What? No Half Blood Prince reviews yet?

[cthulugrrl]

I really expected my f-list to have posted before now. I know a bunch of you guys were going at midnight. Syd and I went to the theater down the street, which was substantially less crowded than the Regal theater that we went to last premiere. I thought the movie was very well done; some of the things that were really long and drawn out in the book

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[mjdolce]

I'm glad to hear that. I've been really worried about the cuts. I came into work for a meeting this morning that got canceled, so I'm debating going to go see it in about an hour... At which point you will see a review from me. :) Glad you liked it...

[cthulugrrl]

Sadly, I think that just as the series is nearing a close, they've really gotten the hang of what to cut and what to expand upon in order to make a successful adaptation. I'm really interested to hear what everyone else thinks, which is why I was disappointed to see no reviews up yet when I got up today. I'm especially interested to hear what you and other avid readers on my list think, because you're more invested in the story than the casual watcher. One of my shifts at work is a HUGE fan of the series, and she's been terribly worried about going to see it because HBP is her favorite book in the series.

[allah_sulu]

I really expected my f-list to have posted before now. I know a bunch of you guys were going at midnight.
I haven't really seen people talking about this; I'd almost forgotten it was even opening this week. I haven't seen it yet; not sure when I will (soon, of course).
Syd and I went to the theater down the street, which was substantially less crowded than the Regal theater that we went to last premiere.
The last two movies I saw (Watchmen, Star Trek) were at an IMAX theater near my office, because Q didn't really care to see them. I'm pretty sure she'll want to see this, though.
I thought the movie was very well done; some of the things that were really long and drawn out in the book were shorter and more subtle in the movie out of a desire to keep the movie at 2 1/2 hours. I just reread the book, and I didn't see any unnecessary cuts.
Thanks for the lack of spoilers. I'm glad to hear it's not long and drawn out; the book spends a large amount of time in pensieve flashbacks and other exposition, telling us (and Harry) all the things he

[cthulugrrl]

I was really surprised at the lack of talking about it, especially since a handful of other movie premieres that I missed entirely have flooded my f-list in recent months. I had thought you and Q would probably see this one last night or today because of her interest.

I try to stay spoiler free when I write stuff this early. I'll probably write a more in depth examination of the movie later when most everyone has seen it. I don't even like putting spoilers behind cuts because I hate to ruin the anticipation even for people who have read the book and think they know what to expect.

If it makes you feel any better, I had a hard time getting back to sleep this morning myself; after I sent my labor report in, I crawled back into bed, only to have Xander join me, singing songs from vacation bible school in my ear.

[allah_sulu]

I was really surprised at the lack of talking about it, especially since a handful of other movie premieres that I missed entirely have flooded my f-list in recent months.
There were a number of other movies that got major hype this year, some more justified than others.
I had thought you and Q would probably see this one last night or today because of her interest.
Q said that she didn't want to wake me up last night for the midnight show, which was appreciated; although I'll be up till past midnight tonight watching it, so I'll still be dead tomorrow. In general, I haven't seen nearly as much discussion of Harry Potter as I used to; I think it might be because the story is concluded (and some of us got more excited over the books than the movies) and/or because people have focused on new fandoms (one of which a friend of mine likes to refer to as "Twatlight").
If it makes you feel any better, I had a hard time getting back to sleep this morning myself; after I sent my labor report in, I crawled back into bed, only to have Xander join

[allah_sulu]

Cancel that. Not seeing it tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

[sup_bro]

Haha I saw it last night with Nick, it was pretty excellent!

BTW, I just finished cleaning out my wardrobe, complete with an adult-sized onesie, a couple of starbucks shirts, a pirate costume and french maid costume, a shirt that says "I HEART MY UTERUS" and a couple of polos.

I'll stop by and drop them off sometime tomorrow, I get out of class around 3:40 and the mall is on the way to my softball game at 5:30. You're admin-ing on Mondays, right?

[sup_bro]

Haha I just re-read that - that's not all of it, there's a crapload more there, those are just the highlights, fyi.

Whole Bunches of Spoilers

[allah_sulu]

We did see the movie last week (Richard mostly sat still and watched it, even though he found it a little scary and there were no musical numbers) and I also thought that they did a very good job of deciding what to cut and what not to cut. Q and I were speculating on the cuts on the way to the theater, and she thought that Dumbledore's funeral would have to be in there for the whole Elder Wand thing - but the way they zoomed in on the wand when Draco shot it out of Dumbledore's hand ought to be enough for a flashback/reference in the next movie. I was glad that Dumbledore's funeral was cut, because I really had to pee (note to self: stop buying large sodas at extra-long movies; didn't you learn your lesson at The Return of the King?) so I appreciated the fade to black that came pretty quickly after Dumbledore died, and they had one last scene to show Fawkes flying away and reaction shots of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. (Q was crying when Dumbledore died and couldn't believe that I wasn't also misty-eyed; but again, I was just thinking "