求一篇影评或电影读后感(要原创的)
中央电视台的《周日影院》播出了法国故事片《熊的故事》，我是第二次看这部影片。
这是一部动物题材的影片，通过一个感人的故事，表达了人与动物和谐共处的主题，值得人们深思。
《熊》的开篇，导演让－雅克·阿诺用全景镜头将我们置身于广袤的自然之中。
一只小熊正笨拙地掏食蜂蜜，这时，它的母亲闻到了蜂窝的香味，用力地往石碓下刨……小熊名叫约克，长毛掩住了它的眼睛，它正专心享受着，却不知灾难即将降临：石碓突然坍塌，大熊被砸死了。
小熊嗷嗷地叫着，推着母亲的身体，期待它重新站起来。
过了许久，它终于意识到妈妈再也不可能苏醒，从今往后自己将独立谋生了……饥肠辘辘的小熊开始自己迷失，青蛙、蝴蝶都成了它追逐的对象。
宁静的山谷里响起了几声清脆的枪声，随即是一声震天长啸，小熊听出那是同类的声音。
寻声追去，它发现了一只受了伤的体形硕大的灰熊。
孤独无助的小熊想方设法亲近大熊，为了跟随大灰熊，差点被路途中的急流冲走。
受伤的大灰熊并不接受小熊，并且一心只想报复那两个打伤自己的猎人。
然而，当大熊在伤痛发作时，小熊不顾大熊的威胁而为它舔舐伤口，最终感动了大灰熊，大熊渐渐接受了这个小熊，成为了小熊的保护者。
但是在一次猎人的捕杀中，小熊被猎人捕捉到，而它侥幸逃脱…… 镜头继续切换，大熊在营救小熊的过程中，终于堵住了打伤自己的猎人，然而在巨掌落下的一霎那，面对浑身吓的缩成一团的猎人，大熊动了恻隐之心而转身离开。
得到宽恕的猎人为自己的所作所为深感愧疚，放弃了猎杀熊的计划，离开了森林…… 与此同时，与大熊离散的小熊在苦苦寻找大熊的路上，与觊觎已久的美洲豹在独木桥上相逢，可怜的小熊情急无奈跳进水里，美洲豹在岸上迈着悠闲的步子长距离跟踪，小熊在水中挣扎，几乎被淹死，最后迫不得已上岸面对美洲豹的残酷攻击。
在小熊绝望的嘶叫声中，美洲豹突然迅速转身离开。
同时，小熊听到了身后熟悉的震天长啸…… 经历了种种磨难的小熊约克在大熊的保护教导之下渐渐长大成熟起来。
漫天飞雪的冬季到来了，小熊约克和大熊一起在舒适的山洞里冬眠…… 故事的场景非常干净，非常自然，就是森林，丘陵，猎犬，熊和猎人。
影片将将记录片和剧情片结合在一起，没有太多的语言，融入了更多的自然的声音，熊的叫声，水流声，树的婆娑声......极至自然。
同时美丽的景色不带任何修饰的直冲眼帘，给心底最直接的震撼。
只是讲述了两只熊在森林中的惊险经历，电影完全是写实主义风格，没有任何旁白，而是凭着绝佳的跟踪拍摄与剪辑，构成一个关于熊的完美故事。
两只熊在其中像两位一言不发、毫不做作的演员，人类在其中出现，但完全是配角，他们只是熊的生活的一个闯入者，影片再次证明人与自然界其它生命要相谐相处的深刻命题。
冬天到了，天空中飘起了细碎的雪花，约克和大熊在山洞中相拥而眠，阳光透过洞口斜斜地照进来，白雪覆盖下的森林是那样的安静。
画面平静祥和，温馨感人。
让我们铭记：“让人激动的不是捕杀，而是放生”。
名著读后感，或英语电影影评，1000字以上,要英文的，三篇……谢谢
行法如山——《大秦帝国》读后感 很久没有写日志了，看了《大秦帝国》以后，终于有了动笔的冲动。
很久没有被这样震撼过了，看了《大秦帝国》之后，我的心中实在为之一振。
曾几何时，自己对很多小说都没了兴趣，唯独喜欢看历史小说（当然不是戏说的类型）。
每看一部，心中都激昂澎湃一次，而《大秦帝国》实在让我不仅仅只是感到激昂澎湃，更让我在很多时候掩卷沉思。
太宗云：“以史为镜，可以知兴替。
”此真可谓至理名言。
通过对于先民了解和认识，我仿佛拨开了迷雾，清晰的看到了今天的现实。
起初看《大秦帝国》只是源于自己对于历史由来已久的兴趣，并没有什么特别的意图；只是觉得这不过是对于又一个盛世的全景式展现罢了。
但是，当我和振哥把《大秦帝国》第一部《黑色裂变》的电视剧看完之后，我被深深的震撼了。
我感觉到，雅斯贝尔斯的轴心时代理论很有意义。
一个文明的创生期往往是最有活力的，最富创造力的，大秦帝国也不例外。
处在“大争之世”的秦帝国，有着与后世很多同样强盛的帝国所全然不同的东西。
而这些东西，才是秦帝国得以强盛的依靠，也是被后人所忽视的，在后来的历史中缺失的。
而只有这些东西，才是需要我们重新开掘出来的。
因为，正是这些缺失，使得华夏的原生文明在创造奇迹的同时蕴含了衰落和失败的可能。
而《大秦帝国》正是通过将这些东西开掘出来，从而使得我们重新思考我们所熟悉的那部分历史，让我们更加看清今天所要走的路。
这种与众不同的东西，在我看来至少有两个方面：法治与商业精深。
这两点在《大秦帝国》中都有表现。
看了《大秦帝国》的人都知道，秦法是秦国崛起的制度保障，是秦国崛起的基石。
整个《黑色裂变》都在展现商鞅变法的全过程。
为什么孙皓晖先生的起点在这里
很显然，商鞅变法是秦国历史的分水岭和转折点，是秦国强大的第一块基石，更是华夏文明史中第一次将法治的理念变为现实，第一次建立法律完备的法治国家，特别是第一次（也是唯一一次）在华夏民族的一个族群当中确立起坚定的法治信念和守法精神。
所有这一切，对于中华民族来说都是极其宝贵的财富。
\ \ 行法如山——《大秦帝国》读后感很久没有写日志了，看了《大秦帝国》以后，终于有了动笔的冲动。
很久没有被这样震撼过了，看了《大秦帝国》之后，我的心中
求5年级小学生700字的影评或读后感
读后感的基本思路如下： 1、简述原文有关内容。
如所读书、文的篇名、作者、写作年代，以及原书或原文的内容概要。
写这部分内容是为了交代感想从何而来，并为后文的议论作好铺垫。
这部分一定要突出一个“简”字，决不能大段大段地叙述所读书、文的具体内容，而是要简述与感想有直接关系的部分，略去与感想无关的东西。
2、亮明基本观点。
选择感受最深的一点，用一个简洁的句子明确表述出来。
这样的句子可称为“观点句”。
这个观点句表述的，就是这篇文章的中心论点。
“观点句”在文中的位置是可以灵活的，可以在篇首，也可以在篇末或篇中。
初学写作的同学，最好采用开门见山的方法，把观点写在篇首。
3、围绕基本观点摆事实讲道理。
这部分就是议论文的本论部分，是对基本观点（即中心论点）的阐述，通过摆事实讲道理证明观点的正确性，使论点更加突出、更有说服力。
这个过程应注意的是，所摆事实、所讲道理都必须紧紧围绕基本观点，为基本观点服务。
4、围绕基本观点联系实际。
一篇好的读后感应当有时代气息，有真情实感。
要做到这一点，必须善于联系实际。
这“实际”可以是个人的思想、言行、经历，也可以是某种社会现象。
联系实际时也应当注意紧紧围绕基本观点，为观点服务，而不能盲目联系、前后脱节。
以上四点是写读后感的基本思路，但是这思路不是一成不变的，要善于灵活掌握。
比如，“简述原文”一般在“亮明观点”前，但二者先后次序互换也是可以的。
再者，如果在第三个步骤摆事实讲道理时所摆的事实就是社会现象或个人经历，就不必再写第四个部分了。
（五）初中生读后感易犯毛病： 1、用复述原文内容代替感想，常常开头说几句文章如何感人，然后就大段复述内容，结尾表决心或提希望。
2、脱离原文，说上一通自己的想法。
3、内容杂乱，东拉西扯，漫无中心 二、谈观后感及影视短论的写作 电影，作为一种大众艺术，以其生动的直观性和逼近生活的真实感而易有广泛颀赏性。
一部优秀的影片能使人得到美的享受和精神上的陶冶。
许多同学在观看影片后常会有感而发，尝试写作影评，这对于提高我们的影视鉴赏能力，端正我们的审美观念有相当大的帮助。
那么，如何写好影评
写好影视评论的前提是细心观赏。
影视评论不同于书评，书可以反复地看，而影片却一闪即逝，因此，在看电影时不能漫不经心，而要全神贯注，眼观六路，耳听八方，对画面、音乐、对白、音响、表演等方面都要体察精微，并及时捕捉闪光的东西。
这样在写的时候才能得心应手，运用自如。
（一） “评什么” 在影片中可评的角度很多。
就一部影片而言，可以评主题、评人物、评细节、评场面、评艺术特点、评电影语言的运用等；就多部影片来说，可综合评论一系列影片，阐明某一时期电影艺术创作的倾向和特点；可综合某一类影片（如惊险片、探索片等）进行评论；可综合同一类问题（如古装片的雷同化等）进行评论；另外，还可以进行电影专评，如平添编剧、评导演、评演员、评摄影、评美工、评音乐等。
