Review: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
If I were to write a movie review of this movie for ST Life! or 8-Days, my report would only consists of two words.
It sucks.
Or, I can be kinder to the editor and add in another word in front of "sucks" -- "simply".
To me, this movie makes no attempt to attract audience like me, who does not read the novels at all, to be willing to spend 8 dollars and 2 hours in the theatre. Nor does this movie even make the effort to ensure that people like me, who know zilch about the story, know the story.
At least Peter Jackson is not as lazy as this new director.
The plot was just plain. Bland. Like tap water.
When the movie had ended, I shouted, "What?!?! That's it?!?!", so loudly that I think everyone in the theatre had heard me. But I don't care. I mean, I've paid 8 dollars to watch this crap? Seriously, I didn't expect the movie to end so soon, "soon" as in "only with little content". I expect more content than this.
Some may rebutt that I didn't know how to appreciate this movie because I didn't read the book. Neither have I read the trilogy of Lord of The Rings, but nevertheless I enjoyed the three sequels.
This sequel of "Harry Potter: The Movie" had nothing visually exciting or stimulating, unlike what many reviews had claimed. Nor do I find this movie spooky.
However, before you Harry Potter fans out there start to spam my tag board or flood my inbox, let me reassure you that I liked the movie "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".
"Harry Potter and the GOF" is, instead, a vague reminiscent of three on-going reality TV shows combined.
Firstly, in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, contestants have to "perform three extreme stunts, which tests them physically, mentally", and magically, of course. If my poor memory serves me correctly, this has to be what Joe Rogan, the host of Fear Factor, says at the beginning of each episode of the reality show.
Next, the contestants of this tournament have to search the entire Black Pool ( Or was it called the Dark Pool?) for something that they valued the most. I am sure Gary in Survivor: Guatemala had searched the entire forest before he had found his beloved Immunity Idol that ensured that he would not be voted out in the next tribal council. And I am pretty sure that such "search-till-you-drop" tasks is a common and prominent feature of The Amazing Race.
Last but not least, to those big fans of "Survivor" out there, didn't you have a sense of deja vu when the contestants of the tournament had to enter the maze in search of the trophy? If you didn't, you must have not watched the final episode of "Survivor: The Amazon", in which in one of the final immunity challenges, Jenna M. had successfully navigated herself across the maze (blind-folded) to secure herslef a place in the final three.
Oh, I am sure that the person who designed the trophy for the Tri-Wizard tournament is the person that designs the immunity idols for "Survivor". Or maybe J.K. Rowling or the director is a huge fan of this reality show as well.
Despite being seriously addicted to these reality shows, I don't find it amusing when I can spot scenes or events that reminds me of my pet TV shows. It just shows how creative and original the production crew or the author can get. Yes, you are suppose to sense some sarcasm here.
Perhaps the fault lies with the new British director for this movie. I mean, the British are not well known to be a fun, hip and funky batch of people. They are, instead, known for their notorious boring personality. It could be argued that this is a mere mean stereotype of them, but we all know best what's going on. ;)
In short, only watch the movie if you had just ended a 72-hour Halo 2/Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne/Counterstrike marathon for each game, visited every places of interest available on this island, took pictures of every single artifacts that the Histroy Museum has in collection, helped your mum to scrub the toilet bowl, mopped the entire house and had finished washing your dad's car. Otherwise, you better stick with Channel 8's Portriat of Home (Tong Xin Yuan)
Rating: 1.5 / 10
Probably the worst movie this year.
It sucks.
Or, I can be kinder to the editor and add in another word in front of "sucks" -- "simply".
To me, this movie makes no attempt to attract audience like me, who does not read the novels at all, to be willing to spend 8 dollars and 2 hours in the theatre. Nor does this movie even make the effort to ensure that people like me, who know zilch about the story, know the story.
At least Peter Jackson is not as lazy as this new director.
The plot was just plain. Bland. Like tap water.
When the movie had ended, I shouted, "What?!?! That's it?!?!", so loudly that I think everyone in the theatre had heard me. But I don't care. I mean, I've paid 8 dollars to watch this crap? Seriously, I didn't expect the movie to end so soon, "soon" as in "only with little content". I expect more content than this.
Some may rebutt that I didn't know how to appreciate this movie because I didn't read the book. Neither have I read the trilogy of Lord of The Rings, but nevertheless I enjoyed the three sequels.
This sequel of "Harry Potter: The Movie" had nothing visually exciting or stimulating, unlike what many reviews had claimed. Nor do I find this movie spooky.
However, before you Harry Potter fans out there start to spam my tag board or flood my inbox, let me reassure you that I liked the movie "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".
"Harry Potter and the GOF" is, instead, a vague reminiscent of three on-going reality TV shows combined.
Firstly, in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, contestants have to "perform three extreme stunts, which tests them physically, mentally", and magically, of course. If my poor memory serves me correctly, this has to be what Joe Rogan, the host of Fear Factor, says at the beginning of each episode of the reality show.
Next, the contestants of this tournament have to search the entire Black Pool ( Or was it called the Dark Pool?) for something that they valued the most. I am sure Gary in Survivor: Guatemala had searched the entire forest before he had found his beloved Immunity Idol that ensured that he would not be voted out in the next tribal council. And I am pretty sure that such "search-till-you-drop" tasks is a common and prominent feature of The Amazing Race.
Last but not least, to those big fans of "Survivor" out there, didn't you have a sense of deja vu when the contestants of the tournament had to enter the maze in search of the trophy? If you didn't, you must have not watched the final episode of "Survivor: The Amazon", in which in one of the final immunity challenges, Jenna M. had successfully navigated herself across the maze (blind-folded) to secure herslef a place in the final three.
Oh, I am sure that the person who designed the trophy for the Tri-Wizard tournament is the person that designs the immunity idols for "Survivor". Or maybe J.K. Rowling or the director is a huge fan of this reality show as well.
Despite being seriously addicted to these reality shows, I don't find it amusing when I can spot scenes or events that reminds me of my pet TV shows. It just shows how creative and original the production crew or the author can get. Yes, you are suppose to sense some sarcasm here.
Perhaps the fault lies with the new British director for this movie. I mean, the British are not well known to be a fun, hip and funky batch of people. They are, instead, known for their notorious boring personality. It could be argued that this is a mere mean stereotype of them, but we all know best what's going on. ;)
In short, only watch the movie if you had just ended a 72-hour Halo 2/Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne/Counterstrike marathon for each game, visited every places of interest available on this island, took pictures of every single artifacts that the Histroy Museum has in collection, helped your mum to scrub the toilet bowl, mopped the entire house and had finished washing your dad's car. Otherwise, you better stick with Channel 8's Portriat of Home (Tong Xin Yuan)
Rating: 1.5 / 10
Probably the worst movie this year.
小权纯裕郎 自作自秀@at
3:08 pm
1 Comments:
heyhey it's the first Harry Potter film directed by a British director... in fact I quite liked it (well better than POA)... yes, the plot was quite weak, but it was done in a very quintessentially British style... if you can see a difference between the American Hollywood and British old styles, then maybe you'd appreciate the new Harry Potter film. The main thing is, the other HP films just follow a 'linear-story', being Hollywood and all its franchising.. oh wells it's difficult to put it into words, but just watch more british films and american films side by side and you'll appreciate either more than the other --- it's like watching a classic french film (like cyrano de bergerac) and comparing it to a german one (like the edukators (die fetten jahre sind vorbei)...
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