Its noon on the 19th of November and I’m walking around in a haze of lack of sleep. Who knew that I would have been standing in line lately to see the midnight viewings of any movie? Heck I don’t even really stand in line for concerts much less a movie. But over the last couple of years I’ve seen a few movies at 12:01 just to say that I did. Last night was no exception. I saw Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 at 12:01 at the Hayward Cinemas with my friend Galyn, her partner Doris, Laura and Cassidy.
We started our evening out at Buffalo Bills across the street, which I’m glad we did as I have never been there before (and it’s been there for as long as I could remember) and we dinner and drinks. The Pear Cider and the Portabella Sandwich was awesome as was the company. We headed over to the cinema around 8ish and began the agonizing wait in line. I’m really too old for this stuff.lol There were people of all ages and I loved that some of them actually came dressed the part. We saw many scarves, wands, books, people dressed up in Azkaban shirts and so on. I thought Twi-Hards were intense…Potterheads are just as bad.
We finally got into the theater around 10pm and it was great to have the opportunity to get comfy. Problem with that is that too comfy makes you want to sleep. Lol So that’s what I did..I napped slightly while we waited for the previews to start and really honestly till the movie started and then I was wide awake.:-)
From the first scene to the very last scene the movie kept me interested, engrossed and waiting for the next new adventure. It was great to see so many of the characters from past movies and sad to say good bye to a few. Someone had mentioned that it seemed like a long camping trip for Potter and gang and while yeah I can see that I found the movie to follow the book pretty good with just a few extra things.
With some laughter, some intense moments, some tears I found the first installment of Deathly Hallows leaving me with wanting more. I think I yelled no at the last scene because as much as I hate to see this series end, I really wanted the movie to keep going.
I’m really glad that I got into the series before the last of the movies. It took me a while but after reading the entire series in 30 days I now know what the mystique about Harry Potter was all about and I loved it. Absolutely loved the book and love the movies. I’m looking forward to Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows Part 2 in July 2011.
If you haven’t read the series..DO IT. You won’t be disappointed.
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