As mentioned previously, Friday was an epic date for Harry Potter fans across the United States with the release of the first installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Unfortunately, I have postponed my visit to the cinema until Thanksgiving break, but I have a few private eyes who attended the midnight showing and have shared their thoughts with us today.
Elizabeth Houbeck, a student at the University of Michigan - Flint,attended the 7th movie at midnight at NCG Trillium Theatre in Grand Blanc. Every theater at Trillium was devoted to showing the Harry Potter premier, and according to Houbeck, nearly two thousand people were in attendance.
"It was very close to the book," Houbeck said. "I would go see it again!"
On the other side of the United States, Heather Bruschwein, a doctorate student in Oregon, attended the Harry Potter Premier.
"It follows Rowling's plot very closely with attention to detail," Bruschwein said. "And the script writers did a very good job in taking half of the 7th book and giving it a beginning, middle, and end in itself."
Chloe Ackerman also attended the premier with Brushwein.
"I liked it much better than the 6th movie because it sticks to the plot," Ackerman said. "I was frustrated with the liberties taken by the director in the 6th movie."
Ackerman's concerns are not unfounded. Many Potter fans desire loyalty to the original manuscript but are at a loss as to how to provide that much material in a few short cinematic hours. Nonetheless, these concerns were not too great to keep Potter fans away from the cinema this weekend. Harry Potter fansite, Mugglenet.com, reports that Deathly Hallows brought in $61 million in the opening day at the box office. Which puts the 7th installment on track to break a franchise record.
Stay tuned Potter fans for the next and final installment of JK Rowling's masterpiece, due out in July 2011.
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