Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[firecat]

Saw it today with my folks.

It's really gorgeous to look at. But we all agreed it was "darker" in mood than the book and we were kind of disappointed by that. It edged into the horror genre, really. And although there was some humor, it seemed kind of tossed in and then quickly abandoned, and it didn't help the tone of the movie overall.

Some people might like this, of course. If I'd known what to expect, I might have liked it too.

If you posted about HPatGoF in your journal, I'd love it if you were to comment here with a link to your post(s). I skipped them all because I'm a stickler about avoiding spoilers, and I'd like to read them now, but don't want to go dig for them. :-)

Comments

[tesseract26.livejournal.com]

I also had objections. I know it was a really long book, but they could've done a better job of setting up the next movie. It seemed to me like they glossed or skipped a bunch of plot that was really important for later developments in favor of "oooooh, won't these trials be shiny and pretty?" And dammit, I want some quidditch!

But what really irritated me was how frickin' useless Fleur was in the movie. It set up this unpleasant gender dynamic where girls can either be cute and useless (Fleur, Hermione when she's gussied up for the dance) or smart/competent and sexless (Hermione the rest of the time). Grump.

[firecat]

I hadn't consciously noticed the ways that the movie was sexist (except for the annoying girls in the blue hats) but your comments and others' hit it on the head.