After seeing the final installment of the Harry Potter series last night, I felt nostalgic and looked around for these photos. These photos were taken July 11, 2007 before we went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Mandi and Beckie both dressed as Hermoine. I subsequently called them the "Hot Hermoines." Weren't they cute?
It was the summer after their freshman year at UCSB and they weren't too grown up to dress up and go to the movies with their mom. I went as a generic witch. Our friend Daniel made us all wands and he went as Harry Potter. We met up with more friends of theirs when we got to the theater. It was great fun!I have to admit that I just wasn't up to going to the midnight showing this time around - it had been an exhausting week at work and I needed my sleep! Ron wanted to wait until Saturday (today) to see the movie but I was too excited to wait. So after work yesterday, we bought our tickets, went to dinner and then waited in line for an hour. As we were standing in the l - o - n - g line outside the theater a woman drove by and asked what were all the lines for. Really?!? We were finally let into the theater and the long wait was over.
Amazing, exciting, thrilling and sad are just a few of the words I would use to describe the final chapter of the Harry Potter series. It is true that once again many things in the book had to be left out because there was no way to fit it all in. Some people might be upset about what was left out but I think the screenwriter did an excellent job adapting the book into a very good movie. It was exactly what I was expecting and a proper ending to 10 years of great story-telling and fun movies. I recently watched all the HP movies again to prepare to see the final film and I'm so glad that I did. I so appreciate how much the actors have improved and grown up. The magic effects are wonderful. It's sad that this is the end of the series, but we have the books and movies forever and will be able to go back and visit Hogwarts whenever we want.
The bottom line here - I give this movie 2 thumbs up, 4 stars, 4 hats, and a full bucket of popcorn. However, I really think you have to have at least seen the other movies to get the full enjoyment out of it. If you haven't read the books, you really should, too. And here is where I will thank my nephew Trevor for handing me his copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone back in 1998 when he was just 8 years old. He told me to read it because I would really like it. I did read it and I was hooked! Fantastic!
So, good-bye Harry, Hermoine, Ron, Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Snape. I will miss you all, but I promise to come back and visit whenever I can.
1 comment:
I, too, was hooked by the first Harry Potter book, as well as the movie. I read about 4 of the books, and several of the movies, but it got a little heavy for me after a while.
Glad you enjoyed the series.
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