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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

On opening night 2 weeks ago we went to a midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Or, as I prefer to call it, “Alan Rickman in 3D.”

I’m sorry, what?

What was I saying?

I have no idea.

Is it warm in here?

Whatever.

The Dairy Godmother sent me a link to an interview Rickman recently did that I found it quite interesting. You should read the whole thing, but I thought I’d share my favorite part:

What do you think of the legacy of these eight films, or the film series’ place in the history of cinema? It has had a huge impact on British cinema, British filmmaking, but in general, what do you think the legacy will be?

AR: Well, I hope ultimately its legacy is to make people cherish the notion of telling a story and not trying to do it by committee; that it is possible to trust a true storyteller’s imagination and then serve it as honorably as possible, and that you might just wind up with something that’s entertaining on the one hand, makes a load of money on the other, and gives enormous silent and not so silent pleasure to children and grownups. It’s just a validation of something that we need. It’s a human need to be told stories, and I don’t think it can be done by committee. I think it has to be one person’s imagination. So, here’s to Jo Rowling and all who may sail in her.

Is this how I appear to children?

I popped into the Dairy Godmother earlier today to pick up a wand. You know, for a friend.

There were two little girls there. They were clutching their Harry Potter tomes and studying me intently while their mother was at the register. They kept nudging one another and whispering, as little girls are wont to do.

“You ask her.”
“No, you ask her.”
“No, you ask her.”

I finally smiled at them and said hello.

They stared at me in abject terror, then one of them blurted, “Are you evil?”

They seemed to think I was in costume. As Bellatrix Lestrange.

Their mother was mortified. I found it amusing.

To be fair, this has been going on in some form or another for years. Here’s an example from 2007:

“Bellatrix Lestrange”
November 27th, 2007 | 8:39 am | rebecca
tags: bellatrix lestrange, harry potter, helena bonham carter categories: true life 2007

People tell me I look like Helena Bonham Carter.

That would be well and fine, I suppose, but then they clarify that they mean Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. So what they really seem to be saying is that I remind them of an insane serial killer, which makes me want to lean forward and hiss at them, “Well then maybe you shouldn’t be annoying me,” possibly while waving a pen as a wand and hissing curses.

Nodding and smiling is a more practical plan.

One of the women in the locker room yesterday was leaning more towards “Fight Club Helena,” as she kept calling her, but the others out-voted her. Fight Club Helena?

At least no one was voting for “Planet of the Apes Helena,” right? Then they clarified that I’m “the small version.” I didn’t know what that meant ’til I looked it up. Helena Bonham Carter appears to be carrying Rosemary’s baby. She is hugely pregnant. Makes much more sense now.

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Ah well, time to go to the movies. Later, I’m going to get a haircut.

edited July 15, 2011 to relink & replace image

Happy Harry Potter Eve

We’ve got tickets to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tonight. We’ll probably go to the Dairy Godmother for some Dementor’s Kiss Frozen Custard, too.

We’re nerds.

Dementor’s Kiss Returns! Tuesday & Wednesday 14th and 15th

The long anticipated Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince approaches release.

On Tuesday July 14th from 6 til 10pm, the eve of the release, and Wednesday the 15th from 12-10pm, we will be celebrating with Dementor’s Kiss frozen custard, a hauntingly blue color with star and moon sprinkles.

Customers in costume (The real deal, please! Not just scar or glasses!) will receive a certificate for a free cone good after Wednesday the 15th!

Lightning bolt cookies and Dementor’s Kiss frozen custard cakes for pre or apres movie partys. Please email us to reserve a cake or cookies by the dozen.

For a very limited time The Dairy Godmother’s wands will be in the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin house colors.

Do a good deed by throwing your spare change into the roiling cauldron and it will be matched by The Dairy Godmother herself and donated to children literacy.

Do come. It’s wicked fun!

We aren’t planning to wear costumes, although I’m said to be a ringer for Bellatrix Lestrange. (I’m still not sure how to take that).

Bellatrix Lestrange

People tell me I look like Helena Bonham Carter.

That would be well and fine, I suppose, but then they clarify that they mean Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. So what they really seem to be saying is that I remind them of an insane serial killer, which makes me want to lean forward and hiss at them, “Well then maybe you shouldn’t be annoying me,” possibly while waving a pen as a wand and hissing curses.

Nodding and smiling is a more practical plan.

One of the women in the locker room yesterday was leaning more towards “Fight Club Helena,” as she kept calling her, but the others out-voted her. Fight Club Helena?

At least no one was voting for “Planet of the Apes Helena,” right? Then they clarified that I’m “the small version.” I didn’t know what that meant ’til I looked it up. Helena Bonham Carter appears to be carrying Rosemary’s baby. She is hugely pregnant. Makes much more sense now.

On a related note, I finally saw my doppleganger in the neighborhood. I’ve met all kinds of people lately who walk up and start yapping at me only to realize I’m not who I thought. I could actually see enough of a resemblance to make it vaguely odd but nothing spooky or that would be fun at parties. I do have an identical cousin living in San Francisco (though neither of us has any special feelings for hot dogs.)