Synopsis:

I've always loved the Harry Potter books, but the movies have been pretty hit or miss for me. I completely love what they have made, but there are many scenes of poor acting, or bad character choices that are completely fixable. My main goals overall: - Create light edits that don't try to reimagine or create anything new, but rather just enhance the original movies - Remove small annoyances and some poor performances (Harry shushing Ron, Barty Crouch Jr tongue flicks, dumbing down Hagrid, etc) - Retain as much world building as possible (Clock in the Weasley's home, monster roar at housekeeping in PoA, etc) - Keep the original music to their own movies, except for a few rare occasions - Tighten up action wherever I could Goals for Goblet of Fire: - Remove the Ron and Harry's broken friendship subplot - Cut out as much bad acting, dialog and writing as I could - Take out all instances of the Crouch Jr tongue flicks

Intentions:

Harry Potter is one of my favorite series' ever. I've got so much nostalgia from growing up with the books and movies. But even watching as a kid I remember disliking some things about the movies. I don't want to rob the movies of their charm, but I did see some things that I believe would be better changed or removed. I think these small changes make the experience a better one overall.

Change List:

- Slight trims for pacing in the intro with the old man - HP4 Title now pops out right after the old man dies, along with the Harry Potter theme behind it - Cut Hermione angrily waking the two up. It now starts with the group walking towards the portkey - Cut the stupid walking on air as they come down from the portkey - Cut Harry in the tent saying "I love magic" - Cut the Malfoys talking to them before the game - Tightened the Death Eater attack - Cut all instances of Barty Crouch Jr and fake Moody doing the weird tongue thing - Removed Filch awkwardly running into the hall and added some music behind Dumbledore talking about the new guests and tournament - Cut Karkaroff doing shady stuff to the goblet of fire - Cut the entire Ron not talking to Harry plot. Though this is a decent plotline in the books I think it was done extremely poorly in the movie. I used some of the rearranging from Anjohan - Rearranged Moody's lesson to go after the names are chosen from the goblet rather than before. This works as a good transition from Dumbledore telling Moody to keep an eye on Harry after his name is chosen, and also it is a scene with Harry and Ron together so it doesn't feel so weird that there is a chunk of the movie where they aren't together. - Cut Hermione's "It's not going to wo-ork" line when Fred and George try to get past the age line - Cut Dumbledore shouting at Harry after his name comes up - Trimmed Harry's interview with Rita Skeeter a bit - Cut the owl biting Harry "joke" - Cut the mini dragon reveals just before they fight the dragons. It feels like a tease for these cool fights with the other champions but then you don't get to see them. - Cut Hermione yelling at Harry to use his wand at the start of the 1st task - Tightened up the entire dragon fight - Cut Harry pompously asking the Gryffindors if they want him to open the egg - Trimmed and cut some forced jokes with the twins while talking about the Yule ball - During the Yule ball, cut the big lady nastily picking a thing off Hagrid's beard and eating it - Cut the pop music section during the ball - Added the deleted scene of Karkaroff and Snape in the courtyard. This adds just a bit more depth and mystery with Karkaroff and Snape, and also bridges the gap in the theatrical where Harry is suddenly not with Ron and Hermione at the Yule Ball - Trimmed some of Hermione's overacting as she talks to Harry on the bridge - Trimmed underwater egg scene with Moaning Myrtle - Cut Hermione pronouncing "Grindylow" in a French accent - Trimmed some overacting of Barty Crouch Jr in the memory of his trial - Cut the awkward dialog and performance just after Harry saves Cedric from the vines - Cut excessive moaning Voldemort when he touches Harry's scar - Trimmed some of Harry's bad acting when he comes back with Cedric's body - Cut the awkward dialog between the trio at the very end. They don't share any last words now. They just watch as everyone leaves - Lots of other minor trims throughout

Additional Notes:

I didn't want to do anything too drastic, but instead create a very light edit to remove things that might take you out of the viewing experience.

Other Sources:

Special Thanks:

Anjohan (Andreas), and JJPotter! I took a lot of inspiration and some exact cuts from their edits to make my own. Poster art by Carlossap on TPDb: https://theposterdb.com/user/Carlossap