Sunday 14 August 2016

Ranking The Harry Potter Movies

No.7 Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire


Following Alfonso Quaron's outstanding Prisoner of Azkaban, Four Weddings And A Funeral director Mike Newell was always going to have a tough time following in his shoes, but for the most part he puts together a very moving, intense and sometimes chilling addition to the Harry Potter franchise. 

Great additions to the cast includes Brendon Glesson as new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher Alistair 'Mad Eye' Moodey a dark wizard catcher who literally may have something more than meets the eye about him, and Ralph Fieenes as Lord Voldemort himself appearing in of the the most chilling sequences in the history of the franchise.

There are also several terrific action sequences as Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter is forced to face the dangerous tasks involved in the Triward Tournament from gp which he only hope to survive from.

While the fourth instalment features many exciting and tense moments however, the film still holds some major flaws which brings it down and making it possibly not the weakest but the most disappointing entry in the series. Unlike the other films, there are a few miscastings I find in Goblet of Fire; particularly with Barty Crouch Sr and Barty Crouch Jr. Rodger Lloyd Pack just feels really out of place in the role of the power hungry Ministry of Magic employee, with David Tennant feels very unconvincing as his Death Eater son. The story involving the two of them is also really mishandling and goes totally away from the story of the book making it less emotional as a result.

There is also the absence of Gary Oldman as Harry's godfather Surius Black which prevents the relationship between Harry and Surius from further development until the next film and the Reeta Sketter subplot really gets nowhere after its introduction.

So while Goblet of Fire has many strong points from the tense action scenes to some spine chilling moments involving the introduction of Voldemort, it is a little dampened by dents in certain storylines  preventing it from ranking higher in my Harry Potter countdown.

***1/2 out of 5

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