The Goblet of Fire Movie- My thoughts

The Goblet of Fire- Movie

Well, like all of you, I also checked out the movie.
My initial reaction was (especially on seeing the graphics and special effects), Wow! But more commendable than the graphics was the way the movie unfolded, deleting unnecessary elements from the book and even adding some scenes from own imagination. Overall, it was a fantastic movie. I would give it **** (4 stars) out of five.

I just loved the new scenes. The first one in which Snape hits Ron on the back of the head for talking in the class (How come Ron, Harry, Fread, George are in the same class??), and then pulls back his cuffs and thrusts down both Harry's and Ron's heads for talking was really funny.
The other one, in which Ron waltzes with none other than Mcgonagall, was simply hilarious.

Thanks God they deleted the SPEW part. Well, I believe that the elf part was a little bit overplayed in the 4th book, but it was heavily underplayed in the movie (Not a single elf was shown in the film!) They made Neville give the Gillyweed. The way he said "I have killed Harry Potter" was very funny.

What with the director and the Black Family??!!
Firstly, all we get of good old Sirius is a few splinters in the fire. Poor man, he will be gone in the next movie and all he gets is to be a part a of special effect.
Secondly, Narcissa Malfoy was also not shown (I didn't see her) in the Quidditch world cup. Isn't she necessary in the future (Who makes the Unbreakable Bow with Snape?)
Lastly, the scene with Bellatrix Lestrange was not there. It was quite smart to fuse both the scenes of the pensieve into a single one, in which no one knows the reality of Crouch junior and is revealed by Karkaroff (his cage was quite nice). But Bellatrix is also an important character. After all, she is the one who kills Sirius.

Now why was Dumbledore just bubbling with excitement in the movie?? Did you see the way he was shaking Harry, asking whether he had put his name in the Goblet of Fire or not.
I always pictured Dumbledore as a majestic and imposing personality who looked into the situation calmly and almost magisterially. This new and strange behavior of Dumbledore was quite a shock.

The scene of Voldemort's resurrection was simply spellbinding!! The way the dark mark formed in the sky with sturm clouds and Death Eaters (Why so few??) appeared out of his mouth in smoky apparitions was really cool. Ralph Fiennes is just the right man for the big V.
The graveyard was quite spooky and cool, with all the fog and shadows. Also, the statues of the undertaker and the angel gave quite an effect.

Lastly, the girls looked quite good. But why weren't the Veela shown in the world cup, when they showed the leprauchauns (Partiality!), I was quite expecting them.

Great movie, wasn't it?!