I've just got a couple of minutes before heading off to work. Just a few comments about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, with der B and I saw last night.
First, it's the best of the films so far. There's a lot that was left out from the book, of course; the books are now a totally different animal. The films are kind of Harry Potter Lite. (Tastes great, less filling.)
However, with the script approval that Rowling has, to ensure that what absolutely needs to go into the films is included, what becomes interesting about what was left out is that we readers can now do some reverse-detecting and eliminate the plot threads in the newer books that aren't included in the film. No SPEW. No older Weasley brothers. For that matter, no Percy Weasley, at least not this time around; this could be interesting, particularly when it comes to Order of the Phoenix (which is not about Harry working at a restaurant and serving up a dish of fowl).
Point two, or maybe three, particularly of interest to DR Elmore: I thought Patrick Doyle took over the music composition duties very well, taking from John Williams' lead and expanding in ways quite appropriate for the film. There is a scene towards the end of the film, when Mad-Eye Moody takes Harry into his office, where the music also hit certain chords that reminded me of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, not an actual quote but very similar in chord formation in the strings. Did you hear this, too, or was this just in my imagination?
Finally, unlike most people, der B and I are credits watchers. We will stay through the end of the credits, seeing if there are any names we remember from other films, even in the stuff behind the camera. Towards the end of the credits, a song is sung, fairly good in fact, a ballad that struck me as an obvious bid for a Best Song nomination.
Must dash; I'll try to catch up again later.
