where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, November 19th, 2010
show: 12:10 a.m.
costs: $10.25 Ticket + $4.50 20 fl oz Focus Vitaminwater + $1.00 3.1 oz Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ( bought at 99 Cent Only Store sometime ago and smuggled-in ) = $15.75
auditorium: 8ht
seat: 2nd row, 7th column
2nd time:
where: EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX in Fairfield, CA
when: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
show: 12:30 p.m.
costs: $17.50 Ticket + $5.75 small Diet Coke + $1.00 small Popcorn ( Dollar Popcorn Tuesday with a movie watcher rewards card ) = $24.25
auditorium: 12, with the I-Max screen
seat: 9th row, 6th column
synopsis/overview: Harry Potter ( Daniel Radcliffe ) and his friends, Ron ( Rupert Grint ) and Hermione ( Emma Watson ) go on a quest to search out and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, the sources of Lord Voldemort's ( Ralph Fiennes ) powers, and soon learn that Voldemort, himself, is after the Three Deathly Hallows. For whoever is in possession of the Deathly Hallows will be an immortal.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Hermione's parents; 2.) Harry's old room; 3.) Malfoys' mansion; 4.) Decoys; 5.) "Hang-on"; 6.) Betrayed; 7.) "I'm holey"; 8.) Morning; 9.) Bequests; 10.) The sword; 11.) Wedding party; 12.) Cafe; 13.) Grimmauld Place; 14.) New minister of magic; 15.) Mundungus Fletcher, the thief; 16.) Ministry worker disguises; 17.) Men's room; 18.) Printing room; 19.) Courtroom; 20.) "Long story"; 21.) The injured Ron; 22.) Indestructible; 23.) Perfume; 24.) Dance; 25.) "I open at the close"; 26.) Cemetery; 27.) Bathilda Bagshot's home; 28.) The destroyed wand; 29.) The frozen pond; 30.) Fears and dreams of Ron Weasley; 31.) "Where's my wand, Harry"; 32.) "Little ball of light touching your heart"; 33.) Xenophilius Lovegood's home; 34.) The three brothers; 35.) The chase through the woods; 36.) Failed disguise attempt; 37.) Cellar prison; 38.) "Bright, shiny and new again"; 39.) "Dobby is happy to be with his friends"; 40.) Mortally wounded; and 41.) Dumbledore's ( Michael Gambon ) tomb.
favorite scene: The aerial chase.
audience reaction: The audience--mostly high school kids who will be very sleepy in class later on today--enjoyed this and gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked this movie, too. Go see this whether you're a Harry Potter fan in particular or a Sword & Sorcery fan in general.
spoiler alert! Okay, so Hermione was forced to erase the memories of her self from her own parents' minds to protect them from the Death Eaters--she could at least have made the picture frames with lone images of her disappear, too; otherwise, her parents are gonna think that they've gone completely loco displaying blank picture frames alongside their family portraits. And I hope that she completely erased memories of her self from other people's ( relatives, friends, classmates, neighbors, etc. ) minds, too, or someone might report her parents to the police about their missing daughter! Why were there not enough sentries posted at the wedding party when they knew what was at stake? There were pedestrians across from the side street when they took the female ministry worker inside the building, yet nobody noticed what was happening ...? I'm sure that that men's room is also available for use by muggles. So, their unusual use of the toilet stalls would have already raised suspicion among the muggles some time ago. It's good that they don't get flushed back up in the same spot; otherwise--I'll just let your own imagination fill-in the rest .... When Hermione yanked the locket from around Dolores Umbridge's ( Imelda Staunton ) neck, the chain broke. So, how was it fixed? Or, is the chain "indestructible", too, like the locket itself? Why didn't Harry use the wand to lift the sword? Because, as evidenced later, anyone can hold possession of the sword. And, remember, moving and/or holding the sword are quite different from actually using it. Neither Harry nor Ron--and especially Ron--were shivering from the cold when they got out of the frozen pond. ( What, are they super-extraordinary members of an ice swimming club such as the Polar Bear Club? ) Why would the Horcrux incite envy and jealous rage in Ron when it knew that he was out to destroy it? If I were the Horcrux, I would have convinced Ron that the sword was a fake, and that Voldemort had the real one! The first brother should have asked for invincibility; the second brother should have asked for the power to raise anyone, himself included, back from the dead; the third brother should have asked for physical immortality so that, together, all three of them would be immune to Death. But since the third brother asked for an Invisibility Cloak, how was he able to present himself to a woman to court her, marry her and have a son by her if he was constantly hiding from Death, itself, and knew that Death would find him the moment that he took off his cloak? Why didn't the Death Eaters fly after Harry and his friends instead of chasing them on foot since they travel faster by air? Why didn't Hermione just make Harry invisible, instead? It had been months since Dumbledore was killed, so why did his corpse still look fresh and flesh-tone in color?
fyi: This blog post officially marks my 200th entry! Hooray! Of course, if I'm to be technical about it, I already passed that mark many entries ago since I've seen a number of movies 2x, 3x, a few 4x and a couple of them 5x.
If a spirit asks you if you'd like to be physically immortal, asked to become a physically regenerative incorruptible immortal, instead. What's the difference? Lots! Someone who's physically immortal can still get old, sick, disease-ridden, senile, and can still lose limbs. But someone who's a physically regenerative incorruptible immortal doesn't have to worry about any of that!
word of advice: BFF are friends to the end.
tidbits: As I bought my ticket at the box office, an amply-endowed blonde in a tight, red halter top ran towards the entrance with her girl friend. One of the ladies standing in line behind me commented that "... those can't be real. They don't bounce right. Don't run!" ( Booby-envy. )
As I stood in the auditorium's hallway to finish watching the Ending Credits, three girls came back in because they lost a set of keys. They would have found the keys sooner had they asked one of the two janitors to help them find it since both janitors had headband lights on.
And as I made my way to the men's room before leaving for home, a high school-aged black couple posed for a picture with the Justine Bieber movie ( NEVER SAY NEVER ) poster cardboard cut-out. The guy did a rapper's hand gesture as he posed for the photo.
