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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 2732762" data-attributes="member: 3400">I think I'm going to have to see this one more than once before I can say whether it's better than PoA or not. It's making a good run for it for sure enough. I think GoF flows together better than PoA did, especially as it reaches the conclusion. While still pretty brisk, it feels less rushed and incomplete.I was kind of sorry to see the house elves cut, but I can certainly understand why they simplified the story like they did. I was also a bit sorry that they didn't have Dumbledore say that Barty Crouch, Jr. died in Azkaban. Sure, they would have then had to explain how he got out and so on, but it would have added a nice bit of mystery.One thing I think GoF does very well is the way it handles the students growing up and interacting like adolescents. It kind of brings back awkward memories. Between PoA and GoF, I think we've started seeing Hogwarts as more of a school than we ever did in the first two films although we aren't seeing as much classroom time. What we are seeing is a lot more of student and dorm life that really brings the setting to life.</blockquote>