Harry Potter Friday
Saturday, November 19
I took off of work (at least from my day job) to go see the new Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Accompanying me were two other 'pot heads'; Rachael my girlfriend and Brandon, a good friend of mine.We drove to the Legends shopping center to test out the place. We ate at the new Dave & Busters, a nice dining establishment with an adult arcade, and by adult I DON'T mean XXX, I mean no one under 21 unless accompanied by adult guardian 30 years or older... yeah... it said 30 years old. Who came up with that rule?
The food was good, the booze were good, the place... eh, it was good. Looking forward to eating there again.
After eating we went to the Legends 14 Theatre. Found out how much it would cost for seats in the balcony. Beware, if you REALLY want to sit in those reclining plush seats and be waited on, depending on what day and time of day you're looking at $12 to $16 bucks. We passed.
It wasn't busy, which is good. The lobby, hallways, hell even the bathrooms were really nice, shiny and new. However I wasn't impressed with the theatre itself. Although I must mention that I think we were in one of the smaller theatres, but it just didn't set its self apart from say, an AMC theatre. The temperature was cold the whole time, our movie started late, and the sound cut out on three separate occasions. Overall, not a great first impression. Of course I'll go there again, I'll just chalk that up to strike one.
THE MOVIE? HOW WAS IT? I'm glad you asked. I started ranting up there, anywho... for those of you keeping track, Goblet of Fire is the fourth film, and in ranking terms I'd put this one as my second favorite of them. The movie was 2 1/2 hours long and boasted a PG-13 rating, for violence, violence, and violence!!!! And one bit of language which I was kind of thrown back for having heard in this type of film. For anybody who cares about the movies, this one is for you. I mean you really have to have watched the past films to really appreciate this film, and if you have it's all the more sweeter.
The story was good. Special effects were good. Towards the end of the film there's an emotional moment that almost made me tear up (I said almost). The kids are doing a great job and I look forward to the next installment.
