Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was awesome!! Adrian and I went to the midnight show in IMAX 3D last Thursday/early Friday. Oh it was fun. We did realize that we were rather old for the average age of the crowd, but that's okay. We loved seeing all the people in costume. There were snitches with "I Open at the Close" written on them, a great Madam Pomfrey, centaurs, lots of Harrys and Rons and Hermiones, a rather convincing Moaning Myrtle who actually went into a bathroom stall (our spot in the line was right next to the women's restroom) and moaned for quite a while - very method, lots of Bellatrixs, a few Tonks (but no Lupins...), a great Draco Malfoy, house elves, and a very funny George with a toothbrush sticking out of his bandaged ear. That is what is so fun about the midnight show! Adrian and I were very much 2nd tier when it came to outfits. We only had on Slytherin and Gryffendor shirts.
When we were in line (we got in line at 7:30pm) we people watched, played cards, and I tried to play the hand slapping game with Adrian, but I cannot get him and he slaps my hands every time. It's quite frustrating, so that was short lived. Once we were seated in the theater we loved overhearing all the group HP trivia going on and telling of HP jokes. Did you know there are a ton of "dumb blonde" like Hufflepuff jokes?? How many Hufflepuffs does it take to change a light bulb? All of them plus 1. Oh and how many Gryffendors does it take to change a light bulb? Three and I bet you know which 3 I mean.:) I loved the jokes! What I did not love was the girl in front of us who repeated all the parts for the Potter Puppet Pals "Mysterious Ticking Noise" six-hundred times. She exclaimed "Dumbledor!!!" about every 10 seconds and I thought it was going to drive me insane. But alas, what do you expect from a bunch of teens drinking Red Bull?? When we weren't listening to other peoples jokes and trivia questions we read our books. Adrian is reading Dracula and I decided to read parts of the last half of HP 7, just to brush up on everything before seeing it on screen.
When the previews and movie actually started the screams and clapping from the audience (all, but us, on about their 5th Red Bull) was deafening, but fun. Then of course the movie was completely great! I loved it!! I could tell you about some of the things that they changed (especially in the ending) that annoyed me, but I'm letting it go. I can easily forgive a movie for not being just like the book, because honestly I like keeping the book better than the movie. SO. I LOVED it. I love Harry. I still think he is one of the best characters ever. Seeing him portrayed on screen is great and I love the Harry Potter world. It is just exciting and neat. Yay for a decade of Harry Potter viewing! It is a little sad to not have another movie to look forward to, but I'm glad the series ended fabulously. I can't wait to have all the DVDs sitting on my shelf. I can imagine a lot of New Years Eve Harry Potter marathons in our future.
