The best movie of the summer. The best two weeks of any Harry Potter fan’s summer. First we had the movie come out two days ahead of schedule, the 11th as opposed to the 13th. I saw it at the Imax theater. If you’ve never seen a movie in the Imax theater, I highly suggest it. We have an Imax theater in Colorado Springs, so worth it. The crowd on opening day of Harry Potter was excellent. They booed at Professor Umbridge when needed, the clapped when things went right, and cheered when Cho and Harry kissed!

So, more detail… The movie followed the book pretty well. The one part I’m dissapointed that they left out was that Ron and Hermonie become Prefects. They kind of touched on it when Hermonie told Ron she’d make the introductions, but unless you were really paying attention and knew that that’s what they were talking about, you’d be lost and never make that connection and think it was just a line.

On quite the other hand, that book was super angry. I wasn’t too sure if the movie would just be a whole bunch of anger and darkness, but they did a great job of balancing all of the emotions out. And if you have not read the book or seen the movie, but plan to; skip this next paragraph, its a major part I’m about to be sad about.

So Sirus’ death in the movie was so sudden, all of the sudden it just happened. There wasn’t too much in the end about it either. Personaly, I think they should’ve spent more time on it. I understand its hard to add more time to a movie that is already 2 and a half hours long, but oh so worth it. Perhaps on the DVD there will be deleted stuff that will work on the developement of his death more.

This movie really drew me in and held my attention. I felt the need to flip Umbridge off when need be, she was a royal pain! And I felt inspired when Dumbledoor’s army was created and they first starting practicing. There are lots of little messages that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But having seen the movie twice now, I feel that if I were to see it again, which is highly likely, I’m still going to find out more that I missed the first two times!

And watch out sports fan because the last book comes out Saturday!!!!!! To everyone not reading the book (shame on you) don’t bother the people who are, we will be unavaliable all weekend long. We will be taking the book to the bathroom with us and barely eating. No worries parents, this is quite normal for a book like this to cause forgetting-to-eat-fulness. Quite common I assure you!

Let me know what you think of the book, I need more people to discuss these goings on. And if you have anymore theories before Saturday, feel free to make them known! Happy reading tomorrow (or at mid-night!) Oh happy days, oh happy days!