The 10th Anniversary of the “Goblet of Fire” Film

On November 18, 2005, mere months after the second-to-last Harry Potter book (Half-Blood Prince) was published and the end seemed to be drawing to scarily near, Warner Bros brought us back a few steps with the release of their adaption of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

They really did take us back a few steps. On this 10th anniversary of one of our beloved films, we will honor it, but we also want to be honest about it. It would be hard pressed to find a fan whose first reaction to seeing Goblet of Fire was at least tainted a little by confusion.

As fans of the books, we tend to be huge critics of the theatrical adaptions: “Wait a sec, they cut out what? But that is important!” or “Wait a sec, I don’t remember that happening in the books.” This started occurring with fan reactions to Goblet of Fire. In fact, it set president for such critical reactions for the rest of the films. In away, that is a pretty monumental moment to mention on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the film.

Here are our top 6 “Wait a sec…” moments from Goblet of Fire:

1. The very distinct difference between “Book Dumbledore” and “Movie Dumbledore” (aka, the difference between Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and Michael Gambon as Dumbledore), becoming too apparent for the first time:

2. Wait a sec…where is Dobby? (And Charlie Weasley for that matter.)

3. Remember when the Weasley’s used Floo Powder to try and get to the Dursley’s and it went so terribly that it was absolutely hysterical….haha, nope?

4. Wait a sec…if Rita Skeeter never turns into a beetle as her Animagus, how does she find out all that gossip?

5. What’s up with the maze? Where’s all of the obstacles? The Sphinx and Aragog’s offspring?

6. Need we even mention that all men in Goblet of Fire seemed to forget what a haircut was.

But besides our criticisms, and the hard time we give Harry Potter directors (especially since Mike Newell only did Goblet of Fire) we are Harry Potter fans. We love pretty much anything Harry Potter, and we are as protective of the Harry Potter films as we are critical of them. Because we love them we are the only ones allowed to criticize them, no one else is allowed to be that mean.

Here are the top 6 things we loved about Goblet of Fire:

1. Hermione’s and Ron’s perfect Yule Ball outfits (Hermione’s gown and entrance!)

2. The Yule Ball….ah, so beautiful.

3. McGonagall using Ron as a dance partner when teaching the Gryffindors how to dance properly. LOL, that’s awkward in the best way possible:

3. The Quidditch World Cup (that scene was pretty well executed, we must admit!)

4. Cedric Diggory…Hufflepuff’s first moment of glory…

5. Watching Malfoy being turned into a ferret…ah!

6. David Tennant…’nough said.

 (Wait a sec…)  (There it is!)

Happy 10th Anniversary Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! It’s been a wonderful love-hate relationship, and we plan to continue it for 10 more years to come. We can’t believe it’s been 10 years already.