Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Eric Sykes, Rupert Grint, Timothy SpallDirector: Mike Newell
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Chris Carreras
Producer: David Barron
Producer: David Heyman
Producer: John Trehy
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Writer: J.K. Rowling
Writer: Steve Kloves
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 157 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Format: Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Reviews of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE [SINGLE DISC DVD]
Summary: 4 Stars
When my sister popped this DVD into the player, I was seriously setting myself up to dislike the movie. Oddly enough I knew what to expect of it. My sister had read to me the fourth year book since I could never really get past chapter TWO of any of the series, because in plain truth, Harry Potter is a boring book to me. I hold a tolerance towards the movie and find it more enjoyable to watch on screen, however. She got as far as the first task and the Yule Ball and then stopped. To my surprise, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" turned out to be a good movie highlighting Harry Potter struggling through the trials and tribulations of teeange-angst and what not (I'm basically at the end of mine. 17 will do that do you). The PG-13 rating was a serious tactical plan for gaining money from the teenage groups. GOF was no more violent or disturbing than the last three PG movies. Seriously, don't insult my intelligence Warner Bros. The storyline is pretty much the exact same as the book: [After awaking from a nightmare Harry Potter, the Weasleys and Hermione rendezvous with the Diggorys at dawn to attend the Quidditch World Cup. The group arrive on top of a hill with an old boot which transports them to the moor where the World Cup is to be held. The Quidditch World Cup in the film is brief and gets a simple the introduction of two teams. Afterwards, a riot suddenly erupts at the campsite. Masked wizards ambush the camp site and burn the tents. Harry is knocked unconscious by the fleeing crowd. Later, Harry wakes up and sees a man, whom promptly runs away. When the young wizard explains what happened to his friends, Hermione advises Harry to write to Sirius Black about the mysterious events happening].
I have to say the starting of the movie taking place in Harry's Dream, was a bit quick in the mysterious explanation department. And to make matters worse, Harry is already spending the summer with the Weasleys and Hermonine has already arrived! Would it have killed the director or the screenplay writer to add the rest of the beginning of the book into the movie? Honestly, I felt like I had been thrown into the middle of a battle and I don't know what's going on or who to do battle with. The movie continues this type of pace as it progresses and skims through the Quidditch World Cup and straight into the attack of the Deatheaters. Daniel Radcliffe has gotten far better at acting now after six years of HP. He's not so rigid and forceful in the dramatic acting department. This, however, cannot be said about Emma Watson. While she portrays the snooty and "too-smart for her own good" Hermonine perfectly, I can't help but feel as though her performance throughout the entire movie series has been forceful, trying too hard to be convincing at what she does to be brief. Why they tired to play her character in the movie as a sort of peacekeeper between Ron and Harry is beyond me. In the book she was just as worse as the two boys were with her "Save the House Elf's" rally.
The positive thing about this movie is that it does indeed focus on the more major points of the story. However, little things that made the story mildly interesting to me were left out in a major way. Not even Rita Skeeter was used that much. Other problems I had with the film background itself was the CGI; Most of the time it looked a little foggy, almost bland or flat in some places than others (I.E., the second task --underwater scene-- and the final task). Another disappointment was the first task and Harry's Battle against the Hungarian Horntail. I've noticed since "Reign Of Fire" everyone has taken to the "fire created by two chemicals" as opposed to the usual "fire breathing from the throat" dragon scenario, which was good, but that entire scene was a major let down. It seriously lacked in the blood-pumping action I expected from such a moment.
The atmosphere was not so sleepy like the third movie but it did lack the certain charisma the previous film had. The humor in the film is fresh and easy to laugh at; Especially whenever Ron's twin brothers Fred and George Weasley, whose antics and behavior is very true to the characters; You get a good laugh at their hustling tactics, trying to past the age line around the Goblet of Fire, and teasing a dateless Ron and Harry about the Yule Ball. The heated feud between Harry and Ron was well acted by Grint and Radcliffe, who come off perfectly as two teenage friends angry and frustrated at each other because Harry's name was inserted in the Goblet of Fire. Their acting was even better when their characters struggled to find a date with a girl. Harry's line, "Why do they all have to travel in packs?" got a good laugh out of me. I could truly sympathize with them, in spite of my being a girl and having never been in a situation like that before. The scene in which Harry confronts Cho Chang to ask her to go to the dance was as sweet as it was giggle-material.
The way Harry comes running back when Cho calls for him is proof the boy is clearly dumbstruck in love with (or crushing hard on) the girl. The actors for the other schools in France and Bulgaria were pretty good to say the least. It was nice to see an actual French actor (Clemence Poesy) cast as Fleur Delacour and a Bulgarian actor (Stanislav Ianevksi) as Victor Krum, instead of having other actors (most notably Americans) portray these characters with fake accents. Robert Pattinson portrayed Cedric Diggory excellently; While he didn't have that much screen time, whenever he was present, the character was brought off the pages of the book itself, quite nicely too. Ralph Fiennes as the most feared wizard, Lord Voldemort was actually an excellent choice. While he's not my favorite actor, I pretty much know him for playing in some pretty good movies (with the exception of "Maid in Manhattan") - like the much talked about "The Constant Gardner." While he pulled off the villainy of the Dark Lord perfectly, he lacked the certain air of fear or and downright foulness that surrounded the character in the book. Nevertheless, Fiennes pulled the dialogue for the character off pretty well in some scenes.
The score composed by Patrick Doyle was by far the best choice for this particular film in general. While John Williams didn't do a bad job for the last three films, Doyle brings a certain air of change and freshness that would be otherwise ignored in Williams score which is now so familiar in the movies. But if I had to choose who did the better "Action Theme" it would be John Williams hands down. One a last note, this review is for the SINGLE-DISC EDITION which has no special features at all. If your looking for more than just the movie, then go with the TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION. I'm seriously wondering why they released two DVD versions to begin with, anyway. All in all "Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire" turns out to be a good movie, with serious flaws, but a good movie nonetheless. It will probably the one out of the 3 films that will not completely please fans of the Book (my sister included). Nevertheless this is a highly recommended movie. -------- [a 4 out of 5]
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