Can you believe that it’s been 20 years since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hit our screens? The perfect excuse for a celebratory rewatch! From the Triwizard Tournament to the surge of indie band haircuts at Hogwarts – here’s every single thought we had on ours.

Spoiler warning! Watch where you tread, there are some spoilers ahead – turn back now if you’re not familiar with the fourth film…

  • A dark Warner Bros. logo, tense music and all that swirling smoke? Things are serious.

  • Now we have skulls, snakes and graveyards – this opening sequence is a goth’s dream.

  • No Frank! Keep making your cup of tea. Please don’t go to the extremely spooky Riddle House on the hill.

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  • Too late… he’s going.

  • THAT IS TOO MANY COBWEBS!

  • Frank – please don’t head towards the voices – go home to your cuppa!

  • We see Wormtail is looking as ratty as ever.

  • Voldemort isn’t faring much better though.

  • However, the long leather jacket that David Tennant is wearing is giving villain.

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  • I will never understand how Frank didn’t scream when Nagini – who is GINORMOUS – slithered past him there.

  • Oh Frank.

  • Right so this was a ‘dream’ of Harry’s and we’re now at The Burrow – much chiller vibes.

  • A horrified Ron pulling his blanket up at the thought of Hermione seeing his vest will never not be funny.

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  • Ooo Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys have set off on their walk to the Portkey which means…

  • CEDRIC JUMPING DOWN FROM THE TREE

  • So casual, so cool, so iconic – this is the moment teenagers all around the world collectively swooned.

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  • Portkey travel looks… painful (especially when you do a Harry and land on your face).

  • Not if you're Cedric though – obviously he gracefully glided onto the ground feet first.

  • We wish we could go the Quidditch World Cup.

  • If our tents had been bigger on the inside, we would have enjoyed camping holiday a lot more as kids.

  • Lucius and Draco Malfoy are being menaces with their sick burns and snobbery as per usual.

  • We don’t think our fear of heights could handle this stadium.

  • That massive, magical picture of Krum must mean he’s the best player.

  • Find someone who talks about you the way Ron talks about Viktor Krum.

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  • Ah, everything is on fire, and the Death Eaters are marching – that’s killed the vibe.

  • Ouch! That kick to Harry’s head looked pretty brutal.

  • This shot of the smoky ruins of campsite is wonderfully unsettling.

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  • A giant green skull with a snake coming out its mouth… we love how evil and extra the Dark Mark is.

  • Harry why are you just standing there awkwardly grinning at Cho. This is so cringey.

  • It’s safe to say the teenage years have arrived.

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  • Speaking of which, the floppy haircuts the teenage boys are rocking are peak 2005. Who else remembers that period when everyone looked like they were auditioning for an indie band?

  • We know the trio are having a really important conversation about the World Cup and Harry’s scar… but we’re distracted by the adorableness of Crookshanks and Hedwig sitting so nicely in the train carriage.

  • Harry could do with working in his handwriting.

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  • The Beauxbatons choreography is on point.

  • Where did that acrobat come from?

  • Love that Krum walking in with a grumpy look on his face gets a bigger reaction than his classmates daring display of flips and fire breathing.

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  • Don’t worry Hagrid, who hasn’t accidentally skewered someone with a fork while gazing at their crush?

  • If feels like Dean and Seamus are the only Gryffindors who managed to escape that interesting mid-2000s haircut.

  • Quite an entrance from Moody.

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  • There’s no guarantee that Seamus and his chewing gum are going to survive this lesson.

  • Also, not a brilliant time for Ron and his arachnophobia.

  • Our heart is literally breaking watching Neville’s reaction to Moody torturing the spider… especially when you remember his backstory.

  • THANK YOU, HERMIONE. That was more than enough of that awfulness.

  • They’re all going to need therapy now.

  • Honestly, the spell Cedric has over everyone – did you see Ron’s wave?

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  • Excellent beards from Fred and George.

  • Was that actually a teeny-tiny smile from Krum?

  • It’s champion selection time!

  • Krum, Fleur, Cedric… and Harry. There goes his dream of a quiet year!

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  • “‘Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?’ Dumbledore asked calmly.”

