Harry Potter and the Jingle of Coinage

So, Miss Billionare Rowling got another $6 from me yesterday, and I don't begrudger her a bit. The Goblet of Fire was a very long book, and they had to leave out quite a bit to make a movie that wouldn't require an intermission. Still, 157 minutes was enough to present an action-packed movie that kept your interest and made you wish you hadn't gotten the large soda.

I was surprised that the movie didn't feel all that "dark" to me though. I mean, pretty much every reviewer was muttering about how scary a movie it was, and how you'd not want to take your kids to see it. I found a great deal of humor, and only a small amount of scary stuff. I did wish Emma Watson had gotten a little more screen time.... her character was much more important in the book, and it's a shame they couldn't find a few more moments for her to shine.

While it's going to be almost impossible for ANY of the Harry Potter movies to come close to the amazing presentation of the first one, none of them have been bad movies... and I'd have to say this is one of the few sequal franchises that has held up beyond the first few installments.

Go see it, you'll be happy you spend a couple hours watching it instead of just killing more critters in WoW.