It's Sunday! YAY! Because that means it's my Friday. Oh, the strange life of a copy editor.
But this week will be one filled with popcorn, cute animation and a whole lot of magic.
Of course you all know what I'm talking about here. HARRY POTTER! (and I'll also be seeing "Up!", which I've been wanting to see for quite a while.)
Oh, Harry Potter. What can I say about you? It's been an obsession, I will admit, for most of my teen years and now beyond. The books aren't spectacularly written, but the plot and characters and sheer bliss I get out of reading them -- well that's why I love it. And so many memories surround the books, a HP club I was involved in for two years of college, which brought me together with three of my most amazing friends; getting the 7th book while at PSU for the summer and sitting up all night with a friend reading it while laughing, gasping, crying, cheering etc.; seeing the movie at midnight with friends from high school and good friends from college; dressing up like Hermione for Halloween; and even attending a Yule Ball or two. Oh, yeah, and I did get Dan Radcliffe's autograph after seeing Equus on B-way - that was a most perfect day.
And, although I am no longer a member of the club, and the midnight movies won't be quite as special as they were when I could go to them with the people who have been with me through it all, Harry Potter still has an unexplainable allure for me. The books out-do the movies a thousand times over, but I still enjoy going to them and seeing young kids get so enchanted by them. I hope in the future kids will still enjoy reading the books, and won't just watch the films. (my children will have to at least try reading the books before I'll let them watch it on DVD.)
I'm hoping the 6th movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which comes out Wednesday, will not disappoint. The first and second movies were only so-so, the third was great, the fourth my favorite mainly because it's my favorite book in the series and the fifth movie was a bit of a letdown (didn't help having one of my good friends sitting next to me during it and sigh, moan and shake his fist in frustration ... hope he doesn't read this, haha.) But the 6th was a book chock-full of really vital information and key scenes - but I'll just have to wait to see how well it plays out on the big screen. I'll be there at midnight, but this year without my wand and HP-obsessed loved ones. I expect texts and calls from you in the following days to discuss it!
But this week will be one filled with popcorn, cute animation and a whole lot of magic.
Of course you all know what I'm talking about here. HARRY POTTER! (and I'll also be seeing "Up!", which I've been wanting to see for quite a while.)
Oh, Harry Potter. What can I say about you? It's been an obsession, I will admit, for most of my teen years and now beyond. The books aren't spectacularly written, but the plot and characters and sheer bliss I get out of reading them -- well that's why I love it. And so many memories surround the books, a HP club I was involved in for two years of college, which brought me together with three of my most amazing friends; getting the 7th book while at PSU for the summer and sitting up all night with a friend reading it while laughing, gasping, crying, cheering etc.; seeing the movie at midnight with friends from high school and good friends from college; dressing up like Hermione for Halloween; and even attending a Yule Ball or two. Oh, yeah, and I did get Dan Radcliffe's autograph after seeing Equus on B-way - that was a most perfect day.
And, although I am no longer a member of the club, and the midnight movies won't be quite as special as they were when I could go to them with the people who have been with me through it all, Harry Potter still has an unexplainable allure for me. The books out-do the movies a thousand times over, but I still enjoy going to them and seeing young kids get so enchanted by them. I hope in the future kids will still enjoy reading the books, and won't just watch the films. (my children will have to at least try reading the books before I'll let them watch it on DVD.)I'm hoping the 6th movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which comes out Wednesday, will not disappoint. The first and second movies were only so-so, the third was great, the fourth my favorite mainly because it's my favorite book in the series and the fifth movie was a bit of a letdown (didn't help having one of my good friends sitting next to me during it and sigh, moan and shake his fist in frustration ... hope he doesn't read this, haha.) But the 6th was a book chock-full of really vital information and key scenes - but I'll just have to wait to see how well it plays out on the big screen. I'll be there at midnight, but this year without my wand and HP-obsessed loved ones. I expect texts and calls from you in the following days to discuss it!
How funny! The fifth movie was my favorite - I saw it five times in theaters!
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