Elena an I had our traditional late night viewing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on opening day last week.  We put the girls to bed, left the boys in charge, and went to the 10:30 pm showing.  Then over the weekend I went to see it again while I was in California.  Yep… seen it twice already.

So what did I think?  I thought it was great!  Did they cut some stuff from the book, yes… had to.  The movie is 2 1/2 hours long as it is.  Going into it I wasn’t too sure.  There were plenty of rumors around the net that it didn’t stick to the book and strayed too far.  But I didn’t think that at all.  In fact, I thought it was really close to the book.  I’d even go so far to say that this is my favorite of the six so far.  Knowing that they are splitting the last book into two movies I’m probably going to have to go read the book again.  I can’t think of a good place to stop a first movie to force a second one.  We’ll have to see.

Word of warning… don’t let the PG rating fool you — I don’t think this is for the 10 and under crowd.  But I guess if they’ve read the book then they already know what’s coming.

And a final comment on Utah theaters.  I would like to declare that the Megaplex Theatres here in Utah are the best anywhere.  Theaters in California were $11 for admission, whereas here they are only $8.  The seating arrangements in the Megaplex theaters are better also, you’re not miles from the screen.  And there are two things that I always miss when seeing movies in other theaters — digital projection and reserved seating.  The digital projection makes a HUGE difference.  It’s a lot clearer and you never get the stupid film artifacts in the image.  And reserved seating is awesome.  Every theater should do it.  Go online, pick your seats, and purchase your tickets.  You only have to get there a few minutes before the movie begins and then walk right in to your seat.  It just can’t be beat.  So there you go, my free advertisement for Megaplex Theaters.

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