the porter show

watched harry porter on sunday. must say that i felt a little disappointed by the superbly anti-climax ending. i had actually expected more magic. hmmm... or perhaps my expectations had been raised after reading all the glowing reviews about the show. so, when i walked out of the cinema, i was like - chey, voldemort died too fast, there was not enough drama before his death, the effects for the fights were not too great, the built-up towards the final battle was not very consistent, the climax came and went too fast... and so on. and oh, there was not even the slightest mention nor scene that captured the deathly hallows triangle sign!

to me, what was the highest point in the movie was when the prof mcgonagall brought to live and summoned the hogwarts protectors to protect the castle (does it not remind you of lara croft tomb raider angelina jolie? heh heh...), and together with her the fellow wizards, created a "force field"/ cast a protective spell around the castle. i really sat up and got very excited about it, goosebumps and all... it really built up the whole mood for a good fight. but that big bang end did not occur. instead, the pace slowed down, the mood changed and... but well... it was a show after all.

then again, to me, the end of the show felt rather odd somehow. cos in some weird way, it reminded me of james and it kinda signify a total closure of a journey that started in 1999. well, you see, james was the one that introduced me to the harry porter series not long after we got together. and through our 6.5 years together (until 2005), we would eagerly wait for the release of the every next books. so, yup, finally, the show has ended. there was a lot of mixed feelings and thoughts. but well... with the end of this series, i will not be reminded of harry porter anymore.

:-)