And now the whinging masses will bleat about how imperfect this movie was compared to the source material... :roll:
haha right. i am one of them ^^;; i'll TRY to make it short lol
review? i watched it last saturday and i am going again with my friends (for the sake of going out) after this...
in my opinion, the humour is great, i love George and Fred and everything else they did. Yes, victor krum really disappoints me. i expected him to be better (well at least more good looking... there should be some handsome Bulgarian out there). Fleur Delacour was well, okay in a way. I didn't know what was the fuss about cho chang (making it such a big news every where in mag and papers) when her scenes are so little. everyone seems to forgot to cut their hair in this movie...
i expected more, seriously. i was looking forward to seeing Charlie and Bill (Ron's two elder brothers) and they didn't show the World Quidditch Cup. PLUS, if anyone ever notice this: the GRAND HALL didn't look as grand as before. it was shabby and small (in my opinion) and all the students look as though they were cramped in together to fit it when the grand hall is supposed to be BIG and really GRAND...
Spoilers:
In the last round of the Triwizard Tournament, in the maze--there's nothing but roots that curl and attacks them and the strong wind with the walls closing in on them. In the book, there were creatures and weird stuffs... and they have to overcome a number of obstacles and answer questions (if i remember correctly) in order to pass through certain path in the maze.
And there were no trace of Dobby and other House Elves because there should be dozens and hundreds of them...and Hermione with her SPEW badges for the rights of the house elves etc those weren't there.
Rita Skeeter plays quite a role in this one actually. she wrote some stuffs about Hermione dumping Harry for Victor Krum (which was in the movie) but they didn't show that Hermione received many howlers and Ron's mom showed a dislike towards her etc becoz of that
Back to Rita Skeeter, she made some remarks in her Daily Prophet saying that Madame Maxime (the head from Beaubaxtons--another friend commented she looks like Willy Wonka ^^; i think bcoz of her hairstyle) is a giant which offended her. and how rita skeeter knew was because she eavesdrop between Maxime and Hagrid's conversation. and Rita Skeeter knew a lot of things that others don't. the mystery however, is that how did she find out these stuffs and well, eventually Hermione found out that she was an unregistered animagus. stuffs like these were not highlighted.
Barty Crouch were not given much attention. how he died, nobody knows and the part where his body was found is juz so... simple and short. as if they are implying 'he's dead, that's it.' There was supposed to be a big fuss over his death because he is one of the minister of magic.
Mad eye moody took Harry's Marauder's Map. it was not indicated in the movie because he killed his father--Barty Crouch using the map.
Cornelius Fudge did not make much appearance and there was supposed to be more ministers around. they leave a number of things unmentioned and unsolved.
Harry's Triwizard winnings were all given to Fred and George because he didn't want them. he felt he don't deserve them and all... also not shown.
So that's why with the missing pieces, those who don't read the book--like my friend was puzzled. she couldn't understand what happened and was like giving me that 'what's with the story?' look lol...
of course, i can explain to her but it will be a whole long story hahaha.
i rest my case.
