Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

The films in the Harry Potter franchise mean so much to me because they seamlessly blend emotion and fantasy together to make one of the greatest franchises in film history. And for me, the series is beautiful, but some of the films go beyond that, and are my favorites in the series. Sharing the plate with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire stands (for me, at least) as one of the best Potter films. That is because it makes the brilliant (but extremely difficult to pull off) transition from a light family fantasy to a dark fantasy epic. The film, as based off of the book of the same name by JK Rowling, continues the epic story of Harry Potter, the boy who lived, as he goes to his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For reasons that are unclear (and that would take me much longer than my usual review length to explain), Harry is picked to compete in an extremely dangerous tournament, which is usually only for persons over the age of seventeen, which Potter is not. He then has to compete in the three deadly challenges, all why Voldermort is getting stronger by the second. Honestly, if you haven’t been following this franchise from the beginning, you’d just be lost by now. So I recommend that you start from the beginning, and work from there. You can’t pick and choose with the Harry Potter films. But still, this is one of the best films in this brilliant franchise, and it will stay that way. I just love this movie. The writing, directing, acting, and…just…great. I’m sorry when I do this, but I just don’t have a lot to say here. It’s good, but just as awesome as the rest. Sorry. NOTE: One of the competitors in the tournament is played by Robert Pattinson, who would later grace us with his presence in the Twilight films. How, how the mighty fall.
9/10