Hmm, I haven’t updated in a while. Thanksgiving Break was great; I got to see my friend Lurit again, it’s been a while since we saw each other since she’s been at TAMS. We went to the theater and saw HP and the Goblet of Fire. Surprisingly, I actually liked it. I thought the first two movies were kind of bland, and the third movie was just kinda blah, but this one was actually watchable.
There was still a lot of stuff cut out (what happened to Dobby? and Hagrid being a giant? how come Sirius didn’t show up, except for the lame fire-call scene which didn’t even show his real face?!) and some things were “loosely interpreted” (like the way Barty Crouch was outed), and that did bother me, but overall I thought Mike Newell did a great job. I realize that there would’ve been no way to squeeze everything that was in the book into the movie (they would have to have an unlimited budget!), and some of the cuts (like not showing the Quidditch Cup) were a good call because while it would’ve been cool to see it, it wasn’t necessary for the story.
What was up with the Death Eaters? That was not at all how I imagined their outfits looking: I always imagined them wearing all-black robes and a Phantom of the Opera-style white mask. Their costumes in the movie resembled KKK outfits (a deliberate decision, maybe? DE are pretty much equivalent to the KKK). The Dark Mark on their arms definitely wasn’t what I imagined either.
But Cedric’s death was handled gracefully, which is a good thing. Daniel Radcliffe did a fantastic job with that scene – I felt a lump in my throat watching when he was sobbing over Cedric’s body and refusing to let go.
They kind of glossed over Crouch (Sr. and Jr.)’s story and there wasn’t much of Alan Rickman in the film (except for the classroom scene where he kept smacking the boys’ head, I thought that was hilarious). Snape and Sirius both have major roles in OotP though; they have to be in the next movie, especially since Sirius is the one who dies.
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yeah, it was great seeing you again!!! i had a lot of fun. yeah, they better have Sirius in the next movie or im gonna be highly upset. I would agree…this has been the best movie so far. Too bad we didn’t get to talk about it as much as we would usually have done. haha…our “intellectual conversations” :D. Sometimes i wish i was back w/ you guys but tams isn’t too bad. haha…this was a long comment. I guess i’ll be going now. Hopefully, all (
wow! I wish I was there!
Hmm, I didn’t really like the 4th movie. I liked the first two and hated the third but I was disappointed with the 4th movie.
I didn’t mind the cuts about the World Cup, but the loosely interpretated did bother me. Some parts were never really explained and it would have been hard to understand it if you haven’t read the books.
I imagined the Death Eaters exactly like you did! When I saw them, it was like “KKK…. ?” It certainly seemed liek it was the KKK.
For Cedric’s death, I wasn’t really affected. For me, in the movie, they never really focused on Cedric that much so that when he died I didn’t really feel an emotions because there was no emotional attachment for me.
I did love it when Snape kept on smacking the boys. I wish he had more parts in the movie. And you are right, they never really explained the Crouch, Crouch Jr. thing.
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