The Wildcat's Den

Saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie last night in IMAX.  As my loyal readers know (all five of you), my expectations for this movie were rock bottom, simply because there was so much for them to do right and they already failed miserably at Goblet of Fire (shut up, they did), so what was there to think that they wouldn't completely botched OotP (which is an even longer book that GoF)?

Well, they didn't completely botch it.  Not remotely.

It goes without saying - Spoilers for the movie follow (of course it's long, what were you thinking?):


There's so much that I want to go into (and I haven't talked about my first Harry Potter premiere at Jordan Commons - the HP movie capital of Utah).  I found people to discuss my major DH theory with(!) and that made me happy.  I'll probably post more later, so tune in again.

Love from,
Jenny Wildcat

EDIT: I've finally looked at some local reviews of OotP and Sean Means at the Salt Lake Tribune hit it on the head: It's an installment of a series!!!  Jeff Vice at the Deseret News pissed me off, as usual (he doesn't like fantasy movies with a large following is all).

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be released on July 21, 2007.  Eight days after the "Order of the Phoenix" movie.

No. Freaking. Way.

Tell me this is a bad "February Fool's" joke.  Tell me that, in addition to the "Holidaye Moste Evile" (Feb. 14, for those of you in Rio Lindo) they have also decreed that February will be known as "The Month in Which the Wildcat Poked Her Own Eye Out With a Stick."

I suppose I should look on the bright side: if the movie is a disappointment (which, I don't doubt), I have something good (and CANON!) to look forward to.  On the negative side: this is the only time this will happen.  All I'll have to look forward to now is the crappy thrown-together movie versions of HBP and DH that the filmmakers will certainly put out (where did you go, Peter Jackson-o? but that's another post)

I hate being proved wrong.  Though, anything that hurts the filmmakers is fine by me.  Think about it: people will go see the movie, want to throw up, and go spend millions of dollars on the book the very next weekend instead of going to see the movie a second time (or third or fourth.  Some weirdos might be up to seven by that time).

I hate that this announcement was so low-key.  It's the END OF HARRY POTTER for crying out loud! There should be parades and fanfare and... all that other fun stuff, but it was just a press release sort of deal posted on jkrowling.com.  No secret door, no "Do Not Disturb" sign, no puzzles... NOTHING!  All because the movies had to steal the books' thunder by putting of OotP in July.

Hey, it's easy to blame the movies.  They're the perfect scapegoat.  And, until we get some coherence and consistency with all seven fillms, then that's how it's going to be.

On to the book: I'm sad that this is the end, but I want so much to find out what's going to happen, but then again, no more theorizing or discussing and things like that.  Well, we can theorize, but it'll be in a way that feels like "Well, there are no more books, so it's hard to know for sure."  What will PotterCast be like now?

Anyway, those are my intial thoughts and reactions (and rants).  And it snowed today, so I had to change my flat tire in the snow this morning (with the help of some good Samaritans from the ward.  I'm such an idiot.)

Love from,
Jenny Wildcat

PS, I don't whether to cheer or to go into mourning.  In any case, I'm wearing black today.