Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an absolute spectacle. I am a huge sucker for tournaments in films and this hit every single note for me; intensity, stakes, creativity, it is all there. Our main cast is doing some of the best acting of the series, Daniel Radcliffe really raises his performance up a notch and establishes himself as the lead of the franchise. His acting is refined and mature and he does an excellent job portraying his emotions with not only his line delivery but his facial expressions and body language. He really broke through…

Possibly the weakest of the series, this one, for me. Our trio start by visiting the Quidditch World Cup which is invaded by the evil "Death Eaters" who reduce everything to ashes in their search for "Harry". Shortly afterwards, the "Tri-Wizard Cup" comes to Hogwarts - a good excuse to introduce some new characters amongst them Frances de la Tour as the enormous "Madame Maxime" and Roger Lloyd-Pack as "Barty Crouch" as each school chooses their champion to take part in the potentially lethal games. "Hogwarts" chooses "Cedric Diggory" (Robert Pattinson)…

Extremely conflicted on this one. On the one hand, this has (in my opinion) some of the best scenes of the franchise so far, especially towards the end. Brendan Gleason and David Tennant gave fun new performances, and overall I liked how high the stakes were. Buuuut there was also a ton of stuff that annoyed me. Ive liked seeing what shenanigans the Dursleys get up to at the start of each movie, so I was kinda sad to see them entirely cut from this (plus they cut a seemingly fun-sounding scene from the book, where the Weasleys suddenly appear in the…