Harry Potter and the Eye Candy

Having recently watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I quite enjoyed going through these very nice photos of costumes and props from the movie, taken at an exhibition in Japan. Some of the detail that shows up in the photos is quite amazing (and amusing), this photo of some pamphlets from the Quidditch World Cup being an excellent example.

The movie itself lands in that quite-good-but-not-brilliant zone that I've come to expect this series of movies to occupy. A good way to pass 2½ hours revisiting a story I greatly enjoyed reading. The best feature of the movie was the way it built up the character of Cedric Diggory and lent some emotional impact to his death, something the book failed at. The worst feature was the overall look and feel of Voldemort. I don't know when these fantasy movies (LoTR included) will get it through their collective heads that a face uglified by a rubbery or pasty mask is not the way to create a convincing villain! I hope they do better with Bellatrix for the next movie.