Movie Night

We are nerds. But we did go and see the 6th Harry Potter movie tonight. We couldn't help it--our family has been SO into this story for years now. That the subway columns are wrapped with bigger than life replicas of the movie characters and the buses are plastered with posters only served to up the hype for us and our little people.
Simon stayed with a friend and knows nothing about our evening--that must be so strange to see the 4 other people you live with go off together to have an outing that you can't even comprehend. He was taken to the park and on a walk and seemed to have had a grand time playing with their cat.
I have to agree with the NY Times on most accounts--love, love love most of the adult actors, the film is a combo of brilliant cinematography and ho hum segments where you can feel the indecision they must have had about what to keep and what to toss. We were not bored, however with the teenage relationships--our family found that part funny and a nice contrast to the darker, bigger plot. The books are looooooong. No way to get all that in on the big screen. I think they did a great job, but it isn't my favorite movie of the series. And IMHO they really screwed up by not releasing last fall as originally planned. I can't believe we have to wait two more years for the end of the series. But OK, we'll wait, and we'll see the rest on the big screen and we're still thrilled that there is something left to wait for. In the meantime, we just might have to read the whole series again...