J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was made to come alive by being made into the darkest movie ever. Thousands of Potter fans thronged the theatre in Chennai to see the fourth series in a visual form.
The whole movie is a whirlwind of scenes, the scenes jumping from one plot to another. It looked as though the director was on a marathon to finish the movie within two-and-a-half hours. But the fact that he managed to do so should be appreciated as it was a huge book - some 700-odd pages - with lots of characters and sub-plots.
The movie started with the Quidditch world cup and the revealing of the dark mark which is only the beginning of problems. Then comes the scene where they are off to school and professor Dumbledore announces about the Tri-Wizard tournament. The scene on the arrival of the Drumstrangs along with Karakoff and the Beauxbattons with Madame Maxine is splendidly taken.
The movie portrays the growing up pangs of Harry Potter and his friends. Unfortunately, some of the main characters like Fleur de La cour, Victor Krum, Cho Chang and the pesky reporter Rita Skeeter had very little roles. There could have been more emotions in the romantic scenes.
The first task on dragons were taken fantastically, but more was expected out of this scene as only Harry's task with the Hungarian horntail was shown in the movie. Everyone was expecting the Chineese fireball and other dragons too. But the disappointment didn't last long as the scenes of the Yule ball and the second task under the water enthralled the audience. The Patel twins, Parvathi and Padma, were ravishing. Harry's experience with the pensive about Barty Crouch Junior was taken quite well and reveals that Karkoff was a death eater.
The final task was cut short and the scenes where the sphinx comes to ask riddles were missing in the movie. The darkest scenes are when he who must not be named... (Lord Voldermot) comes to life.and the battle between Harry and Voldermot is a scene to remember. Professor Moody was portrayed as quite a sinister and mysterious person. Cedric Diggory's death brought tears to many people's eyes in the theatre.
The special effects were just too good and each scene had something to offer to the audience. There were applause, cheers and oohs and aahs from the audience from scene to scene. But those who have not read the book would not have been able to jump from scene to scene and understand the movie.
But, overall, it was an excellent movie and Potter fans were not left
dissappointed.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