面对这些可评的内容，初学写影评的中学生具体应如何处理呢
最好的办法是“集中优势兵力歼灭敌人”，抓住影片中给自己留下印象最为深刻、最能激发自己写作欲望的问题来写，这样便于对问题作深入细致的评论，忌面面俱到。
影评写作可以有长有短，可着眼于一部影片的一个镜头，也可以着眼于一种电影现象。
对于我们初中生来说，要对一部影片作出全面的评价比较困难，练习写影评，可从评论一个人物形象、一个情节、一个场面入手，可对演员演技。
拍摄技巧、导演意图、影片风格、色彩、语言、音乐等进行单一的评析。
随着写影评水平的提高，就可对某一人物形象，如影片中的学生、教师、军人等银幕形象发表看法，也可以从纵向谈某一阶段电影的回顾或某一体裁电影的回顾，分析其得失；或从横向谈某一风格的电影，如西部电影、贺岁片、娱乐片等，或横纵向结合，谈一个导演的风格，如谢晋模式、张艺谋现象等到。
初涉影评写作不宜贪大求全，而应从一点一滴写起，思考挖掘，连缀成篇。
（二） 写影评，应该把握好这样几点： 1、捕捉住感受点。
一部电影涉及的方面很广，需要品评的着笔点很多。
这就需要对电影反复回味思考，用心灵再度感受，把握往影片中最能动人的地方，并使之在自己的笔下得到理性的升华。
如观看了《泰坦尼克号》，不能只简单地叙述这场爱情故事，而要从主人公生与死的考验中感悟到人性的光芒。
2、抓住细节，诠释其深刻涵义。
所谓细节，是影片画面中对表现对象的局部或细微的变化进行精要细致的描绘。
细节包括人物的举手投足、一颦一笑，道具的运用，色彩的调度，声音的变化等。
典型的细节对展现人物性格、设置悬念、推动情节发展都起着积极作用。
如《大转折》中先后三次出现蒋介石的背影，每一次出现都预示着国民党军队下一次的失败，通过三次背影的刻划，将蒋介石政权日薄西山的局面富于象征性地体现出来。
3、立意要新，开掘要深。
写影评要有新意，要有独到的见解，抓往要点，自感而发。
要做到有新意，一是要抓住影片内容，结合台社会现买；二是要准确把握住影片的精神实质，挖掘影片本身所包含的深刻内涵。
例如对张艺谋电影的分析要紧扣住时代背景，但也不必要都从思想意义角度分析，如巩俐在张艺谋电影中的形象塑造，张艺谋电影中的男性形象等，都是可以开掘的领域。
4、要实事实是地分析评价。
鲁迅先生说过：评论作品必须坏处说坏，好处说好，还要知入论世。
他说 倘若论文，最好的是顾及全篇，非目顾及作者全人，以及他所处的社会状况，这有较为确凿。
对影片作实事来是的评价，要求我们用全面的观点，不是顾其一点，而是观照全片。
顾及编导的意图、表演的全部以及当时的社会环境、历史背景等等，作恰如其分的分析与评价。
不能强导演、演员、片中人物所难，求全责备。
同的，我们在写影评时，也不能人云亦云，如评《情深深雨蒙蒙》时，有一位同学冷静地指出编导将荧屏中的军阀（如萍、依萍的父亲）形象拔高了——他遇见美丽的女子就抢来作为姨太太，可原因居然是她们像自己的初恋情人。
5、要重视影片的艺术分析。
电影是通过艺术手段来表现主题、塑造人物、抒发感情的，所以影评要重视对影片艺术的高下进行分析。
这种分析应具体详细，由表及里，言之有物；评价则应观点鲜明，实事求是。
在艺术评析中，字里行间渗透出电影意识，尽可能恰当地运用电影艺术名词术语，还需要有对电影艺术的深刻感受与理性把握。
这可以通过阅读电影理论书籍和多欣赏优秀影片来解决。
开始练习写作影评时还应该注意：语言要朴实，要个性化。
写影评一定要讲真话，讲自己的话，不要抄袭别人的评论。
唯独自己的感受和朴实的语言，才会使自己的评论富有个性和新意，也才会给读者带来清新的感受。
叙议要结合，突出评论。
影评离不开叙事。
但切忌过多地叙述故事，要突出分析写评价。
当然，所评所析不得脱离影片孤立地进行。
设计好影评的标题至关重要。
一般来说，它由正副标题构成。
正题--揭示文章的中心，必须简明扼要，而又耐人寻味，能够引起读者的阅读兴趣，同时也能给读者带来审美愉悦，它是贯穿全文的主线；副题--点明评论对象，交待片名或评论角度，它是正题必要的补充。
二者相得益彰，能使文章增色不少。
如：《历史和时代的搏击者--评银幕上的共产党员形象》，《悲剧在红色中渗透--评电影＜红高梁＞》《农村改革的多棱镜--电视剧〈一村之长观感〉》。
我们在写影评的过程中，要不断总结学习他人的写作经验，丰富自己的写作实践，在日积月累的基础上，通过影评的写作，不断促进我们知识结何的完善，提高我们的颀赏水平和审美能力。
哈利波特与火焰杯的影评或读后感..
这些都是国内网上找不到的：1It's catch-up time for those who only ingest their Harry Potter on screen. While author JK Rowling released her sixth book earlier this year, cinema goers are a little bit behind, this being the wizard's fourth adventure - and his first since passing through childhood.Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) are growing up and facing more dangerous adventures. No longer fighting giant spiders and trolls in the toilet, the plot hinges on the Tri-Wizarding tournament. The international cream of the crop of uber-talented young wizards, compete against each other to lift the trophy. Harry, being the best wizard Hogwarts school has seen for many years, is his country's obvious choice. But, not only does he compete against the best of the rest, he's also faced with tackling his personal demons once more.As well as old favourites such as Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), new faces are also introduced with Ralph Fiennes taking up the role of evil Lord Voldemort, and Brandon Gleeson becoming Mad Eye Moody. The only downside is that the Dursleys don't feature.Forget that twaddle about the actors possibly being too old for their parts. The characters themselves are getting older, much to the dismay of some parents who want Harry (and their own children, for that matter) to remain young and innocent. However, this makes the whole big screen Potter experience more palpable, with grittier performances from all involved, outstripping the somewhat whiney stage-school acting that