It's catch-up time for those who only ingest their Harry Potter on screen. While author JK Rowling released her sixth book earlier this year, cinema goers are a little bit behind, this being the wizard's fourth adventure - and his first since passing through childhood.
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) are growing up and facing more dangerous adventures. No longer fighting giant spiders and trolls in the toilet, the plot hinges on the Tri-Wizarding tournament. The international cream of the crop of uber-talented young wizards, compete against each other to lift the trophy. Harry, being the best wizard Hogwarts school has seen for many years, is his country's obvious choice. But, not only does he compete against the best of the rest, he's also faced with tackling his personal demons once more.
As well as old favourites such as Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), new faces are also introduced with Ralph Fiennes taking up the role of evil Lord Voldemort, and Brandon Gleeson becoming Mad Eye Moody. The only downside is that the Dursleys don't feature.
Forget that twaddle about the actors possibly being too old for their parts. The characters themselves are getting older, much to the dismay of some parents who want Harry (and their own children, for that matter) to remain young and innocent. However, this makes the whole big screen Potter experience more palpable, with grittier performances from all involved, outstripping the somewhat whiney stage-school acting that blighted the first two films.
Dark and mystical with the cinematography, as ever, breathtaking. Director Mike Newell, on his first Potter effort, follows the book closely, for which true fans will be grateful. And geeks will appreciate the improvement in the special effects department, particularly the spellbinding scenes with dragons.
读过这样一个富有传奇色彩的惊险经历后，我深深的被一个英雄顽强拼搏和不屈的灵魂震撼着。
哈利·波特在11岁生日那天知道了自己的身世之后，便注定了永远不可能平平常常——即使拿魔法界的标准来衡量。黑魔法的阴影始终挥之不去，种种暗藏杀机的神秘事件将哈利进一步的推想了伏地魔的魔爪。经过三年的学习和磨练，哈利逐渐成为一个出色的巫师。就在这一新学期中，哈利又依次惊险的从伏地魔手中死里逃生。
假如我是哈利·波特：当我从逼真的可怕梦境中惊醒而有导致额头上的闪电形伤疤疼痛难忍时，我不可能像他那样忍受着巨痛的煎熬，分析情况，采取各种措施；当我魁地奇世界杯后的混乱中，无意间发现了消失十三年的黑魔法标记而又面对巫师们的指控时，我不可能像他那样沉着冷静地为自己辩护，还自己清白；当我在抵抗可怕的不可饶恕咒之一——夺魂咒时，我不可能像他那样顽强坚定的摆脱夺魂咒的控制；当我莫名其妙地成为第四位勇士而又加上丽塔·斯基胡编乱造的报道引发了一系列误解、嘲笑、友情冲突，我不可能像他那样不予理睬，毫不退缩；当我在三强争霸赛中面临这三个惊险艰巨的魔法项目，我不可能像他那样克服重重困难和波折，战胜了自我，出色的完成了任务并表现出美好的品质；当我由于三强杯被偷换成门钥匙而被带到强大了的伏地魔前，接受挑战（死亡）时，我不可能像他那样，一个念头超越了恐惧与理智，最后在闪回咒的帮助下，又一次逃脱了。
虽然我是可男孩，但也不得不承认自己的软弱与无能，在自己的生活中，很难遇到挫折，像温室里的花朵，不经历风雨，没爱过生活的磨砺。因而，我们在困难中不能丧失勇气，勇气和毅力是最可贵的，没有它，你就永远摆脱不了困境！
他是一个不仅仅属于孩子的童话，尽管他拥有魔法，但他并没有被“神化”，仍象我们每个人一样，有优点、有不足，我们从他身上，看到一种奇幻又不脱离现实的感觉，仿佛哈里就在我们身边，而不同其他神话的主人公那样，让你需要仰视，是一个远离生活的神仙。正是这种“奇异”而又真实的感觉，让我们沉浸在这个神奇的世界不能自己。让我们随着哈利的世界，一起感动，一起成长。
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