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I thought Stephanie Zacharek's review of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was lovely - I understood her feelings of nostalgia and sudden awarness of adulthood perfectly. I could almost imagine the characters going through these emotions and I look forward to seeing it onscreen.
As for Name Not Given's complaint, I found Zacharaek's description of Hermione's dress apt and appropriate. It is terribly easy to dress someone just entering adolescence, as Hermione is, either much too young or much too old for their age. Dress them too young and they look like, well, a performer in a recital, dress them too old and they really do look dumb and/or unsettlingly slutty.
But people who have never tried to dress a 14-year-old for a black tie occasion might not appreciate this tight-rope walk, so I thought Zacharak illustration of why the dress is "a triumph" at all was helpful. Name Not Given must be either deeply attached to the dance recital circuit and its attendant costumes, or just looking for a reason to pick on Salon today (I find many letter writers to be often the latter).