blighted the first two films. Dark and mystical with the cinematography, as ever, breathtaking. Director Mike Newell, on his first Potter effort, follows the book closely, for which true fans will be grateful. And geeks will appreciate the improvement in the special effects department, particularly the spellbinding scenes with dragons.2I went to see the movie with three of my four kids this weekend, we were hoping that it would not drag, being so long. Having read the book, my oldest and I knew it was a long story with much to cover. Though there could have been traps to make it drag, we were very pleased with the fine way they found to smoothly link everything together and not lose the spirit of the things they had to leave in the book. We did enjoy the third HP movie, though we did find this one to be vastly more appealing to the movie series. This was a fine movie and all involved with its creation and presentation to the big screen for our enjoyment deserve kudos. Special effects were wonderful, and the devotion to the written story was exemplary! We only wish it would have been shown on our stealth cinema with stadium seating instead of the standard screen. Other than that, Ten stars for sure.3Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks. Written by Soumitra Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year, where the Trizwizard tournament is becoming ready to begin. Students must be over 17 to enter, with the winner receiving eternal glory. Harry can't enter it this year...or can he. When his name is read out from the Goblet of Fire, everyone assumes that Harry Potter has cheated. Harry insists that he never placed his name in there, with someone else behind it. But Who? Harry must now survive through dragons, sea creatures and a terrifying maze, all before coming face-to-face with a particular dark wizard. Written by Film_Fan Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero? Written by imann Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire takes us deeper into the characters' minds and the darkness of the Wizarding World. At the Quidditch World Cup, Voldemort's followers gather and wreak havoc. Then, at Hogwarts, a legendary event takes place. The Triwizard Tournament! The Goblet of Fire judges who gets in and who doesn't. On the fateful night, three champions are selected. But then the Goblet spits out one other. Harry's. These two major events point to the return of Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore and the other teachers sense it, but it is inevitable. And Harry is no longer safe at Hogwarts. This fourth installment is the most dramatic, and also the scariest. Let me just say that all does not necessarily end well... Written by Josh Millhouse 5Well into Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Albus Dumbledore intones as only he can: Dark and difficult times lie ahead. What does he think lay behind?In this adventure Harry will do battle with giant lizards, face the attack of the Death Eaters, and in perhaps the most difficult task of all for a 14-year-old, ask a girl to be his date at the Yule Ball.That Harry survives these challenges goes without saying, since in the world of print his next adventures have already been published, but Goblet of Fire provides trials that stretch his powers to the breaking point.Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) was just turning 13 in the previous movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the Potter series turns with this installment. There is still at least a mail-owl, and what looks like a mail-raven (it may represent FedEx), but many of the twee touches of the earlier films have gone missing to make room for a brawnier, scarier plot. Is it fair to wonder if the series will continue to grow up with Harry, earning the R rating as he turns 17?Certainly Lord Voldemort seems capable of limitless villainy. Although we glimpsed his face in The Sorcerer's Stone, we see him in full on screen for the first time in Goblet of Fire, and he does not disappoint: Hairless, with the complexion of a slug, his nostrils snaky slits in his face, he's played by Ralph Fiennes as a vile creature who has at last been rejoined by his Death Eaters, who were disabled by Harry's magic earlier in the series. Hogwarts School and indeed the entire structure of Harry's world is threatened by Voldemort's return to something approaching his potential powers, and the film becomes a struggle between the civilized traditions of the school and the dark void of Voldemortism.The film is more violent, less cute than the others, but the action is not the mindless destruction of a video game; it has purpose, shape and style, as in the Triwizard Tournament, which begins the film. Three finalists are chosen by the Goblet of Fire, and then the Goblet spits out an unprecedented fourth name: Harry Potter's. This is against the rules, since you have to be 17 to compete in Triwizardry, and Harry is only 14, but Dumbledore's hands are tied: What the Goblet wants, the Goblet gets. The question is, who entered Harry's name, since Harry says he ?The Triwizard Tournament begins near the start of the film, but after the Quidditch World Cup, which takes place within a stadium so vast it makes the Senate Chamber in Star Wars look like a dinner theater. The cup finals are interrupted by ominous portents; the Death Eaters attack, serving notice that Voldemort is back and means business. But the early skirmishes are repelled, and the students return to Hogwarts, joined by exchange students from two overseas magic academies: From France come the Beauxbaton girls, who march on parade like Bemelmans' maids all in a row, and from Durmstrang school in central Europe come clean-cut Aryan lads who look like extras from Triumph of the Will.Besides Harry, Cedric Diggory is the Triwizard contestant from Hogwarts, and the other finalists are Viktor Krum, a Quidditch master from Durmstrang who looks ready to go pro, and the lithe Fleur Delacour, a Beauxbaton siren. Together they face three challenges: They must conquer fire-breathing dragons, rescue captives in a dark lagoon and enter a maze, which, seen from the air, seems limitless. The maze contains a threat for Harry that I am not sure is anticipated by the Triwizard rules; within it waits Voldemort himself, who has been lurking offstage and now emerges in malevolent fury.Against these trials, which are enough to put you off your homework, Harry also must negotiate his fourth year at Hogwarts. As usual, there is a bizarre new teacher on the faculty. Alastor Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson) is the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and seems made of spare parts; he has an artificial limb, and a glass eye that incorporates a zoom lens and can swivel independently of his real eye.There