Goblet of... smoke

[vettecat]

We went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tonight, and I didn't like it nearly as much as I'd hoped. (Background: Since we hadn't yet read any Harry Potter when the first movie came out, we decided to adopt a routine of "see the movie, read the book" for this series. It's worked very well so far, as this way we can enjoy the movie without knowing what's going to happen next, and then we read the book for the added background and character development. So we didn't know what was going to happen beforehand.) I felt that it was drifting too far over from fantasy into horror. I don't like horror. And though there were only a few really creepy scenes, they strongly affected my enjoyment of the movie; sdavido had to spend some time coaxing me out of a sour mood afterwards. Other people's opinions may vary, of course, but I really wonder how this is going to affect all the little kids whose parents assume it's fine for them to see. (Yes, I know it's PG-13, but not everyone will pay attention.)

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Both my kids loved it. One's 14, but the other's only 10.

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

The book has a lot of horror in it. piccalilly and I thought it strayed too much from the book and it cut too much and if you hadn't read the book certain things wouldn't make sense.

[angwantibo.livejournal.com]

I took my son, a friend of his, and a friend of mine. We all enjoyed the movie very much and recommend seeing it. My friend, who has read this book about 15 times did not like how it strayed too much from the book. Fortunately, I have only read the book once and that was a few years ago, so I didn't notice the differences so much.

It was a good ride - very exciting. It was a bit scary for the kids, but they enjoyed it nonetheless.