Scary Potter

um Harry Potter that is...

So, I just so the new Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix and the movie did precisely what I thought it would - scare me. Yes, Harry Potter, a PG-13 movie scares me, a 21 year old. I'll probably have nightmares of Voldemort. I sit there in the movie theater holding on to my boyfriend and wonder how the little kids manage not to be scared - what happened to me? When did I become such a scaredy cat? I blame too many crime shows when I was little - too much Unsolved Mysteries for my little mind to handle.

I am not that bad (others may disagree), just merely a little frightened by the combination of darkness, loud noises, scary music, strange/ugly creatures and the threat of violence. I feel instead of getting less scared as I get older, I am somehow becoming more frightened? It's wierd... Now if a movie is rated R for violence I simply don't watch it, no matter what, with a few exceptions that still haunt me (ex. Gangs of NY, 28 Days Later and some others which I have tried to completely erase from memory).

So, I am glad that Harry Potter's PG-13 ratings suit me well. Without spoiling any of the movie for those who don't read the books like myself, I won't go into any detail about my Harry Potter experience today. I felt like in someways the movie reminded me of the book I am reading currently, Atlas Shrugged, but I could probably make a connection between anything I was reading, not to mention Atlas Shrugged is over 1000 pages long... I will say that I thought the movie was a bit slow at times, but overall very enjoyable with an exciting ending.

PS Atlas Shrugged may some day become a movie at some point! I think that would be great, however, it looks like it is indefinitely delayed - boo. The only cast member listed was Angelina Jolie as Dangy Taggart (the star). Perhaps one day...

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