Anonymous Notes

I watched the Movie a couple of weekends back and thought I’d write down my thoughts about it sooner but never got down to it.

Anyway here goes.

This movie is more a movie and less book. The classic elements of mirth and rejuvenation in the first half was followed through with a deeper and darker second half. There are added elements of comedy which were not present in the book, but at the same time since it was a pretty long book they had to cut off some parts.

Of all the characters Mad eye moody was a dampner in the middle of an almost perfect cast. My memories of Moody from the book were that of mystery, enigma and above all cool. Moody was the character who was a bit paranoid but came off as very powerful and potent auror and wizard. In the movie Moody is played by Brendan Gleeson who came off a bit more lathargic than I’d like.

SPOILER ALERT.

Apart from that they cut of significant portions from Madame Maxime, Rita Skeeter and they have done away with Ludo Bagman altogether. Also messed up were all the hullabaloo about the Veela’s which made some of the scenes involving the Beaubaxton girls come off as silly rather than charming. And the worst part was when they messed up the final sequence. No Blast ended Skrewts, No puzzles in the Maze.

More stuff that didn’t match up was Harry’s efficiency in handling the first task. And hence Harry’s was not the first contestant to enter the lake on the second task. Also Dobby is completely missing and Neville Longbottom figures out the gillyweed from the book that Moody gave him.

The Quidditch world cup venue was awesome. Although the respective mascots for the teams were not detailed enough. Also in this particular the editing table leaves a bit to be desired. The progression from the camp site to the stadium and back is kinda mixed up. The undertones of hormones has been portrayed amazingly. I can’t remember if Cho and Harry go to Hogsmeade in this book or the next but ther interaction in the movie is kinda limited. The biggest bummer of all was that Harry did not give his Tri-Wizard winnings to the Weasley twins. I’m guessing they left that for the next movie but it was there in this book!!!

The Dragons in the first task and the Merpeople in the second are remarkably and painstakingly done. Moaning Myrtle was played to perfection. The Goblet of fire and how it spew’s out the names of the contestants was again perfect. The Yule Ball scene was also perfect. The play of emotions by Hermione and dastardly indifference by Ron and Harry was perfect. Rita Skeeter’s character played by Miranda Richardson was great.

Overall the treatment of the story as a movie and not as a book adaptation went a long way in making it a better motion picture than any of the previous Harry Potter movies. All in all a must watch for Harry Potter fans.

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