Take away the struggles of trying to learn new spells to get through the tournament, and the forboding sense that Voldemort is getting stronger and that a Death Eater is inside Hogwarts, and that Harry is once again shoved into a situation he didn't want to happen but now he has to slay dragons for it.. then you have the Goblet of Fire the movie which was all about the game of the Tri-wizard tournament. There was no emotional pull about the boy who lived and paying the consequence of living up to everybody's expectations, no gripping conflict that Harry's arch nemesis is about to do him in, though the drama at the end with Harry crying over Cedric's body was palpable, his duel with Voldemort was downplayed and Dumbledore's watchful and compassionate nature wasnt shown.
I'm not satisfied, but if its an okay movie.
