It All Ended last night. The final end of Harry Potter (unless JK Rowling writes another book. Please write another book.) No more movies; no more midnight releases; no more publicly proclaiming your love for Snape and Lily:
Seen on the metro.
I know, not everyone braved the crushing midnight crowds or has friends in high places (thank you, Greta!) but I can't help but blog about it. So how about some spoiler-free thoughts and recommendations for peeps going to see it later today or this weekend?
A. If you don't remember what happened in DH Part 1, I'd recommend watching it again before you go to Part 2. (Or get an obsessive Potter friend to fill you in.) Part 2 jumps straight into where Part 1 left off.
B. Bring tissues. Unless you have a heart of stone (or a Y chromosome), you will probably cry. Or sob. Because I wept like a baby, tears and snot running down my face and clouding my 3D glasses.
'Nuff said.
C. If you can stomach the price (or bought the recent Fandango Living Social deal), go see this in 3D. I can think of few things in the world more exciting than the Gringotts breakout or the Battle of Hogwarts in IMAX 3D.
Has a dragon been more exciting since Falcor? I THINK NOT.
"We didn't start the fire It was always burning since the world's been turning"
Let's assume your house actually IS on fire and you can only grab 5 things. What would they be?
1. My iPhone You feel totally naked and cut off from the world when you forget your phone at home, don't you? Mmmm-hmmmm. Now imagine if THE BALROG ATE YOUR PHONE and all your data is LOST TO THE ETHER FOREVER.
The horror! The horror!
No, I don't have an addiction to technology, why do you ask?
2. My Mac
I said, I don't have an addiction to technology. Nor do I have a fixation for Apple products.
Besides, I'd never be able to re-amass my iTunes library on the cheap. (What? Napster was legal in college.)
3. My DSLR
I have a slight obsession with photography. (On a recent trip to Italy, I took over 1,000 pictures in 7 days. That's almost 150 pics/day. Yeah.) To be fair, I keep my DSLR in a backpack with all of my lenses (also not cheap) so I'd save them too. I count them as one item since they're all in the same backpack.
4. My mom's Chinese wedding dress
She wore it at her wedding, and I wore it at mine. I hope my hypothetical future daughter will wear it at hers.
5. My set of Harry Potter Books
Don't judge. I have a nearly complete set of true first edition, first printings!