is also, finally, full-blown adolescence to contend with. I'd always thought Harry would end up in love with Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), even though their inseparable friend Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) clearly has the same ambition. But for the Yule Ball, Harry works up the courage to ask Cho Chang (Katie Leung), who likes him a lot. Ron asks Hermione, but she already has a date, with the student most calculated to inspire Ron's jealousy. These scenes seem almost in the spirit of John Hughes' high school movies.Most of the Potter series regulars are back, if only for brief scenes, and it is good to see the gamekeeper Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) find love at last, with Madame Maxime (Frances de la Tour), headmistress of Beauxbaton. Hagrid, you will recall, is a hairy half-giant. Frances is even taller, but a mercifully less hairy giantess. One new character is the snoopy Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson), gossip columnist of the Daily Prophet, a paper that has pictures that talk, like the portraits in earlier films.With this fourth film, the Harry Potter saga demonstrates more than ever the resiliency of J.K. Rowling's original invention. Her novels have created a world that can expand indefinitely and produce new characters without limit. That there are schools like Hogwarts in other countries comes as news and offers many possibilities; the only barrier to the series lasting forever is Harry's inexorably advancing age. The thought of him returning to Hogwarts for old boys' day is too depressing to contemplate.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was directed by Mike Newell, the first British director in the series (he turned down the first Potter movie). Newell's credits range from the romantic Four Weddings and a Funeral to the devastating Donnie Brasco to the gentle Enchanted April.Such varied notes serve him well in Goblet, which explores a wide emotional range. He balances delicately between whimsy and the ominous, on the uncertain middle ground where Harry lives, poised between fun at school, teenage romance and the dark abyss. 6For legions of Harry Potter fans, the coming of a new film, the fourth adapted from J.K. Rowling's hugely successful literary series, is all they need to know. Where the first two films stood in awe of Rowling's work with all its magic and trickery, Prisoner of Azkaban and now The Goblet of Fire look more deeply into the developing human drama. The new director is Mike Newell, which is interesting because he is the first British director on what is a very British movie series. Subscribe to the Hollywood Reporter and see the entertainment industry from its best angle: the inside looking out. Complete access to real-time news and exclusive analysis that goes behind the scenes from film to television, home video to digital media. 