Tomorrow, I will be going to see the last Harry Potter movie. I’m not going to lie… I almost wanted to put off seeing the movie so that it’s not really over. That being said, I’m going to see it anyway. I can’t wait!
- It’s not the first time we’ve given some Friday love to Mr. Potter and crew. I’m sure it won’t be the last. I already gave you a few punny names based on the series (some of my better work, I think). Although I doubt I can top my previous Dogwarts creations (Headmaster Albus Puppledore and his star students Hairy Plotthound, Grrr-mione Granger, and Ron Fleasley), I’ll give it a shot. I offer Godric Gryffindog, Helga Hufflepup, Rowena Ravenpaw, and Salazar Snifferin. It makes me want to adopt a quartet of pups and buy them collars in their House colors. (Also… if I was into reptiles, I’d totally have to name one Severus Snake.)
- As you can tell, I find this whole experience a tad bittersweet. Luckily, I’m not the only one – Jimmy Fallon knows where I’m coming from.
- I love a good corn maze. Note to my local corn maze creators: I think I just found the perfect model for you to use this year.
- This collection of Harry Potter viral videos is like a Butterbeer for the eyes and ears. (That sounds painful, but I promise I meant it as a good thing. I’m not sure my simile is working.) Um, also… you should probably do yourself a favor and watch this song about Deathly Hallows set to Beyonce’s “Halo.”
- Speaking of Butterbeer, did you know that you can make your own? It’s some tasty stuff.
- I’m dying to make some Butterbeer cupcakes and/or Golden Snitch cake pops… perhaps these will be making an appearance on I Still Want More Cupcakes in the future. (Thanks to Hey Love Designs for the tip!)
- You know I love Garfield. As a result, I am obsessed with this Gryffindor Garfield cake. I think I need to be friends with the person who requested this combo.
- Did you know that Harry Potter stars Imelda Staunton, David Tennant and Miranda Richardson have a history of helping dogs? Awesome. (Thanks to DogTipper!)
- Maybe that’s why these dogs (and cats) love Harry Potter so much. (These pups too.)
So, apparently lots of people have taught their dogs tricks based on the spells in the Harry Potter universe. I have to be honest, this idea had never occurred to me. Just goes to show, I’m no visionary. I think this one was my favorite… it’s got some style:
With that, I send you into the weekend… who else is seeing Harry Potter? If you’ve already seen it, what did you think?
All good things must come to an end. At least that's what I tell myself when things end before I am ready for them. I saw the first few movies but then I guess I lost interest. I'm sure you'll enjoy it though!
Great post…..the Halo parody was the funnniest thing I've seen this week. I've shared it on my Facebook page.
The Girl Of The House is going to watch Part 2 tonight. She's been to the cinema every night for the last 6 nights to watch ALL the Potter films (one a night) again.
Love and licks, Winnie the Greyhound
Tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. USA ET.
And now for the #1 pro for reading only the last two chapters and epilogue of the last HP book:
While most everyone else already knows the entire plot of the movie, I will have approx. 120 minutes of not knowing what the heck is going on. SWEET!
GREAT post! Enjoy the movie and don't mourn too much. 🙂
I had a hard time finishing the last book because I didn't want it to end! I'm less enthralled with the movies than I was with the books, but I am sure we're going to end up seeing it at some point this weekend. Oh, the Pros and Cons killed me, and so did the Hallows video!
A good friend of ours always picks a different cult TV show to teach her dogs commands from. One of them was Xena: Warrior Princess, and the dog did a recall to that war call she did. Another was Star Trek. I can't remember all the commands, but I know one of them was "Beam me up!" They are hilarious to watch!
I'm prepared to be entirely in the dark all weekend as everyone has Harry Potter mania. I read the first book and felt so sad reading about poor Harry living under the stairs in his aunt and uncle's house I couldn't read any more.
But the puns were so terrific they were even funny to someone who doesn't know the characters very well.
Hope you have a great time at the movie.
The excitement is certainly building. As for me, all I can think about is how lucky (and wealthy) is J.K. Rowling!
Pat
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Julia – very true!
Winnie – I'm impressed by the marathon!
houndstooth – I love that idea… people are so creative, and what a cute trick to show off!
Pamela – Good point. The stairs part was so sad!
K9friend – Seriously… I need to come up with a best selling series of books! LOL
I'm seeing it tomorrow!!! Can't wait! (Obviously…hence all the exclamation points…hehe!).
Elyse
OMG! Dog Foster Mom (at dogfostermom.com) is naming a litter of pups. GO SUGGEST THESE! I am with you. A quartet ofouppies *need* these names!
so am i the only person on planet earth who doesn't understand what the HP fuss is about? (other than possibly Pamela.)
i'm afraid it never compared with LOTR or the dragons of pern (or a heap of other fantasy scifi worlds) for me.
oops. i think i can feel some lightning rods being pointed my way right now. best to duck ;p
I'll be waiting till Netflix has it but my friends teenage kids waited in line for nine hours to get in on opening night here!
Follow-up to my first comment: Snape? Ugh, I cried!
Hope you liked the movie 🙂
Elyse – What did you think?
Kolchak Puggle – I'll totally go do that. 🙂
georgia little pea – I can understand… I have friends that feel the same way, and I still keep them around. 😉 LOL. I do love LoTR too (and a variety of other fantasy/scifi series…
Ryker – Wow! I'm not that motivated…
Elizabeth – Me too! I was a mess for at least half the movie. Glad I brought tissues.
An English Shepherd – Thanks… I absolutely loved it!
A friend of mine made Butterbeer cupcakes for premiere night and holy crapola they were SO good.
Not a Potter fan (no knocks, just haven't read the books or seen the movies), but from what I hear about this movie, you probably had a great time 🙂 LOVED that Wizard Dog Trick vid!
Well, I thought Part 1 was better than Part 2… then again, never got over the travesty that was the 4th movie, it was absolutely dreadful. And if you haven't read the books, bits of the movie are quite mystifying.
My very favourite line, though? (MASSIVE spoiler alert): "Albus Severus…you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."
He named his son after him…
Life Student – that was a good line… I thought they handled the end better than I expected, actually.