Whilst partying at the Phoenix Improv Fest on the final night, I found out that one of our former directors now works at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and is responsible for heading up this:
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
I hadn't planned on taking any vacations this summer in order to save money but Ashley appealed to my inner nerd. The Resort also has a property located on the Miracle Mile so I can get a pretty decent rate.
THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED TO HELP GEAR ME UP FOR 'HALF-BLOOD PRINCE'.
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My nerdism knows no bounds
This just in: I'm still a nerd
Newest theatrical trailer for HP & The Half-Blood Prince
I am excited for the following reasons:
1. It's Harry Potter.
2. There are no other reasons. There don't need to be.
WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS?!
Dear Stephenie Meyer,
Never in your wildest, kinkiest fantasies could "Twilight" come even remotely close in quality to this:
Holy buhjeezus. I am severely chagrined that they moved it from a November release to effing JULY.
Never call my nerdish tendencies into question
Alright, well, I spent a year on Harry Potter hiatus after Deathly Hallows overload but the new trailer for HBP has me geeking out just a little.
If you don't share my enthusiasm you can suck it skip this entry.
The little kid playing Tom looks exceptionally creepy; the flashes of present-day Voldemort during his scenes were a nice touch. Dumbledore and the wardrobe? Also cool, as was Tom's appropriately unimpressed reaction.
I had to go back and watch it a couple times to know exactly what each scene was. It's been almost a year since I've touched the books and over a year since I've cracked Half Blood Prince, so half of it was lost on me. Upon closer inspection (...and a couple of pauses so my memories could catch up), I was all a tingle to see Fenrir Greyback (I'm assuming) in the final showdown.
No Snape, which is surprising. Then again, he doesn't play a huge role in this book ("on screen," at least) until the end.
I suspect I'll cry even though I didn't during the book. In fact, I don't think I cried at all during the series until, oddly enough, Dobby died. For whatever reason, that saddened me more than anyone else; and frankly, I thought the house elves were annoying.
With the series complete, I don't have as much of a vested interest anymore. The mystery(ies) were what made it addicting and now we know how they tie up (thanks to the sickening, yawn-worthy epilogue). And as wonderful as the movies are, I still see the films as separate entities from the books. The "world," as it were, is dead-on with what I would picture but some of the changes and some of the actors just don't really fit what I think has been described. They're all great, for the most part. I just think of Dan Radcliffe as "Movie Harry" because he's not quite as awkward or angsty as "Book Harry" and Emma Watson is far too pretty to be "Book Hermione". Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman are the only two that I think have nailed their book counterparts spot-on.
And I dislike Ralph Fiennes for making my lady parts tingle over Voldemort.
Alright, I'm done...
(...for now....)
