Harry Potter and the Insufferable Purist
November 23, 2010 • Commentary • 6 Comments
I haven’t seen Deathly Hallows PT1 yet. I’ll be seeing it Wednesday night.
The corresponding book has been sitting on my desk for about two weeks, but I think I’ve decided to not reread it before I see the movie, as has been my habit. I’ve only read Deathly Hallows twice, most recently last summer, and listened to it on audiobook once, sometime in January, I think. It won’t be as sharp as if I had reread it yesterday, but I probably still have a good recollection of all the specific events in the 759-page book. So I will probably still spend most of the two and a half hours hissing complaints and disappointments under my breath like an asshole. Yes, I will be That Guy. I don’t really don’t want to be, but Half-Blood Prince proved that I can’t bloody help myself. It was during the last twenty minutes of that movie that, for the first time, someone turned around and told me to shut up.
I hope it doesn’t happen again. I will try to hiss more quietly this time. :(
(This post contains spoilers for the Deathly Hallows book and the movies up to the sixth.)