My thoughts while watching the movie right after I finished the book:
* Yet another director. Welcome, Mike Newell. I knew some Newells. Most of their kids were red heads… always reminded me of the Weasley’s actually, as they had mostly boys and one girl.
* Starting out with Nagini, that tracks.
* Poor Frank. Accused of murdering the Riddles… and gets killed right back by the last one.
* I find it interesting that so much of the story can be told without words.
* Who is… why is Junior there? That’s not right. We don’t even learn about him until about halfway through the book.
* And Nagini has a female voice… just make some snake noises 😂
* They didn’t even let Frank talk! He was supposed to be brave before he died!
* Already in the Burrow? I honestly don’t remember if that’s right.
* Oh, it’s not! They’re supposed to pick up Harry by Floo! That introduces us to Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes!
* Amos. Cedric 😭
* No intro to fireplace conversations either…. Foreshadow Barty, but not a couple other important things.
* It’s been so long since I’ve seen this. Completely forgot about this movie scene.
* Didn’t even give the girls their own tent. “Choose a bunk.”
* Hmm. No Muggle man. No bet with Ludo (which is kind of important). No introduction of Mr. Crouch and Weatherby.
* Are… are they not in the top box with the Malfoys? But Arthur got special best seats! And that means no Narcissa looking upset.
* That means no Winky either. I’m not totally thrilled with that.
* No leprechauns, no Veela. I’m a little disappointed. But with this being an extremely long book with a ton of action, some things had to be cut.
* Krum is much more conventionally attractive than he’s supposed to be. Where’s his scowl and brow?
* FUDGE is commentating? Okay, I freaking love Ludo in the book, as slimy as he is. This is bologna.
* Absolutely no game playing. Jeez.
* Bring on the Death Eaters!
* Wait… no Bill or Charlie either? This is so stupid.
* Why is Harry knocked out? That gets rid of again, Winky, Crouch, the Dark Mark, the last spell Harry’s wand cast… a lot of important stuff.
* And there’s freaking Junior. We aren’t supposed to know who cast the stupid mark 😡
* Though if you’re paying for David Tennant, you definitely need to get your money’s worth of screen time.
* “That’s my son.” I love you, Arthur.
* CHO! Gotta love the awkwardness of adolescent crushes.
* And no letter writing to Sirius… this displeases me.
* Oh. Hermione made him write his letter. I guess that’s something.
* Wait. Where’s Pig? Once again, they didn’t include that crazy owl.
* No warning about the tournament. All of a sudden the Beauxbatons arrive. And there’s Durmstrang.
* Knees up, Filch! 😂 His run is fantastic.
* “If chosen, you stand alone.” Dumbledore, that sentence goes against everything you stand for.
* Excuse me? Beauxbaton is NOT only ladies.
* Fleur’s hair isn’t as long and luxurious as I imagine when I read the books.
* Durmstrang boys… where are your furs?
* What’s with all these gymnasts?
* Karkaroff has the stank face.
* Moody. Looking suspicious as ever. Hmm. They didn’t intro him earlier to show his paranoia with the dumpsters.
* Hagrid, you can’t stab your coworkers!
* Karkaroff is Yugoslavian. Krum is actually Bulgarian. That’s pretty dope.
* How does Hermione know the names of Aurors? Da heck.
* The mechanical whirring of his eye 😂 I can’t.
* Okay, y’all not gonna explain his flask? How he doesn’t trust anyone not to poison him? C’mon.
* Why is Dumbledore yelling? He’s supposed to be all about calm.
* Just made the friggin Goblet appear.
* Uh. Why are both Patil girls at the Gryffindor table? Padma is Ravenclaw…
* Well. That’s one way to make us suspect Karkaroff.
* Irish accents are so interesting.
* Why are you using chalk? That seems very Muggle-y.
* Gum? Gum is what his eyeball sees?
* The curses. The spiders. THAT IS A GIANT SPIDER!
* The giggling makes me quite uncomfortable… that’s a curse, my dude. Not a giggling matter.
* Neville breaks my heart with the Cruciatus curse…
* Okay, but Neville is supposed to be so proud to be good at herbology…
* Umm… Hermione DOES tell the last curse, sir.
* The tongue thing. More foreshadowing that didn’t have to happen.
* That’s a lot of people crossing the age line to put their names in. That didn’t happen in the book.
* Ahh, the twins. Doing their silliness without their third: Lee Jordan. Just left him out.
* “I’ll tear your ears off…” 😭
* Hermione isn’t supposed to give in to Krum’s charm!
* Yay, Diggory! Represent Hufflepuff!
* Well. More than one will go down in history 😬 Poor Ced…
* Dumbledore, why are you shielding your eyes?
* His Irish accent is really coming through. “Harry Pahder.”
* Poor Ron…
* Ah, the most famous “not right” scene. DIDYAPUTYERNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIYAH? Book Dumbledore says it calmly.
* How is it a binding contract when he’s underage and it’s not his signature? I don’t understand.
