My Life Is One Part Closer to Being Complete

I just saw the new Harry Potter movie.

Simply magnificent.

They did an excellent job in setting up the next movie. This movie covers the first 500 pages of a 700 page book. But it did an excellent job of bring all the essential pieces together to explain the last movie. The last movie is where all the action is, but this movie is a necessary piece to set up the threads that will be woven into the final tapestry that will tie the series up beautifully.

The acting was marvelous too. The actors understood that this movie, more than any of the other Harry Potter movies depended on their acting skills because there was not a whole lot of action. It was a lot of talking, feelings, and intellectual things. So, therefore their acting had to carry the movie and they actually succeeded mostly.

The one thing that surprised me was the number of small children that were at the movie theater. Silly parents thinking that this movie would be appropriate for small children (like under the age of 7). It is not a children's movie. Not anymore. Not since the 5th book/movie. J.K. Rowling started the series for children, but as her audience matured, so did the story and its characters. I mean a child could read the story and not get the deeper parts of the book but still enjoy the experience. The movie -- not so much. It is for a more mature audience. It is harder for a movie to visually add the depth and layers that a writer can apply to a page. Several of the children were scared/asked questions/were really wiggly during the film.

Really upset that the movie theater was stupid and kept the lights on for about half the movie. That made me mad. I was too distracted by the lights being on, and the small child who had light up shoes and kept stomping her shoes to set them off to completely enjoy the movie. Good thing we are seeing it again when Erica & Andrew comes to visit next month.

Kind of upset I have to wait 8 months to see the end of the series that defined my childhood, and adulthood.

But I think it will be worth the wait.