 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Widescreen Edition

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Actors: Eric Sykes, Timothy Spall, David Tennant, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson II Director: Mike Newell Rating:  Features: Color, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 157 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Release Date: December 11, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 2005 Studio: Warner Home Video |
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| The latest entry in the Harry Potter saga could be retitled Fast Times at Hogwarts, where finding a date to the winter ball is nearly as terrifying as worrying about Lord Voldemort's return. Thus, the young wizards' entry into puberty and discovery of the opposite sex opens up a rich mining field to balance out the dark content in the fourth movie and the stories are only going to get darker. Mike Newell Four Weddings and a Funeral handily takes the directing reins and eases his young cast through awkward growth spurts into true young actors. Harry Daniel Radcliffe, more sure of himself has his first girl crush on fellow student Cho Chang Katie Leung, and has his first big fight with best bud Ron Rupert Grint. Meanwhile, Ron's underlying romantic tension with Hermione Emma Watson comes to a head over the winter ball, and when she makes one of those girl-into-woman Cinderella entrances, the boys' reactions indicate they've all crossed a threshold. But don't worry, there's plenty of wizardry and action in Goblet of Fire. When the deadly Triwizard Tournament is hosted by Hogwarts, Harry finds his name mysteriously submitted and chosen to compete against wizards from two neighboring academies, as well as another Hogwarts student. The competition scenes are magnificently shot, with much-improved CGI effects particularly the underwater challenge. And the climactic confrontation with Lord Voldemort Ralph Fiennes, in a brilliant bit of casting is the most thrilling yet. Goblet, the first installment to get a PG-13 rating, contains some violence as well as disturbing images for kids and some barely shrouded references at sexual awakening Harry's bath scene in particular. The 2 1/2-hour film, lean considering it came from a 734-page book, trims out subplots about house-elves they're not missed and gives little screen time to the standard crew of the other Potter films, but adds in more of Britain's finest actors to the cast, such as Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody and Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter. Michael Gambon, in his second round as Professor Dumbledore, still hasn't brought audiences around to his interpretation of the role he took over after Richard Harris died, but it's a small smudge in an otherwise spotless adaptation. --Ellen A. Kim | | When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools - the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined. |
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