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Or at least that's what Rowling's accountants are probably calling it, particularly in light of the fact that it made its debut right before Thanksgiving weekend. The rest of the world knows this movie as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," and I finally got to see it today. Twice. (Well, I had two different sets of friends I wanted to see it with, and the logistics worked out that they wanted to see it on the same day.)

Contrary to the critics whose reviews of the movie I've read thus far, I thought that "Goblet of Fire" was better than the first two movies, but not quite as good as "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." A large part of the reason is that there are several very disparate plot threads going on in "Goblet of Fire", and despite all the cutting the scriptwriter did it remains difficult to weave the threads into a unified whole. On the other hand, Newell and company handle the dawning of our heroes' sexual maturity very convincingly and sensitively, and the visual effects and casting (there are several new characters here) continue to be first-rate.

Because I can't say more without giving away details unique to the movie, I'll put the rest of my comments under an lj-cut.

( If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't click here! )