Harry Potter and the . . .

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How has no one but lesstraveled posted a movie review yet? Oh, is it because you all went to bed after seeing it, like sane people? Well, it's 4:30 AM, fuck yeah, and I'm going to talk about Harry Potter. Can you believe I'm only ever going to make two more of these posts? It saddens me but makes me grateful for two movies left, not just one. I will lap up

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Actually, we started drinking around 9:30, so I had successfully visited the bathroom four times before the film started and it turned out to be okay. I was seriously impressed with Dumbledore's ring of fire and the ~parting of the sea~ though, let me tell you. His beard ponytail blowing in the wind.

I WANT A GIF OF THE HARRY PINCERS SCENE RIGHT NOW.

GOD EVERY TOM FELTON CRYING SCENE I PRETTY MUCH CURLED UP INTO A BALL IN MY SEAT GOING :(((((( BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WANTING TO PUMP MY FIST AND SHOUT, YESSSSS, DRACO! Um. Yeah.

I was also torn between laughing and crying! I was glad that at least there was a purpose to the light, dismantling the Dark Mark, because otherwise I was like, are they all going to start singing the Hogwarts song now? Swaying? I thought of cigarette lighters/cell phones too. But I was also :(( through it all. It helped my laughter that there was this girl probably five people down from me, sobbing really loudly from the AK moment until the credits. I just. What? It was sad, and I cried at the books, but was it really that sad? I don't know, maybe. The book was a lot sadder for me. I liked the drinking scene in the cave, though.

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THE ENTIRE ZOMBIE WATER SCENE, HOLY SHIT! I was so bored in the book but it was kind of EPIC. Although me being me, I also sat there and went "that is so unhygenic." But I guess e. coli would SHORTLY BECOME THE LEAST OF DUMBLEDORE'S PROBLEMS. The part where he went all Heston and Moses with the firey parting of the sea was badass.

Hahahaha speaking of audience reactions, there was this row of people above me who kept laughing UPROARIOUSLY at... everything, about fifteen seconds after it stopped being funny? IDEK. But I couldn't even be annoyed because that is what midnight showings are all about! MY FELLOW LOSERS BEING OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC. ♥

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That is why I love midnight showings. Everyone cheers and awws and laughs and it's amazing. Some girl actually screamed when Harry touched the ring and all the memories flashed (OMG BTW, WHEN HARRY DID THE LITTLE NECK CRACK AFTER THAT, A LA POSSESSED HARRY IN OotP, MY HEART STARTED FLUTTERING WITH JOY, YESSSSSSS FORESHADOWING). I love midnight showings with big crowds, all of whom are kind of feeling the love and interacting with each other and grinning at the people in hats and scarves.