* The Pensieve. This is all out of order.
* I feel so bad for Ron. He’s not the smart friend, he’s not the famous friend. He’s not favored in his family… I just wanna hug him.
* Y’know. Rita is a lot prettier than she’s supposed to be. Supposed to be a little man-ish. Where are her gold teeth?
* Ugh. That quill.
* Ma’am, he is FOURTEEN!
* You… are leading, Rita. That’s poor interview form.
* Haven’t even gotten to the dragon… he’s supposed to be asking him how to beat it!
* Hermione is supposed to be on Harry’s side. Being in the library and such. With Krum creeping on her.
* Madame Maxine is so taaaall! (She is only FIVE SEVEN in real life)
* Ron wasn’t supposed to see the dragons 🤦🏼♀️ This is ridiculous.
* What a good dude, Harry. Such fairness. How do you even know Krum knows. We didn’t see Karkaroff at the dragons.
* What a cute little ferret.
* “Technically, it’s a ferret.” Brilliant 😂
* Such a child… “he might have mentioned it.” And then the face. If he wasn’t evil and not Moody, he’d be such a great character.
* A mechanical prosthetic? That’s Muggle-ish, too!
* You’re assuming Harry knows a summoning spell. Let’s just skip over that practice, too.
* Harry’s hoodie is cute. I want one!
* Freaking RITA.
* Krum spoke? He SPOKE? That’s not supposed to happen either.
* There’s no number around the dragons’ necks. Interesting. How do they decide the order?
* “Simple.” Just collect the egg. From a nesting mother dragon…
* Just summon the broom, dumb dumb.
* And mama was supposed to be curled up, protecting the eggs. Definitely not getting off her chain. You can add this action, but not the actual World Cup and the Wronski Feint. Okay.
* Don’t even show Harry’s points. Tsk.
* I really hate Ron’s hair… gotta love the earl 2000’s
* Who da heck is NIGEL?
* NOW Ron gets his awful dress robes? They were on the list first thing.
* Okay, I’ve been complaining a lot about inserting unnecessary scenes. But I love McGonagall teaching them to dance.
* The girls are so ready to dance.
* Finally Neville gets some redemption! Waltz, m’boy!
* No warning to Harry that he HAS to dance, and first, at that.
* Do wizards go to school before age 11?
* Hmmm. Okay. I get the hype. Krum’s got muscles. He was 20 when this came out, so I don’t feel creepy saying that.
* Though Emma Watson was 15, so I don’t really like that…
* Wait. That was a different Bulgarian. Not Krum.
* Not gonna tell that Neville is going with Ginny.
* Alan Rickman must have loved thumping on the boys 😂 He even rares up for the last attack.
* Cho is so sad Harry asked too late. She’s super cute.
* “You know how I like it when they walk.” Gross.
* Yes, just chase the twins, Harry.
* Yeah, Ron, those robes are pretty bad…
* Why are Padma and Parvati matching? What does the costume director have against blue for our lovely ladies??
* I do like the traditional outfits for the Patils and Cho.
* Harry, you’re not even supposed to recognize Hermione. And her hair is supposed to be sleek. I’d have loved to see that. And a BLUE dress.
* Hermione’s little giggle. I love it.
* Hmm. They didn’t put Viktor trying to pronounce her name.
* No Weird Sisters for the first dance?
* Parvati is precious… but Harry cannot dance.
* Why has Ginny got a nice dress? Wonder what the twins are wearing to prove Ron’s the least favorite.
* I can’t with the Wizard mosh pit.
* Ron is so bitter. And rude.
* I really want her to hit Ron.
* Man… teenage dances always end with some girl crying. I do NOT miss that.
* Harry, you’re not supposed to have this dream. You’re next dream is supposed to be in Divination.
* Neville, your little dancing self is precious.
* Harry is supposed to have loads more time with that egg. Not just two days.
* And where is Dobby? And S.P.E.W.?
* Viktor’s more of a physical being?? Um, ew. Also, he’s supposed to get talkative around you!!
* Ceddy, coming in clutch. Even though Harry’s pissed you “stole” his girl.
* Nekkid Harry. Myrtle is ready.
* Polyjuice. More and more unnecessary foreshadowing.
* Myrtle’s fake sputtering gets me.
* Myrtle, you creep! Don’t look past the bubbles! He’s fourteen!
* No sneaking around? Learning what’s been stolen from Snape, giving the map to Moody after seeing Crouch on it, no Crouch being sick… so much missing again.
* Neville, so helpful. He was supposed to help, but Dobby did it… where did Neville even get the Gillyweed?
* He’s supposed to be late! Running to the lake.
* Harry is supposed to know it’s Ron down there.
* Daniel Radcliffe is so tiny compared to the others.
* A wand holster in his leg? Brilliant. Much better than drowning him in his robes.
* Harry, you’re such a show off. You aren’t a dolphin.
* Get him, grindylow! Little water demon! Wait. No Grindylow.
* Using your wand? No no. Rocks. Dummy.
