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I didn't get much sleep over the weekend, since I was readying myself to go see the new Harry Potter movie. (That, and I've been losing in Apba baseball dice league lately, and reread Pride and Prejudice)

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So I go to the theater Sunday. Cloudy with slight raindrops at times. I watch the movie. Two words: Awk-ward. The first half of the movie, I didn't know where to look most of the time, and sometimes I had to close my eyes in embarrassment... Sure, the views were nice to look at and all, but so were the characters. Too much so. You tend to lose the plot when everyone focuses so much on character interaction, which is what I think happened to this movie.

The plot felt rushed, when it did occur. Not as much Quidditch as usual either, mostly because focusing on Ron instead of Harry, perhaps no one wants to see it? And wth? Snape's teaching the dark arts class, and we don't get to see it?

As for the other characters, there were so many, only a few of them were ever spoken to by name! Poor Lavender (in spite of what a brat they made her), she doesn't even get a name until the hospital scene. Dean is mentioned twice at best, and not in a nice way. Luna gets a few scenes (to my delight), but wasn't addressed by name so much as by eccentricity. If you haven't seen Order of the Phoenix, you might not even know who she is.

Ginny steals the show this time. She is nothing like the meek girl she was in the Chamber of Secrets. She is seriously starting to compete with Luna for my favorite character in the series.

Well, that's my review. Like it, hate it, whatever.