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Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

Fantasy fiction readers, this is your year. Not only is it because the movie theatres are being flooded by fantasy book-based films such as Narnia and KingKong, but because the long awaited sequel to Harry Potter 3 is here. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which has been showing in theatres since November this year, has been rated #1 by movie reviewers and has also been #1 in the Box Office for a couple of weeks.

Unlike the previous three movies, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire emphasizes the turning point in Harry and his friends’ lives, as it is in the book. They now have more knowledge of the outside world and the dangers that his sinister nemesis,Voldemort and his followers can inflict on them. This year at Hogwarts, Harry is welcomed back to school by unexpected dilemmas and surprises. He is chosen to represent his school in a dangerous tournament, to compete with 3 other students from other wizarding schools. Somehow, his name had been entered in the Goblet of Fire, which determines who plays in the tournament. His being a reluctant underaged contestant in the competition against another Hogwarts Champion becomes an issue against him not only in Hogwarts, but in the whole wizarding world as well. However, Harry is also aware that the Dark side is getting stronger, which leads to his conclusions that the Dark Lord Voldemort will be coming back that year. Eager to find out who put his name in the Goblet of Fire and entered him in the tournament, Harry struggles to survive his fourth year at Hogwarts.

Full of suspense and action, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is by far the best Harry Potter movie made. Not only is the story more exciting, but also because the acting has improved and matured.

However, though the movie seems faithful to the book, true Harry Potter fans will still wonder what happened to the other significant details and characters in the book: the mystery behind the untruthful reporter Rita Skeeter and her knowledge of everything that goes on in Harry’s life in Hogwarts, the relationship of Triwizard champion Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley and other important facts that readers will again encounter in the next three books. How the next three movies will be made without those details having been tackled in the Goblet of Fire is something to ponder on.

Yet, in whichever angle anyone would look at it, Harry Potter 4 is undoubtedly a very well-made and exhilerating movie which even a non- HP fan will truly enjoy watching. # Geae Claver for NORDIS

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