* Harry didn’t even threaten the mermaids. That’s no fun. Now they aren’t even escorting him to the surface.
* Harry would be a terrible lifeguard.
* There are the grindylow! Way to make this way harder than it needs to be.
* Harry doesn’t drown. This is unnecessary. Again.
* Why did Hermione say “the grindylows” with a French accent?
* Mr. Crouch, you aren’t supposed to be there 🤦🏼♀️
* The tongue! Looks like Barty caught on. But this is not even the case.
* Uh oh. Found Barty dead. That’s also not how it went down. But that would have been a much longer scene than is necessary.
* That’s a giant handful of licorice snaps, bro!
* Okay, the Pensieve is just begging to be looked in, the way it looked.
* Bro just fell right in. Didn’t touch it or anything.
* That’s an odd gavel. What even is that?
* Why is baby Crouch in the council meeting? This isn’t the scene either… I wanted to see the LeStranges… I am glad I didn’t have to watch the poor boy plead though. That was hard to read.
* Harry, you weren’t supposed to have a dream about him.
* I’m also very upset they cut Sirius’s Snuffles scenes. I love that man. Not a good service since we know what book comes next.
* This is not the comforting Dumbledore of the books.
* Harry wasn’t supposed to see Karkaroff’s tattoo either. ERGH. I’m so frustrated.
* Did Neville steal gillyweed?
* Snape isn’t supposed to suspect Polyjuice potion 🤦🏼♀️ Only the boomslang skin was missing this time around. The lacewing flies were taken, too?
* The Hogwarts March… it’s cute at the start of the match… but I’m definitely going to cry by the end.
* “People change in the maze.” Uhhhh. Okay? That’s not why it’s supposed to be either. That’s much creepier.
* Why didn’t the families meet in the tent? Mrs Weasley and Bill are supposed to be there. Hmph.
* Filch and that cannon. Such a great addition 😂
* Man. Harry didn’t practice a single spell for this maze.
* No Fleur’s scream. No Krum being Imperio-ed to Crucio Cedric. Come to think of it… no Harry being Imperio-ed and showing his strength of mind.
* I was wrong. There’s Fleur’s scream. Oh. And there is Krum being creepy with milky eyes. I was wrong, timing off.
* Wait. There haven’t been any Skrewts or Rita’s awful stories.
* No sparklies, no spiders, no Sphinx. The only really challenge in the maze has been Krum. Well, and angry vines. Y’know. Comparing the book and movie is making me like the movies less. This makes me quite sad. The books though. Still incredible.
* They spend zero time arguing over who should take the cup. 😂
* Ope. I’m gonna cry. Cedric’s time is coming… oh no…
* Baby Voldy is nasty.
* There… there are the tears. No justice for Ced.
* Wormtail isn’t sobbing as much as he should be for just chopping off his entire hand.
* Yaaaaay Ralph! Welcome to the movies, you scary, noseless man.
* I wonder how the Death Eaters know exactly where to Apparate.
* I wonder if Draco was friends with Crabbe and Goyle prior to Hogwarts since daddies are Death Eaters together.
* Very few women there. Interesting.
* “I can touch you.” That’s so stupid and creepy.
* Preparing to cry again. This is the scene that gets me. I remember reading it on the bathroom floor (I know, gross, but I was a kid and didn’t think much of it) when I was probably ten and supposed to be sleeping. I cried again last night re-reading it. Something about seeing dead people again hits me.
* Huh. They never mentioned Bertha Jorkins. I’d kind of forgotten about her.
* There are the tears… they were all so young 😭
* Everyone’s realization that Cedric is dead is awful. My heart breaks. Amos… that one hurts the most.
* Moody isn’t supposed to go back to Crouch while he’s conscious. But I guess it’s a creepy visual.
* Busts himself by saying it’s a graveyard.
* Another villain monologues.
* Totally off topic, but there were no Hogsmeade scenes in this movie. Interesting.
* I don’t think Voldemort would be very happy if you killed Harry. He kind of wants to do it himself.
* No 7 different locks with different things in them?
* Nice use of shadows to hide the eye and leg of real Moody.
* Man, they didn’t get much questioning out of Junior.
* Fudge didn’t come in with a dementor and have it kiss homeboy.
* No hospital wing scene. No revealing Sirius. No Mrs Weasley being cold to Hermione.
* Aww, Krum wants Hermione to write to him. That’s kind of adorable.
* Man, Fleur is supposed to see Bill and be interested in him.
* I’m surprised Harry isn’t having more PTSD symptoms. Just saw a boy DIE, saw his dead parents… he 14. I saw a guy die when I was 26 and I’m still not fully right.
* Vernon never meets Harry at the train stop.
* And Hermione never caught Rita as a beetle!! Draco and his cronies didn’t get hexed. Harry didn’t get his money and donate it to the joke shop… so many important details left out of the end.
I didn’t think I’d want a Harry Potter TV series, but thinking about it, so many details are left out of the longer books, I wouldn’t mind it.
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