Yesterday, we went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. So, wondering what I thought? Here goes.
Most importantly, for the first time ever, I made it through an entire Harry Potter movie! Seriously, I have never seen one of these movies from start to finish despite having started to watch them at least 15 times. In that time, I've fallen asleep in the theater, on the floor, in a chair, in a sleeping bag during a basement campout, even on a couch in Mexico (where I'm told -- by the friends with whom we were vacationing -- that I farted during the whole second half of the movie).
I don't know what it is but the Harry Potter movies just have never held my attention. This time, it may have helped that we went to a Sunday morning showing. The last time I went to the movies on a Sunday morning was several years back while Kim was on a girls' weekend outing with the Gladwyne girls. Instead of going to church, I took Hannah, Nick, and Jay to see The Pacifier with Vin Deisel. This was back before our church got a good minister so can you really blame me? In case you're wondering, The Pacifier is actually great. If you don't believe me, check out Netflix where you'll see that -- like every other good movie -- The Pacifier isn't available for streaming! Stupid Netflix.
Back to Harry Potter. I stopped reading the books about 75 pages into the second one but I got the Cliff's Notes version of what I'd missed from the kids on the 20-minute ride to the mall yesterday. So, I was pretty up to speed by the time the movie started. I knew about horcruxes, the deathly hallows, that Dumbledore was dead, Ron and Hermione hadn't kissed yet, and all sorts of other important stuff. I was ready.
I have to tell you -- I really liked the movie. The acting was good, the cinematography was even better, and the story really moved along at a fast pace. Of course, Hannah just laughed at me when the first thing I said to her after the movie was "So, why did Voldemort want to kill Harry?"
This is where the magic happens.
