User blog comment:Kacieh/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 1 Review Page/@comment-3244543-20101201202610

I arrived in Boise Idaho on Thurdsday night after a nice long 4 and a half hour drive from Tri-Cities Washington just in time to get ready for the midnight showing of Deathly Hallows part 1. This was the first Potter midnight showing that I didnt dress up for since the Goblet of Fire premier and so that made me a little sad. But I had no idea where all the pieces to my outfit were and my Harry Potter wand broke the last time I moved (much like Harrys wand in the Deathly Hallows I always tell everyone). The wife and I arrived about an hour early, barely got decent seats because the theater was so full already and waited for it to begin. One of the things I enjoy about going to midnight showings is that people are really into it, dress up, cheer, groan, and laugh during the movie when crazy stuff happens. There were several scenes enacted at the foot of the screen during our hour long wait and lots of really cool costumes to check out so it went by fairly quickly.

The movie of course was amazing, the 7th book is so dark but I really like how they still add in quirky and funny parts to the movie to lighten the mood if even just a little. The scene when Ron finally comes back and tells the story of how the deluminator helped him find them again and Harry tries out the new Blackthorn wand Ron gives him is my favorite scene of part 1. Needless to say I have seen it again since the midnight showing and plan on seeing it at least 3 more times in the theaters this holiday season and my wife and I cant wait for part 2 to be released. This movie was my 2nd favorite behind the Sorcerer's Stone, it followed the book very well and transitioned well from plot point to plot point without lingering too long on things like the 200 pages of them in the woods in the book. The locations they used I thought were brilliant and as always the acting was superb!