Finished the book and now I'm ready to talk.....
@crimsonladybug (3112)
United States
January 5, 2009 9:45pm CST
Okay, so I'm a little behind. I just finished reading the Goblet of Fire and have only just started the Order of the Phoenix. So far, the Goblet of Fire movie and book are the most different and I think it's because if they included everything from the book in the movie the movie would have been six hours long (it was already 2 and a half hours as it was, with only the essential bits).
So here's my question to you. Often we find that the book (any book) is better than the film. But in the case of the Goblet of Fire, there were certain things I liked better about the book and other things I thought were better in the film.
*SPOILER ALERT*
The end of the movie, when Barty Crouch Jr. is revealed, was more exciting in the movie. He was more insane, I felt more believable in the movie. In the book he was so flat and kind of anti-climatic and it wasn't as obvious that he was crazy. (Plus, if I had been casting based on the book, I'd have never picked David Tennant because he's so over the top but he was an awesome choice!)
The beginning of the book was better because of the background about the Muggle groundskeeper of the Riddle estate. They showed what happened to the old man in the movie but didn't explain who he was (because in the movie it was made to seem like it was only happening in Harry's dream and not in real life too).
I also liked the execution of the third task better in the film. It was darker and more intense than in the book and I liked better that Fleur was gobbled up by the maze instead of just stunned. Stunned = boring. 
So.... what about you? What did you like better about the book? What did you like better in the movie?
So.... what about you? What did you like better about the book? What did you like better in the movie?3 responses
@mano5chi (207)
• Spain
9 Feb 09
I personally consider the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series as the last good book written by J.K. Rowling. The Chamber of the Secret was better than The Philosopher´s Stone. The Prisoner of Azkaban seemed to me a perfect book in all respects. Although it is a very amusing novel, The Globet of Fire marks the beginning of the decadence that dominates the last three books in the series.
On one hand, this novel seemed to me larger that it should be. The final twist about Mad-Eye Moddy works very well but it determines the plot to a great extent. If the final twist would have been removed, the character of Moody would have reached the relevance he deserves in the saga.
On the other hand, last chapters of the book are too pessimistic, especially if we keep in mind this is a book for young adults.
In my opinion, the best thing in the movie is the interpretation of Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort. He managed to transmit to the public certain feeling that can´t be expressed by words.
@lihongyi (124)
• China
23 Jan 09
I think the Harry Potter and the fire goblet movie is the best one,I like the darking feeling and the exciting story.But the movie changed a detail in the book.
Dobby gave Harry the plant that enable him to breath in the water,but not Neville.And this detail really shows the friendship(maybe we could call it in this way) between Harry and Dobby.
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
23 Jan 09
Because in the movie, Moody/Barty gave Neville the book that told him about the gillyweed... I am sure they did that because they cut Dobby out of the rest of the story, they probably thought it best to have Neville give him the plant.
I wonder why they've made Neville so much more prominent in the movies than in the books. In the books he is such a minor character that he doesn't really even have much of a personality. But in the movies, he gets a lot of screen time, which has made me sympathize with him a lot more.
@angeldev (171)
• Romania
1 Jul 10
The book has more details than the movie.
In the books you have more scenes, maybe not really more action ( actually it is more action but you feel it differently when you see it in from of you eyes as a movie ).
The book its just better from all points of view actually... including the fact that our imagination is better than any movie.
