Jealous much?

Yeah. That's right. Opening day. Excellent seats. Packed theater. Ok, so I doubt anybody really cares about how cool I must be to see it BEFORE millions of other people WITH millions of other people.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, of course, tells the continuing tale of J.K. Rowling's monstrous piles of cash and her quest to enslave the planet by quietly assuming world leadership while everybody else is off watching movies at the theater.

It seems to be working.

We joined the throng at our second choice of theaters here because we were turned away at the first. All sold out I'm afraid. While there, we participated in an Oklahoma land rush re-enactment in a mad dash for "seats that don't suck" in order to properly enjoy the movie. We were quick and were justly rewarded for our efforts. To my great surprise, I only ended up shoving a couple of old ladies and a handful of little children. My victory was swift.

Having secured said seats a full 20 minutes before they dimmed the lights, the atmosphere was so euphoric amongst those of us with awesome seats that they could've shown us anything and we wouldn't have cared (Fast and Furious 9: More Faster and Even More Furiouser? Awesome!). Fortunately they showed the right movie though.

It was a good movie. For those keeping up with the books and such, yup, it's also a downer of a movie because of the inevitable ending. If you've read the books recently (which I haven't), sources tell me (ok, my wife) that changes were made. Not necessarily necessary changes either. So, there's that. Otherwise, it was quite engaging, and if you're a Potter fan thus far, this one will quite likely meet with your approval. I'm not an obsessed fan and it was largely due to a planned power outage at home that I was there during the insane opening day, but I'd highly recommend watching it.