If you hate/could care less about Harry Potter, you might want to skip this one.

[beatriceeagle]

Harry Potter post, huh? It's been a while.

Well, dressing up is always fun, especially when it involves really curly hair and an enormous amount of cleavage and pointy boots. (I was Madam Rosmerta, a character I chose solely for those three attributes.) And being fannish again was fun, as I haven't done anything remotely like it since...going to see Andrew Wilder in junior year, I think, and even that's not really the same feeling. It was just fun.

That said, the movie? Awesome. I absolutely hated the book, and I think the movie's my favorite. Go figure.

(Drop me a line on AIM and I'll gush in person. I'll be happy to gush in lj comments tomorrow.)

Comments

[victoriabloom.livejournal.com]

Your Rosmerta costume sounds fantastic! I always love it when people dress as minor characters--it's so much more unique and there's a lot of room to play around with the outfit. :)

[bessemerprocess.livejournal.com]

While I didn't dress up, unless we're counting green finger nail polish, we had a pretty good time last night, too.


I really liked the movie and thought the cinematography was extraordinarily gorgeous. And they finally managed to get the pacing right, too!

[pyrae.livejournal.com]

That said, the movie? Awesome. I absolutely hated the book, and I think the movie's my favorite.

I was also shocked to discover I actually liked this movie, because rereading the book was an awful chore. This felt a little like 'Harry Potter 6: The Parts You Didn't Hate,' and I managed to giggle at the bits I DID loathe rather than cringe and whine over them. I'm finding reviews now pointing out awesome scenes I would have liked them to include, but overall I was really pleased and surprised when I left the theater (at 2:50am oh god).