Oh my stars. I can’t sleep at the moment, so I think the best thing to do is use my energy for something more productive than watching yet another episode of Lost. In any case, tonight I went to the midnight release of Harry Potter–I have managed to go to all of them, and I am excited to say I made it to this one!
A friend and I got there two hours early thinking there would be a crazy line, but in the end there was no line. They let us in immediately and we ended up having to wait about for two hours. I worked on my hat and bothered Vito endlessly. The good news is we got really awesome seats. The movie itself didn’t disappoint me in the least. When it comes to movies like this, I tend to judge it on how well it does as a movie in addition to how well it brings the book to life. I won’t lie, my adoration for Harry Potter caused me to only want it to be a good portrait of the contents of the book. I am a fan of the first two movies, even though they are rigid and stiff. They stuck to the books and I enjoyed that.
Though the movie ended on a sad note, I think they were wise to end it there. I think the movie was as faithful to the book as possible, and I loved the little jokes scattered about the movie to balance the dark parts. I was aware at the end of the movie that at this point in the book I could no longer control my weeping, and I am proud to say I held it together in the movie theater.
As I left the theater, I couldn’t help but notice the absolute sorrow inside my chest. It stems not so much from the deaths that occurred in the movie, or the deaths that will come to pass in the second part–it is there because I am vaguely aware that this will soon end. Most of the tears that fell at the end of the seventh book were not for those that died, but because there was no more. The complete bliss of holding a new book would be over, and soon the giddy excitement of seeing Severus Snape a new Harry Potter book brought to life will end as well. I will admit that I was so excited for this film that my hands shook for the first several minutes of the movie to the point where they were distracting. I love me some Harry Potter.
And so, like I always do, I will give this movie a rating. On of a scale of moldy milk to dragon, I give it a flying, fire-breathing, rainbow unicorn pony that shoots lasers out of its eyes. And poops happiness and ice cream (technically the same thing, I suppose). It might be too dark for younger audiences, but for all others, I completely and absolutely recommend it.
Who’s coming with me next year to the midnight release? I warn you: I’m dressing up!
So my friend who is an assistant manager at a movie theater around here cannot believe that you just walked into the theater two hours before the movie. All the midnight showings have been sold out for like a week, and people started lining up at 11 am!
Anyways, I miss your face.
Also, did you continue to try knitting or have you given up for now?
Yeah, people were lining up at 8:30 at the theater I went to. But we went for beers, because there was no way we were standing in line for that long.
But it was quite, quite good.
And I’m glad the flying, fire-breathing, rainbow unicorn formerly thesis-pony that shoots laser out of its eyes has a new job as a ratings-pony.
Did we ever name the thesis-pony?
I kinda think Ally did name the thesis-pony, but I don’t recall what she named it. Or possibly it never had any name at all. I’ve slept since then, I have no idea.