Harry Potter and the Thread of Two Releases

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No one else here besides me and BaB is into Harry Potter?

I saw the movie Thursday, and it's easily my favorite of the bunch. I just like that they're finally going out into the world and doing something important, rather than just being a bunch of kids going to school and dealing with bullies and teen angst blah blah blah. It's like, hurry up and get to the killing of Voldemort already jeeeeeeeez

I never liked the movies much, all except the last one and this one. I know they have to build up all of the backstory, because without the backstory the big climax at the end of the series wouldn't mean much. But I've already read all the books and know the backstory, so I don't really care.

One scene I really liked in this movie was at the very beginning when Dudley and Potter are on the playground in the regular world and Dudley is trying to bully him. For one, great scene -- Harry has all of the world on his shoulders, a couple months ago he just saw his friend die before his eyes, nearly got killed himself, and because he has nightmares about it he has this little twurp who doesn't have a clue about the horrible **** that's about to take place talking **** to Potter about Cedric being his boyfriend etc. etc. etc. I could feel the hatred that Harry felt at that moment. That scene I liked the best out of the whole movie. It showed the real world like it really is, nitty gritty even as just a playground. And more importantly, it set up perfectly the whole movie. Harry has to put up with a bunch of idiots who don't know or won't accept that death is at their door, and has to take take their opinion and is forced to keep his factual opinion mum.

The seventh book, though, is what I'm really excited about. I'm ready, bring it on.