On August 16th of last year, the better-half and I were supposed to go see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the theater. We didn’t go because some shizz happened with the MIL (what’s new, nothing, that’s what’s new). Then for whatever reason we didn’t get to the theater before the movie moved on to greener pastures.
As soon as we could, we put the movie on our Netflix list. Then as soon as we could we moved it up to the tippy-top of our list. There it sat in the number one position for months. It really seemed like the distribution center for our area had one copy of the DVD and we never drew the lucky number.
We got the DVD and it sat waiting for us to watch it. Why did it wait so long? MMMM, good question. I’ll give you one guess and it had to do with spending hours and hours making lasagna instead of watching a movie (no, not bitter). Anyway, we finally got around to watching the movie this afternoon and damnshitandhell if the DVD wasn’t good and fuxored. Seriously, so bad that I took it out of the player, marveled at the scratches and then washed it off, gently. It didn’t help the stuttering.
We gave up not quite halfway through because even though we’re well acquainted with the story, there’s nothing quite like watching magic happen on screen. Early on in the story when Harry and Mr. Weasley go to the Ministry for Harry’s hearing, the scene is just brilliant in the way it captures the hustle and bustle of the wizard world. Exactly what I imagined while reading the book.