I could ramble on for a few hundred words, but who wants to read that. Here is my mini review:

Great movie. You just have to accept that the book had to basically be cut in half to fit into movie form. The pacing of this one is really fast, it hits all the major points and is quality film making in every regard from start to finish.

I’m bummed that some things were cut or shortened considerably (the final contest should have been longer, a whole lot was cut from the second as well) but it just had to be done. What did make it is exceptional, and in fact the climax scene was handled amazingly well. Ralph Feins hits Voldemort (and his look is fucking rightous) dead on perfect. A truly intimitating and scary villian.

My biggest question is how the fuck are they going to do book 5? I consider it the worst book (long for no reason, Harry becomes a serious tool), but I haven’t read it since the first time when it came out. There is going to be some serious slash and burn going on for the next movie.

After watching Goblet I can’t shake the feeling of how different the movies are from the books now. I think the best way to describe it is that the movies are simplified and streamlined versions of the Potter story. There have been huge plot cuts (Harrys’ parents time at Hogwarts, the relationship between Padfoot, Prongs, Wormtail and such, Rita Skeeters involvement, Dobbys role in the story and on and on). If anything, I guess the movies just make the books even stronger. I’m very thankful though that the quality of the movies has done nothing but improved.

I’d also like to make take a moment to piss of a few hundred thousand nerds. The Harry Potter universe shits all over that Star Wars trash*. This is how you make a fantasy story that isn’t festering with retarded and corny dialog, boring as hell characters, and big ass plot holes.

*My hate is mainly aimed at episodes 1-3. I have sworn to myself that I well never watch Episode 1 ever again.