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Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire

The Murphy family did something it rarely does - venture out over the Thanksgiving Holidays and see a movie. While I prefer seeing comedies in full houses, I never have liked crowds, or standing in line to see a movie, or rushing to get a good seat. And by good, I mean with the people I came with, and not in the front row off to the side. Yes, we saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and I think the Potter movies just keep getting better. I saw it on a chain Imax screen (Ronnies 20 if you must know) which doesn't compare to a real Imax theater, like at the St. Louis Science Center. But it is still a better movie going experience, especially enhanced because there were no previews - we went from a couple of slideshow adds straight to the main attraction without passing go. There is a scene in the movie about evil and our response to it that I wanted to blog, but sadly the rest of the weekend experience has driven from my mind. But let me say I enjoyed it, and the only negative for me was that there was a stetch that focused on the fact that Harry & Co. were 14 year olds and not on swashbuckling. I want my swash buckled, I don't want teenage angst at the movies. I get enough of that at home.