I saw this today, and it actually did make me laugh out loud, especially when the title popped up (even though I knew what the title was).

My little sis is watching Harry Potter the Sixth this weekend so I can't stop thinking about it (even though I haven't seen it since the theater). I wept like a bianca from the middle of the movie till the end. There were lots of moments that moved me, but the two actors I must blame for this are Alan Rickman (Snape, of course) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy, surprisingly). Rickman has so many jobs here and proves that he truly is a magician. I have to say this might be one of my favorite performances of his, and there are so many great ones. And regardless of how despicable Draco Malfoy is, as a character, Tom Felton as an actor makes us realize that no matter how much we dislike him, Draco is still just a boy. Great work in this film. Great movie. Which leads me to the moment I like best on itmademyday.com followed by the site's chosen fave comment:

My niece woke up in near tears on the morning of her 11th Birthday because Hagrid had not come for her in the middle of the night. IMMD

Fave Comment

… i had a massive fight with my family on my 11th birthday because i thought they had hidden the letter from me so i couldn’t go. – ainsley


I never talked about another sequel that I had the opportunity to enjoy with some pals of mine...New Moon.

Set the scene: Me and my friends (all in our thirties) get tickets for opening night. Opening night we find out that the theater is shutting down all other films and are going to start seating at 8:30 p.m. We had originally planned for arrival at ten or so, however, there was a line at 3:30, so some of our peeps fought the crowd and stood in line at 6 until 8:30 and then fought for our seats for the next few hours because we all staggered in at different times due to work schedules and babysitters and such. We came wearing tee shirts we stayed up after hours one night to make - Team Edward, Team Jacob, and mine - I GO BOTH WAYS (because I refuse to choose. Like them both for different reasons).

Then the party began. Oh, the teenage cat fights! Security had to drag out some bleached out little lindsay who turned a bucket of popcorn over another girl's head. AWESOME. I'm not ashamed to say I stood up to watch - I don't get out much, I have to find my entertainment however I can.

Then the film, the FILM. Fantastic. Meaning, I thought it was way better than Twilight, but still so fantastically flawed that during one moment, the entire crowd (we had an interactive audience) simultaneously burst into hysterical laughter because it was so EFFING bad. It was so fun, and gave me hope that, regardless of age, they weren't about to swallow a filmmaker's horrifically bad choice of vision. If you've seen this film, you can probably guess which shimmering glimmering fairy tale scenelet I'm talking about.

Taylor Lautner's body RAWKED. I don't know if I bought the CGI wolves, but I liked the sound effects. This movie was also a lot more balanced in tone, meaning it wasn't just melodrama-melodrama-melodrama-fight-melodrama and SCENE. This one had some genuine humor (and not just the accidental kind, due to bad directing) thanks to the ever-wonderful dad Charlie (thank god for that casting choice), the little girl who plays Jessica (delightful surprise), and Bella herself had a few funny moments.

I thought this director - Chris Weitz - handled a few things way better than the original cracked out director. I think his work with Bella was awesome, he knew better what to do with setting and location, and he let the story set the tone rather than manipulating so heavily with lighting and angles. It made for a prettier movie, I thought. The colors were amazing.

Plus, did I mention? Taylor Lautner's body RAWKED.