Things and Stuff

You know what I’m excited about? The new Harry Potter movie.  That’s right. Official release date is still over a month away, and yet I’m already getting tingles and spinal shivers just thinking about it.  The Harry Potter phenomenon is one that hits my generation particularly hard, as we have grown up with Harry, hit puberty as Harry has, fell in love when Harry has, and maybe not fought an evil wizard intent on global domination, but definitely faced down our own fears for the future. We love Harry and his cohorts.  We want to read about him, see him on the screen, go to his amusement park, and drink Butterbeers.

This is why the production team behind the Harry Potter films has made such a good choice in choosing to split the last book into two movies.  Not only will they assuage the typical book-to-movie complaints from fans regarding plot details, but they will be able to truly explore all of Harry’s growth into a mature and self-sacrificing individual (ahem, spoiler alert?) and devote the time needed to understand the nuances of character that occur along with all of the action.

O, and they will also be able to more than double their revenue while making fans even happier.

Dumbledore would approve.