  • The anxiety that Ron and Harry’s argument gives us…

  • We will always maintain that Rita Skeeter a fashion icon.

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  • It takes a brave person to wear acid green.

  • We would never want to find ourselves in one of the articles written by her and her Quick-Quotes Quill though.

  • Imagine how smelly the Owlery must be…

  • Sirius telling Harry people die in the Triwizard Tournament is not how we would choose to reassure someone.

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  • Neville’s love for Herbology is so wholesome.

  • ‘I’M NOT AN OWL!’ Yes! You tell them, Hermione!

  • The first task is dragons!

  • More importantly, Hagrid’s flower and attempt at combing his hair to impress Madam Maxime has kicking out feet – their relationship is too cute.

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  • It appears Hufflepuffs are capable of being mean…

  • Not Cedric though, he’s too perfect – he asked them not to wear the ‘Potter Stinks’ badges!

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  • Harry and Ron both have the emotional range of a teaspoon – just TALK to each other.

  • Now Malfoy is jumping down from trees.

  • Does tree climbing ability relate to how cool you are in the wizarding world or something?

  • Malfoy makes an excellent ferret.

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  • McGonagall realising that the ball of bouncing fluff is actually a student is pure comedy gold.

  • ‘My father will hear about this!’ Classic Draco.

  • Now we have the brilliant image of Moody as a fairy princess (complete with crown and wings) in our head.

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  • A moment for Rita’s dragon-inspired outfit, please. Her personality might be poisonous, but her style slays.

  • Adding an adorable, miniature dragon to our Christmas list immediately.

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  • It’s just Harry’s luck to get the dragon that even Hagrid referred to as ‘a nasty piece of work’.

  • We honestly question if Harry could survive without Hermione at this point.

  • We know health and safety isn’t the biggest priority at Hogwarts… but did no one think to check how strong the dragon’s chain was?

  • Replacing all those Hogwarts roof tiles is not going to be cheap.

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  • He might be lightly singed, but Harry did get the egg – we’d call that a success.

  • Hermione’s face is all of us watching Harry and Ron’s exasperating, yet endearing, reunion.

  • Harry fearlessly taking on a Hungarian Horntail? Easy! Harry keeping it together in front of Cho Chang? Impossible.

  • That pumpkin juice fail is going to haunt him.

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  • We shouldn’t enjoy Ron’s mortification at waltzing with Professor McGonagall… but we do.

  • Teenagers are SO AWKARD.

  • ‘Hermione, you’re a girl’ – Ron proving to be as perceptive as ever.

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  • Also, shout out to Alan Rickman for stealing the entire scene without having to say a word.

  • ‘Wangoballwime’… smooth, Harry.

  • Between the dress robes, dance lesson and date situation, it’s clear that the Yule Ball has broken Ron.

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  • We feel like poor great-aunt Tessie is getting a rather hard time here.

  • Ron’s robes are something else though.

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  • Twenty years later, Hermione’s Yule Ball outfit remains iconic.

  • Wow. Our school discos never looked like that.

  • ‘Ruddy pumpkin head’… Ron is so jealous.

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  • Actually Ron, we think you’ll find that Hermione is completely on point here.

  • Even if it still takes you a few more films to realise it.

  • Hermione sending Harry and Ron off to bed because she is done with the pair of them is perfect.

  • We love that Harry knows better than to argue with Hermione and just gives Ron and evil look instead.

  • We forgot how exhausting being a teenager is – all those hormones! All that heartbreak!

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  • It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy that Neville had such a good time at the Yule Ball… he deserves it!

  • Harry putting off figuring out the golden egg to the last minute is extremely relatable.

  • Sidenote, excellent use of the word ‘loquacious’ by Hermione.

  • Harry told Cedric that the first task was dragons. Cedric told Harry to take a bath… doesn’t feel like quite the fair exchange.

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  • Although, if we had a bath like that we would literally never get out.

  • Yes, yes, Harry’s figured out the golden egg clue…

  • …but we’re more concerned with the fact he wore his glasses in the bath.

  • That’s not normal, right? It's not like he needs them to hear what the egg has to say.

