Preston Hollow People (Newspaper) - November 25, 2005, Dallas, Texas Weekend 6A I NOVEMBER 25 2005 PRESTON HOLLOW PEOPLE Just Say The latest Harry Potter film adds blood to the brew By Glenn Artery Senior Editor When the latest Harry Potter film earned a rating tremors went through America Good grief Yes there are scary scenes but the in the last film were just as terrifying Yes hormones have passed through Hogwarts like a minor tsunami but theres nothing here that comes close to whats on TV every day Yes theres a dance and World Cup Quidditch hero Victor Krum Stanislav lanevski not Ron Weasley Rupert Grint asks Hermione and the waltz gives way to rock n roll Yes Ron has taken to exclaiming Bloody Hell hold that thought every few minutes not to mention FILM REVIEW Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DIRECTOR Mike Newell STARRING Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Rupert Grint Michael Gambon Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes 2 hrs 30 mins GRADE B Wide Release using a few other choice words now and then But when I think about Prime which is bly rated I have to scratch my head about the con cern over Hairy Potter and the Goblet of Fire well except that its market audience is pre dominantly children every KEViN MARTINS SIGNATURE PIZZAS DEEP DISH TOASTED SUBS SALADS WINGS CALZONES 2143632464 ORDER ONLINE DINE IN TAKE OUT DELIVERY PARK CITIES PRESTON HOLLOW BLUFF VIEW OPEN MON THUKS 11AM 10PM FRISAT 11AM11PM SUN 4PM 9PM 6112 Luther Lane Preston Center West WEEKEND WIPEOUT I EK 12 Barbecue or Buffalo Wings and 14 inch Pizza with 1 lopping MOMS OFF MONDAYS GO FOR 2 TUESDAYS er Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Equal or Lesser Value thing the core Harry Potter characters and the actors who play them do is fol lowed by millions of kids who look to them for their generations definition of heroism and the mythology unfolding in J K Rowlings books and films will leave a lasting pattern in the imagi nation of a whole genera tion Gone from this fourth film in the series are the comic opening scenes with Harrys foster parents the doltish Gone with them is the contrast between Muggles and magicians a loss I think because it robs the film of the liberating sense of magic in the first three Goblet starts somberly with a huge snake sliding from the mouth of a stone deaths head in a graveyard That scene turns out to be part of a com plex dream sequence that fore shadows the return of the Satan of the Harry Potter mythology and Harry have a bond because the able Kadavra curse which inevitably kills its vic tim has failed only once when a Ralph Fiennes used it on the infant Harry It recoiled on and he is only now recovering his powers and reassembling his loyal In this film the pivotal Introducing the New 2006 DTS from Cadillac Presence Power Performance BREAK THROUGH The new 2006 Cadillac DTS has been completely reengineered You have to drive this car to appreciate how vastly improved it is Visit Sewell today to test drive the new DTS and take advantage of the wide selection we have of these fine automobiles SEWELL 7310 LEMMON AVENUE COURTESY PHOTO WHERES MY WAND Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe tries to escape from an angry dragon in the first contest of the Tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opening this weekend in wide release event is creepy reconstitution which requires Harry Potters blood a theme that justifies Rons bloody hell curses but that also uneasily involves the film in sacramental symbolism Dark matter then frames the central action the Tournament which pits the best of Hogwarts against the best wizards from the other two schools in Europe the and very French and the Teutons to the bone Despite his youth partici pants arc supposed to be at least 17 Harry is forced into the competition when the Goblet of Fire itself spits out his name even though he never put it in The film consists of prepara tions for the three contests the competitions themselves and the aftermaths with the stakes escalating each time Behind each test hangs the gathering threat of and his domination which draws ever closer the more Harry succeeds The movie holds ones inter est but to my mind the Harry Potter film franchise is begin ning to show the strain One glance at a production shot from the first film reveals everything those cute kids are rapidly becoming dren which means that the series has a builtin limitation on its credibility Daniel Harry Potter has far outgrown his fictional age For her part Emma Watson as Hermione Granger was cuter and as a child than she is now an adolescent in her awkward years Rupert Grinf s Ron Weasley a fellow without wit or Harrys special skill seems to be tipping toward bitterness and coarseness as though he were going to end up in time looking more like Brendan Gleesons MadEye Moody than one of the good guys With the last book in the Potter series still J K Rowling must be feeling a little like the legendary St Christopher by now a few years ago she picked up what looked like a child Halfway through hes turning out 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