Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (no intentional spoilers)

I saw the movie last night! I think this is the first time I've gone to a movie on its release date. The theater was packed. *PACKED* We got there about 15 minutes before the start of the movie due to getting off work, and we were lucky to get decent seats.

There were two guys in front of us who were holding 3 seats. We thought they were *for* someone. Nope. They were just seathogs. Seriously. It was: Empty seat, guy, empty seat, guy, empty seat. They had their mega jumbo huge popcorn on the middle seat, and apparently just wanted the other two seats for their invisible friends.

ANYWAY!

The movie. It was a weird combination. They took sooooooooo much more out of the book than in any other movie, yet this one was the hardest to follow if you hadn't read the book. Weird indeed.

The ladies playing Dolores Umbridge and Luna Lovegood were spot on, IMO. Bellatrix LeStrange was also excellent. Other stuff, not so much. The Order of the Phoenix which, um, is the whole freaking POINT, right???? is a bare mention. Nymphadora/Tonks was way underused, as was Kreacher.

There were a few slow parts, and a few edge-of-the-seat parts.

All in all, it was a good movie, and yeah, I'll buy it the day it comes out on DVD, but I won't be seeing it in the theater again, like I did with Goblet.

In spite of the amount of cleaned-up-freaking-hot Gary Oldman in this film, Prisoner of Azkaban is still my favorite.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!

We had a small cookout and then I had to run to Walmart for essentials. I've also done two loads of laundry and a load of dishes. We're a wild and crazy bunch, let me tell ya!

Right now it's pouring down rain, which is good because we desperately need the rain, but not so good for the fireworks.

Not that I care, because our version of fireworks is to give Son and handful of sparklers and let him run through the yard. Wheeeee.

I'm psyched over the trailer Pete posted. I had seen it before, but now I'm re-psyched. (psychotic?) I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also excited about the book, but the book won't heavily feature Gary Oldman. :oD

Did I mention that I can't wait for the movie?!

I think I'm going to go read. I'm midway through the 7th Stephanie Plum book, and it's pretty darn good. My last trip to Borders, I picked up 9 through 12. Which was handy, because it was buy 3, get the 4th one free. Yay! I love free stuff. I'm resisting the 13th book, because it's just come out in hardcover, and I would rather wait and get the paperback. Because I'm cheap. But I love the series, so I'll probably end up buying the hardcover... and the following week it will be out in paperback. *sigh*

Anyway! Happy Fourth!