the psycho Dumbledore moment. But at least it doesn't suffer from the same egregious perversion of plot points as in HBP or DH1.

Not sure how this can be called the worst, when Half Blood Prince exists.

This is a great film analysis ! I hope you get to do more because I would definitely watch !!

It doesn't matter how much I find things ridiculous or flat in this film, the graveyard scene was beautiful and of course that's a huge part to Ralph Fiennes's acting. One of the weirdest scenes for me was Harry's interview with Reeta. Not just for the silly idea that a professional and popular journelist or whatever she is, for 'comedy affect', kept mistaking the age of someone who clearly doesn't look 12 and put that into the final edit of the paper to the world, who mostly know of Harry and that he wouldn't be 12. The strangest moment is when they are close and she says "cosy" or something. I still have no idea what they were trying to convey but it's so odd. Even as a kid it always put me off.

Plz tell me I am not the only one who thought, and still thinks, that Filch running is dumb! Seriously, I remember wathing this movie in the theatre as a teen, and I was one of the few who did NOT laugh. Not because I don't have any sense of humor, but it all came down to this: 1. The whole "joke" felt so damn forced. I could almost see the director coming up in the corner of the frame, saying; "Are you laughing yet? Are you laughing yet??! Come on, you're supposed to!" 2. Filch has been a creepy character, who put both fear and disgust in the young viewers during the first movie (I was right down terrified for him in the 1st movie when I saw it as a kid), and now he is a comic relief???!!!

alot of people after i mention this too that do any of you like me hate that they wear muggle clothes about 70-80% of the time ? after 2nd movie more for sure in GOF its like are you at a Wizard school or a muggle school. Doesnt give off wizard or witch v ibes. I noticed this way back when first saw it. Not to mention all that you said flaws and this is the WORST book to movie of Harry potter only 30% good to me but wearing muggle clothes alot and in other movies too much kills the vibe of wizard and witch. I really hated the new dumbledore could of found anyone better and calmer. Even after GOF.

Goblet Fire being my favourite book, I cannot tell you the dissapointment I felt leaving the cinema. The first time in my life I'd felt that feeling. And the interviews that followed from Mike after just made the bitterness grow.

I absolutely DESPISED the Prisoner of Azkaban movie. My favorite part of the book is that whole Whomping Willow scene with the kids meeting Sirius, Lupin and Snape coming in, and the whole Marauders backstory. They rushed through it all; it was terribly done. I'm still annoyed about that talking head useless chase scene, and the dumb tangents they wasted time on instead. I just missed Columbus and the real Dumbledore. After that, I felt like the Goblet of Fire movie was alright. My expectations were suuuuper low by that point. But I absolutely agree with everything you said here. I just think movie #3 was even worse.

Ah yes. This film. Harry Potter and the Director Who Never Bothered to Learn Anything About Him. Did you know that the director Mike Newell originally wanted the dragon to set the ENTIRE Forbidden Forest on fire? If you thought the Burrow burning down was a bad plot hole… I guess the screen writers saved this film from being way worse. It was clear he didn’t respect the source material, but thankfully the crucial rebirth of Voldemort was executed brilliantly, but leading up to it is kind of a slog upon rewatch. I might give a few points for the Unforgivable Curses lesson being explained fairly well and really I consider that to be the first moment in the series that is uncomfortably dark. The imperius curse always sends a chill down my spine. All in all I have to agree; really poor adaptation of the book and some very clunky/awkward dialogue in a movie that had so much source material to be cut that there was no reason the extra scenes should plod along.

I could see where Taika Watiti took inspiration for what he did to Thor.

Respectfully, If you understand why they skipped the Dursleys then surley you understand why they skipped the Quidditch match... pacing. The build up was to introduce Harry (us) to the Diggories, Krum and death eaters. Watching the match would have served the story nothing of substance and since we've already watched 3 films involving quidditch we dont need 4 in a row 🤷‍♂️

The movie makes complete sense if you consider the audience, age restrictions and darker themes in the later movies. The audience of 7+ in 2001 were now 12+ in 2005 and entering puberty. A lot of the themes are related to this.

My favorite Harry book was Goblet of fire and I can say without a doubt this movie destroyed all and any momentum the movies had for me. It’s a shame, Chris Columbus and Alfonso did such a great job with the previous ones, that all that I expected, was at the very least a similar quality. But no. This movie is awful. The jokes don’t land. The cinematography looks the worst out of all the movies. Even the music is just mediocre. What is there to like about this film? The most disappointing thing though, was the runtime. I get it, they wanted to keep the earlier movies at 2 and a half hours for the younger audience. But why Goblet of Fire? The book is like twice the size of prisoner of Azkaban. How where they supposed to fit that in a similar runtime? The fact is, they couldn’t. I think, in an alternate world, they would of gotten a way better director, and they should of had a runtime of about 3 and a half hours. I know that’s longer that a lot of movies, but the extra hour would of given so much more breathing room and time for scenes and plot. I also bring up that runtime, because that was about the same as Return of the King that came out two years earlier. That movie was long and also still majorly successful. So the extra time really wouldn’t of hurt the box office or audience enjoyment, and it would of improved the movie by a lot. Endgame was 3 hours, Titanic was 3 hours, etc. Why not Goblet of Fire? Awful movie. I haven’t had as much disappointment, until Age of Ultron. Thanks for reading rant.

It’s such a good book, and the movie acted like it was a blurb on steroids or something. A pacing, glancing take on a huge novel. A joke

My personal least favorite is the order of the Phoenix ...it just seemed like it took them two hours to simply say "the dark lord is not back!" "He's back!"

