I was just checking out the Forbes world's richest people in the world, and the women who wrote Harry Potter is worth....(Dr. Evil impersonation).... $1.0 Billion Dollars... Talk about hitting a gold and a diamond mine.

I wonder how much these kids get paid to do these movies. When they signed them as young kids, did they sign some deal where they can't ask for pay raises or something? I wouldn't be surprised to see one of those kids sue to get a bigger piece of the pie. Anybody know how much the three leads are paid for these flicks? I'm genuinely interested. With all this cash floating around, I wonder how much they are entitled to.

Oh you very well know that they do. :P I'm fairly sure that Azakaban has the lowest BO gross of all the HP films so far. So much for good taste. (Don't eat me, I'm only being half-serious!)

I rented "Goblet of Fire" last night. It's one of those movies where you sit there with your finger tapping the fast forward button because it's so insipid and pointless. I can't fathom how it got 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Oooh, a Triwizard Championship in which the contestants might actually die!! Unfortunately, no one asks what the friggin' point of the whole exercise is ... besides being a completely superficial and simple-minded plot device. Really stupid movie ... even for children.

I've liked all the Potter movies. Great entertainment. I would've given the Oscar to "Goblet" instead of "Crash". Actually I would've given it to "Serenity".

Fact: The kids signed for three movies and renegotiated their contracts afterwards. I'm sure they're doing quite well.

All the Potter movies are dumb. I echo Professor Dumblef*ck's comments above.

-Drewbacca
moviepatron.com

It wasn't like that in the book Professor! *cries* There actually was a POINT to the whole thing (which the director only mentioned (I think) in some throw away Hermione line) and the tournament wasn't actually what the WHOLE BOOK WAS ABOUT but that's ALL he considered putting IN, badly edited and such a fucking bore (not to mention the things that he got WRONG wtf? I mean just basic basic things? was Rowling paying attention?).

Sigh. Cuaron was the director who got me into the cinema to see a HP film and the "Goblet" guy was the one who got me out.

In response to the second guy, I think Radcliffe was paid like 250,000 for the first movie, and his lawyer got them to pay him like 3 million for the second one, and the price probably keeps going up.

I can understand why the movie by itself would be trashed by a serious cinema buff. But keeping in mind that it's a children's movie and is based on a book that kept kids worldwide riveted till the last page, I think it's a brilliant onscreen translation. And for those who think 'All the Potter movies are dumb', I ask - Why do you watch?

Critics look for faults to criticise and that is why they find so many. The fact remains that to the regular watcher (which in this genre's case would be a child), the movie is above average as a movie experience. I agree with John's original comment; this one was far superior than the others, considering that the 4th book in the series is much thicker and even in cutting out hell many chapters, the story's essence has been maintained.