BEWARE, SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN/ READ IT!
I saw it, and here is my opinion:
I was very pleased that they sticked with the story. They did not add a lot of extra stuff in, and they kept all of the events (for the most part) in order. I was rather happy the way it turned out. However, being a hardcore book fan, I have a few things that I wasn't very pleased with, which I will list... warning, it may contain spoilers for those who haven't seen the movie:
-first of all, they totally lead you on thinking that sirius is going to be in the movie more, but he isn't. there is not hogsmade visit, and he doesn't come in at the end to make sure harry is alright. a little disappointed.
-second, um... so did percy jump off the face of the earth with bill, charlie, dobby, winky and bagman? they were no where to be found. Percy is suppose to help judge the tournent, as is bagman. Dobby is the one with Winky, (which by the way, harry didn't sit in the box seats at the QWC) and he also provides the gillyweed for harry. Charlie is suppose to do the dragons, and bill is just... well.. suppose to be freakishly awesome bill
-third, they don't go into neville's past about his parents as much as in the book, and being a hardcore neville lover, it kinda bothered me.
-fourth, rita skeeters. i loved how she was portrayed, but they don't go into how she can transform into a beetle, and hermoine catches her. in fact, rita was no where as cruel in the movie as she was in the books. not to mention, there were no classes shown, cept for DADA. Hagrid never gets into the sprall with Madame Maxine. Also, Ron and Harry's fight was suppose to be far worse, and finally, the tri wizard champs don't get a lot of lines. no autpgraph krum (the world cup didn't go into veelas either, or the muggles who owned the camp ground) and fluer didn't get to be all pissy! finally, no potions class with the buttons, and colin trying to make them say potter rules, but instead making them say potter really stinks
anyways, aside from all that, i enjoyed:
-the characters of cedric, rita and mad eye. perfect perfect perfect. I wish they went more into cedric and rita. they are such wonderful characters
-the scene when voldemort is revived and till then end. just, it was exactly how i imagined it. then with cedric, frank, harry's parents ect appearing, I seriously was in tears. I had to run to the lavatory afterwards to wipe my tears. Just, brilliant, and I agree with everyone (being a hufflepuff myself) WHY DID CEDRIC HAVE TO DIE?
-neville thank goodness, was totally awesome in this book. him and ginny... i was squealing, it was so cute! then, his face when he mentions the crucious curse, and he sees it... you can tell he is thinking about his parents. he did such a wonderful job in this movie.
-snape, another good character this time, though he did lack many lines. he was good, angry, yet you did get that suttle, almost decent personality across like he was. same with draco, i missed his lines too.
-the twins... lets just say i almost got myself (and my sister and her roommate) kicked out, we were laughing so hard. they were funny, and cruel at the same time, just like they are suppose to be. i was utterly pleased with how they were, and just the scene when they try to put their name in... i was in heaven. then singing to ron, and asking angelina to the ball.
-finally, the tasks n' such were wonderful. i wish they had more time to elaborate on them. and harry and myrtle in the tube was totally awesome! i was dying
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so anyways, that is my review, my favorite movie by far. it would have been better if they had more time. i just wish they made certain scenes more of a priority. i mean, especially with sirius and all the missing characters, but i shall not complain because it was all in all, a pretty good movie!
anyways, i also did go in costume:
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-Heather