  • Time for the second task!

  • Lol that Moody had to push Harry into the Lake.

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  • ‘Oh my god! I’ve killed Harry Potter’. Yep, it’s still one of our top Neville lines of all time.

  • Anyway, thanks to Neville, Harry now has gills and flippers so at least he sorted out the whole ‘breathing under water’ conundrum.

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  • The Lake itself is stunning… in an eerie, keep your wits about you, kind of way.

  • Hermione being what Krum would miss makes us wonder about his friends and family. Perhaps it’s a lonely life as a top international Quidditch star?

  • We’re never prepared for the jump scare of shark-man Krum, it gets us every time.

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  • Whenever Harry doubts his Hogwarts house, he should just remember the time he saved two hostages, while battling Grindylows and running out of air… extremely Gryffindor vibes.

  • Some might say Harry has a bit of a hero complex or is it just his ‘outstanding moral fibre’? Something to ponder…

  • The same day that Harry competes in a perilous task fraught with danger, he stumbles across a murder scene. The poor guy can’t catch a break.

  • Did Dumbledore tell Harry about the Liquorice Snaps because he knew he would knock them over, which would lead him to finding the Pensieve and knew he’d be unable to resist looking at the memory? Or are we overthinking this?

  • Igor Karkaroff’s flawless delivery of ‘Barty Crouch Jr.’ gives us chills.

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  • Hearing what happened to Neville’s parents is always a gut punch.

  • Maybe Barty Crouch Jr. suffers from dry lips and that’s why he constantly licks them? Someone should introduce him to lip balm.

  • ‘Your performance in the Black Lake was inspiring.’ Oh Snape, our sarcastic king.

  • Third task time!

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  • A moment of appreciation for the banger the Hogwarts band is playing.

  • A maze where you might lose your whole sense of self? That’s not terrifying at all.

  • Krum’s milky eyes, Fleur’s scream and a seemingly endless labyrinth that wants to ensnare you in its clutches… is Goblet of Fire actually a horror film?

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  • We wonder, if Harry had let the maze take Cedric, would it have ultimately saved his life?

  • Harry and Cedric grab the Triwizard Cup, it isn’t a Portkey, and they all live happily ever after.

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  • If only.

  • GET BACK TO THE CUP CEDRIC!

  • Well, that was as heartbreaking on our millionth watch as it was on our first.

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  • Also, just to make it crystal clear, Cedric is no ‘spare’.

  • The rebirth of Voldemort makes us sick to our stomach.

  • Ralph Fiennes’ performance is magnificent though.

  • On this rewatch, we’re struck by just how young Harry is. He’s just a boy, and that makes this scene all the more horrifying.

  • And his bravery when choosing to face Voldemort all the more astounding.

  • Priori Incantatem allowing Harry to see the echoes of his parents has us tearing up.

  • Okay, add Cedric asking Harry to bring his body back to his father and we’re sobbing. WB F4 Cedric dead HP4D-8262

  • Oof, read the room guys, this is not the time for celebrating and a jaunty tune.

  • Amos’ devastation when he realises what has happened to Cedric has left us emotionally ruined.

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  • Don’t go with Moody, Harry! It’s a trap!

  • Dumbledore to the rescue!

  • Honestly, the last thing Harry needs on the worst night of his life is to deal with Barty Crouch Jr. and his unhinged nature.

  • It’s awful that Barty Crouch Jr. kept the real Moody in a trunk for a year... yet we kind of want one? Imagine how organised you could be with all that storage space!

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  • We’re crying again at Cedric’s funeral. Yet, somehow, Dumbledore still manages to find the perfect words even for something as devastating as this.

  • We can fully believe Dumbledore’s story about setting fire to the curtains of his four-poster bed as a fourth-year… we do question the claim it was an accident.

  • Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are off and the school year is drawing to a close.

  • Ron promising that he won’t write to Hermione is just so Ron.

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  • Yet, with all the ups and downs the trio have faced this year, we’re just happy to see the three of them together.

  • And yes, we did cry at that final shot of the landscape around Hogwarts… we always do.

There you have it! If you’ve made it this far, we take our hats off to you. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off for another rewatch.