Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [2005] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock

Hogwart is hosting the Trizwizard tournament as Harry, Hermione and Ron are returning for their fourth year at the school for young and gifted wizards-to-be. Despite not putting his name as a contestant for the tournament, Harry's name is called and is obligated to take part in the three perilous tasks. Mike Newell is helming this fourth film. He follows in the path of Chris Columbus and Alfonso Caron. Unlike Cuaron, Newell doesnt bring anything special to the film, simply putting another outting in the Potter series. There is nothing wrong with it though, he doesnt diminish the material as the script is kind of solid for what it is. The characters keep growing and it shows. There are hints of love interests and the first tension appears among the holy trio of friends. As usual, there is a new teacher, this time played wonderfully by Brendan Gleeson. As for the rest of the cast, it's the same, nothing as changed, they have fun and the kids are still understanding more and more how to bring depth to their characters. Visually speaking Golblet of Fire isnt too bad, with darker cinematography which was introduced by Cuaron and some neat special effects. John Williams isnt back scoring the film and it shows, the music isnt as memorable. Though the new composer manages to make the climax quite uplifting, even though it was obvious the entire movie was building until that moment, which marks the return of Harry Potter's parents, Lord Voldemort, looking creepy as played by Ralph Fiennes. The fourth entry in the Harry Potter is one used as bridge between the third and fifth film, but it's not totally pointless because of the character development involved and some fine entertainment. Not bad.