7It was bound to happen. Each “Harry Potter” movie prior to “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was able to outdo its immediate predecessor, but the odds were stacked against that trend continuing with every film in the series. Unfortunately, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is a step down from “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in both production and entertainment value.We pick up the story at a particularly dangerous time in the lives of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Followers of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) have made their presence known by disrupting the Quidditch World Cup. To make matters worse, the three friends are going through that special blend of pleasure and pain we all have to endure as we enter adolescence and leave childhood behind. Budding wizards or not, that’s a lot to handle for anybody.The plot thickens as Harry finds himself mysteriously selected to be the fourth competitor in the Triwizard Tournament, a prestigious event that was supposed to only have three entrants and which was only open to students 17 and over. Someone entered Harry’s name into the competition but his best friend Ron doesn’t believe that, which causes a rift between the two close friends. Ron thinks Harry kept his plan a secret and finagled his way into getting a spot in the Triwizard Tournament all on his own. Harry didn’t, but Ron stubbornly refuses to believe the truth.Meanwhile, Harry has more to worry about than his friendship with Ron. Harry has to prepare to take on the difficult challenges of the tournament, including doing battle with a fierce fire-breathing dragon. He also must do something even more frightening – find a date to the Yule Ball.This fourth film of the series never drew me in and in fact, I had a rough time becoming involved again in the lives of the three main characters. I realize the kid wizards are growing up and finding members of the opposite sex as appealing as studying at Hogwarts, but the magic is missing from “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is a more standoffish (for lack of a better term) film than the previous three, holding its audience at a distance for the majority of the picture until the last 25 minutes, which is almost too little too late.Instead of allowing you into the confines of Hogwarts and the lives of its inhabitants emotionally, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” seems to instead insist on being a special effects extravaganza. And for the first time in the series, those special effects dwarfed the actors. For the first time, the CGI stood out clearly to the point it’s an easy task - and not just in the flight sequences or the scenes with the dragons - to figure out what was computer generated. The effects are too invasive. The actors play second fiddle, and that’s not how I like my “Harry Potter” movies.Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint still fit the roles of Harry, Hermione, and Ron perfectly. They’re comfortable in the parts and we’re comfortable watching them. You can’t lay blame with the film’s shortcomings on those three. They are definitely growing up before our eyes, but they’re not so much older than their characters that it makes much of a difference yet. The lack of connection didn’t come from the actors; it came from a script that holds the audience at arm’s length.“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” looks and feels staged. The world of Harry Potter normally embraces moviegoers, but this time around there’s a frustratingly impenetrable wall between the world of wizards and us ordinary muggles.Despite its faults, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is still a decent film and one that's sure to please most Potter fans. I just wish there was more emphasis on the humans in the film and less on the computer generated effects.