This was my favorite one it has dragons, underwater and the longest hair in the series

The one scene I wish they kept in instead of changing is how Harry taunts TOM he does not call him Voldemort but Mocks him w a speech that is LONG and leaves Voldemort more and more angry but also more and more unable to attack and just keeps circling harry and they are NOT all alone fighting. The entire school watches Harry demean Voldemort and the way he dies is so different in the book. He is not a Spirit he is a sad pathetic pile of an old decrepit man and just falls over in the book. The Draco throwing Harry his wand is also epic because it changes how we see Draco and somewhat redeems his character just like Dudley also a scene taken out and the Petunia scene all of which were great and added to the plot and are in the books but taken out of the films

I personally like this movie the most. I’m a new fan and currently reading the books but watched the movies first. This one was fun and different from the others.. to me always seemed like the characters growing up with the inclusion of the ball

Excellent video. It reminds me of earlier RU-vid reviews back before everyone started taking themselves so seriously. You offer some good insight and even though I like the film more than you, this was a fun watch. Definitely subscribing to see what you make next. You might want to consider investing in a better microphone. Trust me, it’s worth it. 🙂

I remember going to see this in theatres and being so disappointed. It didn’t even feel like I was watching a Harry Potter movie, and all of my beloved main characters suddenly felt like strangers to me. I almost didn’t go see Order of the Phoenix because of the vibe I got from this movie, but thank god one night my friend and I were bored enough to go to the movies just so we had an excuse to go out to eat some late night junk food afterwards. I honestly wish they’d redo this movie with Alfonso Cuaron or David Yates as the director. If I ever win the lottery I’m going to contact one of them with that request.

It’s honestly one of my favourites in the series

Everyone is either acting hysterical or hurriedly stumbling through scenes. If these weren't the same actors, you'd wonder who these people are.

There is a chapter in the Goblet of Fire book named "The Egg and the Eye". It consists of Harry figuring out the Golden Egg's clue, making Myrtle actually interesting instead of rapey, and then him sneaking back through the castle. In the movie, this is all that's kept. Instead of putting in the useless Beauxbatons and Durmstrang scenes, they should have added this masterpiece of a scene that follows the clue. Harry uses the Marauder's Map (never mentioned post PoA in the movies) and the Invisibility Cloak to sneak through the castle when he sees Barty Crouch moving around in Snape's office. Going to investigate, he accidentally falls into the ghost step (foreshadowed by Neville getting stuck prior). He drops the Marauder's Map and then the Golden Egg, which falls down the steps and starts screeching. Filch comes around and we think Harry's screwed, but then he blames it on Peeves (foreshadowed by Peeves specifically targetting Filch with other pranks prior). Snape comes along and we think Harry's screwed again, because Snape knows about the Marauder's Map AND the Invisibility Cloak. Still, Harry remains hidden, and Snape instead asks Filch about somebody breaking into his office, stealing Gillyweed (this was Dobby) and Polyjuice Potion supplies (this opens a new mystery that greatly empowers the impact of the Crouch Jr plot twist). As Harry is about to be caught, we hear *clunk clunk clunk*, which has become Mad-Eye Moody's signature callsign. We think Harry's screwed, because Moody's magical eye can see through Invisibility Cloaks (foreshadowed prior). However, Moody doesn't say anything to Snape or Filch about Harry being right there next to them. Moody accuses Snape, bringing his Death Eater history into discussion (something the movie completely fails to do). After telling him to leave, Moody says Snape dropped something, then points to the Marauder's Map. Harry mouths "It's mine! Mine!", Moody makes an excuse, but Snape catches on. "Potter," he says, "Potter! That egg is Potter's egg. That piece of parchment belongs to Potter. I have seen it before, I recognise it! Potter is here! Potter, in his Invisibility Cloak!" Now we TRULY think Harry's screwed. Moody accuses Snape once again, this time saying he'll tell Dumbledore that Snape is out for Harry. Snape admits defeat and leaves. Moody helps Harry up, returns his Egg and Map. Harry tells Moody that it was Crouch who broke into Snape's office. Moody appears to be thinking, but of course, we know he is Crouch Jr, and it was not Crouch Sr who Harry saw, but rather "Moody" himself. The imposter then drops this absolute gem of a line: "They say old Mad-Eye's obsessed with catching Dark wizards... but Mad-Eye's nothing - _nothing_ - compared to Barty Crouch." This is maybe the best piece of dialogue to re-read. It characterizes Moody, Crouch Sr AND Crouch Jr at the same time. It is Crouch Jr who is talking, but since he doesn't speak in the first person, he could very well be talking about the real Moody, who is still nothing compared to his father, the man who put his own son into Azkaban because he was a Dark wizard - all the while creating mystery for first time readers. This is the defining scene that ends the second third of the book. It is PERFECT. To top it all off, there is even *more* foreshadowing as Moody asks him if he managed to work out the clue (he actually told Cedric, hoping that he helps Harry), and then Moody asks him if he wants to pursue a career as an Auror, something that is brought up many times after this point. Notice how I mentioned that we think Harry's screwed like four times during the scene? That's *tension*. Something the movie completely forgets about, instead spending 20 minutes on the Yule Ball and not even doing it right. What, I wonder, was the point of cutting out this marvellous succession of events? Oh well, at least the graveyard was good.

I gotta defend this movie's soundtrack because some pieces like Harry In Winter and Neville's Waltz were gorgeous, magical and did a good job at adding to the teenage love theme. However I agree that Voldemort should have had a memorable theme, I don't even remember if there was any music when he came back.

Lol this movie is my favorite one out of all of them 😂 there’s so many quotable lines and moments in this film I can’t help to smile. I know there was a lot of things missing but man I have a deep connection with this film 😂

People thought HBP was the *worst* Potter film? It's my favorite by far. And, yes, you're absolutely right: Newell was a blight inflicted upon an otherwise amazing franchise.

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