Of course, the gals and I went to see Harry Potter last night and as a fan, I feel I can't write a proper review. Yes, I loved it. I felt it stayed as true to the book as it could. I felt the last minute introductions to characters that we knew from the books was a little janky, otherwise a phenomenal movie. It had the right feel, the actors were great, and I was mesmerized for hours. What I find humorous is the fact that I had been counting down to see this movie and can't wait for the next one in July, yet I didn't fall in love with Harry until a few years ago. To be honest, my love affair began a few months before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in print. Harry has been in my life for over a decade, beginning when I worked at a bookstore. If you've ever worked for an establishment that didn't order enough items for the line of screaming kids and parents, you would understand why Mr. Potter annoyed me for years. All my friends were excited about the final book and were determined that I had to read the series. It got to the point that one friend thrust the first book in my hand and said I had to read at least the first one, which led to me reading all the books in a very short time. I had become one of those people who had to read the final book the day of its release, in which I was desperate for my copy.
As for the movie, did it live up to your expectations as a fan of the book or as a fan of the movie? Not to offend, but there is a difference between the two types of fans.
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I was the same way, as I did not read any of the books until after I saw the third movie. Friends kept telling me I had to read them so finally I broke under pressure, and then of course I raced through everything that had been published and waited anxiously for the 5th book to come out.
We loved the movie. I've seen it twice already. I thought all the actors were terrific and I was so glad that they finally included Dobby again because he and Harry were friends through several books and it always has irritated me that they chose to leave him out of the movies and had other people do his stuff. I thought this movie stayed most true to the book, but I don't see how they'll be able to do it for part II because they left so much out of movie 6 that they'll have to be filling in a lot of detail or changing things to make those details present. We'll see.
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