Midnight Madness

Thanks to a minor, and totally understandable, oversight of a lovely friend who mistakenly bought out almost the entire theater of reserve seats--she was excited and anxious and the computer/Internet response wasn't as fast as she was, at first--we had tickets to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 last night along with 190 other Friends of Tammy.

Luckily for us, Tammy's friends are pretty dang cool.

I loved seeing the kids, most high school and college age, come in dressed as characters from a beloved book series they have undoubtedly grown up with and now get to see finished out on the big screen.  I especially loved to see the kids, dressed in costume or not, who were just as thrilled to be there as I was, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour.

That is what naps are for.

Throughout the movie, I was reimpressed with the theme of Good vs.Evil.  That is the basis for all truly good, lasting stories.  And Harry Potter puts a magic spin on it, just as Star Wars put an outer space spin on it when I was a girl.  You know Good must win in the end, but a lot has to happen for the end to finally come and justify the efforts of the Good to beat Evil.

I'd like to say that I see this paralleled in real life, but I am seeing only the waves of bad most days with only a hope that the Good will triumph in the end.  My heart tells me that is true, and I continue to work each day to do my part to bring Good out of the torment, in my own way.  But there are days, like Harry and the gang face in this movie, where I feel like Evil is getting the upper hand.

No wonder, then, I love this series. 

"Dark and difficult times lie ahead.  Soon we must all have to choose between what is right and what is easy."