measi's Diaryland Diary

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Kick-off of the movie season

The beginning of summer is no longer the kickoff of the big movie season for me. Now, November is. All of those great holiday-time releases packed into a few short weeks. I feel like I live at the movie theater as much as I do at home sometimes.

[erich] and I haven't had the opportunity to go to the movies since moving, really. We've been too busy on the weekends, and most of our money has gone to bills or getting things bought for the new place. We've developed a long line of movies that we want to go see in one way, shape, or form.

Tomorrow night, we're going to see the new Harry Potter movie. Erich bought tickets last week online for the 11:30 p.m. show. Yes, it's late. The movie is 161 minutes long. Over two hours. Which means we'll be walking out of there just past two a.m. But we did the same show last year, and found it quite enjoyable. And this year, we don't have to drive a lengthy ride home afterwards-- the movie theater is now just shy of a mile from our apartment. No big deal. It's late enough that most of the younger kids will be home in bed, having seen it during the 7 p.m. show (or the 9, but that's pushing it). We'll be seeing it in Randolph, and I believe it's on the digital screen. I've heard glowing reviews for it. I'm psyched.

Then in a few short weeks, the second installment of Lord of the Rings comes out, which I imagine we'll probably see twice in 24 hours, much like we did Star Wars: Episode II back in May. I'd like to see Harry Potter a couple times, too. Although I love my DVD, the movie does lose a bit on the small screen, and I've heard that the Quidditch match in this movie is amazing.

Aside from that, we have a small stack of other movies to see at some point or another: