Misterimpatient

The family went, as a unit, to see the latest Harry Potter movie. Perhaps the most suspensful part of the event was getting to the theater. Taking our normal back road, a route which never, once, in the past has had traffic, was, last night, backed-up for what might have been miles. We certainly couldn’t see the cause from our position in the queue. After sitting for a few minutes, we turned around and decided to take the much longer, highway route.

We’d left home in more than plenty of time to get to the theater to get good seats. With the tickets purchased on-line, there would be no wait once we’d arrived.

I did what I always do before getting on the highway: I called for a traffic report. As luck would have it there was a lane closure reported just after our exit. It did look like clear sailing until about 2 miles before our exit when traffic slowed to about 10-15mph, with occasional full stops. Remaining calm is not my best trait in these circumstances but I did stay cool-ish. I encouraged my daughter, who was in the back seat listening to “music”, to not sing along as it was growing very annoying, or rather, the vast majority of my acceptance receptors were engaged with the traffic and none were left for her noises.

Parking was easy. Walked right into the theater and got decent (not perfect) seats. Actually arrived almost 10 minutes before lights out. There were a solid 20 minutes of trailers and other assorted pitches before the movie started. I do like the trailers, the rest….

The opening really set the down: very dark. This movie had moments of plodding along. The few scenes with Hagrid didn’t seem to have much energy. I’m not sure Luna Lovegood was done justice, as a character. The DA scenes were fun.

I just re-read book 6 in anticipation of next weekend’s release of the final volume. The movie didn’t really get me going like a b ook does. Is this another case of a huge book needing to fit in 2hours 10minutes? Damned if I know. I do know that the climatic scene in the Hall of Prophecy was outstanding and probably worth the rest of the movie.

Of course, my only modest enjoyment could really be masking some other general malaise, rather how I’m feeling at the moment. Actually, this is how I’ve been feeling since I started the new food plan. If stopping enjoying Harry Potter movies is a price of this new plan, I will need to reconsider.

Later…

Filed by misterimpatient at 2:49 pm under Patter