We survived the midnight Harry Potter Movie, I even stayed awake - nearly dozed off a time or two but pushed through.
Initially there was some sort of problem with the film. The trailers were upside down, then they were righted but split in the middle. People started to get angry. There were 2 theatres showing Harry Potter. Someone announced that the movie was melting in the other theatre. Abi began to cry and stated that this was the worst night of her life! I thought there may be a mob developing and I knew Abi would be at the front. I tried to keep her calm and make her see the funny side to no avail, this was a catastrophe in the makings. People really started to grumble and, as I listened for the gunshots, nothing came so presumably they got the other theatre's movie spliced and up and running. Ours never came through with surround sound but they sorted our split screen out and it was no longer upside down so we could handle it. It was rather quiet without surround sound so if you were careful not to chew your popcorn too loudly you could hear the movie. The grumbling eventually came to a rest and you could have heard a pin drop it was that silent, everyone was so focussed on the movie.
It was good, really good. Afterwards, I overheard some pre-teen girls in the restroom say that they had brought their wands but should have brought their "real" wands. If only they had, they might have been able to sort all of the confusion out I guess was their thinking. I had to laugh. They were dead serious.
Outside the theatres there was a blood bus asking for donations. We saw a man stumble out who had just donated. He was completely drunk, falling down drunk. I wonder who will get his blood? Poor soul.
We got home and got to bed around 3.30am! Abi and Aaron were shattered the next day but I think we made a good memory that night. They will always remember the time Mom and Dad took them to a "midnight" movie! I am thinking this means they could make "midnight mass" at Christmas?
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