[Lucid:]

I went at midnight, but I unfortunately didn't have any costume or money to buy a costume, so I didn't dress up. I sat by a group of guys dressed as Draco, another Slytherin, and Voldemort. We also had a Dumbledore, a Mrs. Norris, a Rita Skeeter, and of course plenty of Harry, Ron, and Herminone.

I sat in the third row so I noticed that the camera was very shaky in some parts, and it really did not sit well with me. some of it looked purposeful, like in the running scene (which I definitely did not like, it hurt my head way too much) but there were some where the camera really should have been a lot more stable.

aside from the technical aspects, I did love the movie. more than I liked that book, in fact. I really enjoyed the animation for the tale of the three brothers. I appreciated the masterful use of awkward pauses. I cried at the beginning when Hermione erased her parents' memories, and at the end when Dobby died. I thought it would have been cooler to end with Dobby's funeral and start the next movie with Voldemort taking the elder wand, but I suppose that makes it more of a cliffhanger for people who haven't read the book.

I like the second half of the book better than the first, so I'm really excited for the next movie. C: