It All Ends

OH MY GOODNESS! But more on that later.
I definitely woke up late today - oops. Thankfully Nicole and I both take fast showers so we still made it to class in plenty of time.
Today we talked about realism v naturalism in theatre class. Realism is when a play is realistic, Naturalism is when there is an attention paid to the details that makes it more poetic, almost a super-realism. We had a shorter class because we took the backstage tour later on. I got started on my paper - I'll work on it later today after I get some sleep.
The backstage tour was really neat. There are 3 auditoriums that make up the whole building of the National Theatre, so it's huge! There's 50-odd dressing rooms, plus these massive backstage areas and set building and props departments. Out front there's a book store and restaurants - it's like a mini city.
Then it was time to watch the Cherry Orchard. The play is set in Russia, so I was expecting them to have Russian accents, but I was glad they didn't - I tend to have a tough time interpreting what they're saying. The show was good - it was another uplifting but sad one. One of the main characters, Varya, looked really familiar to me, and it eventually clicked - she played Charlotte Lucas in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice! I was excited by that :D
Then Jory, Lanita and I were off to Leicester Aquare - super happy and turning giddy. I met up with Jasmine and KB (who I'd booked tickets with) and we talked as we waited to go inside. We're all huge Harry Potter nerds, so it was fun and we all were so bloody excited.
Then we got to go inside. We had assigned seats, and ours were in the fourth row - it was amazing to watch from there. We wanted the 3D glasses to be the Harry Potter glasses, but they weren't :[ We took a ton of pictures with IES people - Jasmine and I had wands so we were rather popular. The seats were animal print and really comfy - KB wanted to take hers home with her :]
There's a new Three Musketeers coming out that looks like it'll be really cool. Just a side note.
I won't go into the movie here so I don't give anything away - I'll just say that I loved it :D
And so, after the longest sustained adrenaline rush of my life, Harry Potter is done. Jasmine and I raised our wands and yelled 'Mischief Managed!' at the end, and then I started crying. I grew up with Harry Potter, and I can't help but feel like part of my childhood has died. I know there's my fanfiction and JKR's new Pottermore thing, but it's really weird to think that there's not going to be any more books or movies. It makes me sad.
When we got back to the res hall, Jasmine and I wanted to hang for a little while so I went to her room and we talked. I like Jasmine, we agreed that we need to hang out sometime.
And yeah, it;s 5.30a and the sun has risen - it's shining in my face. I'm going to sleep, maybe just till 1 this afternoon. Well, the people in central time still haven't seen the movie - ha! :D
Till then,
-Carly B

HARRY POTTER SPOILER ALERT!!
I know I said I wouldn't say anything, but I can't just finish this entry without talking about the movie, so if you don't want to know anything yet STOP READING NOW! Start reading again at tomorrow's (tonight's) post :D




OH MY GOODNESS! It was amazing! I want to see it again!
They changed a bunch of things, but I felt like they fit the movie well. For instance, Harry and Voldemort have this long, prolonged chase after Harry reveals that he's still alive - that doesn't happen in the book.
However, they did still have Mrs Weasley's 'Not my daughter, you bitch!' line. That was really well done - everyone cheered in the theatre :D They almost made it seem like Neville wouldn't kill Nagini - Ron and Hermione were trying, but then Neville comes swinging Gryffindor's Sword and it was so cool :D
Alan Rickman is a god. I really like him - and one of my favourite lines was amazing.
    'After all this time?'
    'Always.'
I love that line, and if they had cut it I might have had to kill someone.
Helena Bonham Carter was good too - she's one of my favourite actresses. It was fun to see her as Hermione impersonating Bellatrix - it was so different from how she normally is :]
God, I knew I was going to cry. When they showed the Weasleys crying over Fred's body, the tears started pooling. Then they cut to a shot of Remus and Tonks lying next to each other - their hands were reaching towards each other - and a few tears escaped. Then, as Harry was walking to his death, he was talking with his parents, Sirius and Remus. Lily's line 'You've been so brave' always tears at my heart, but then she said it and they just kept cutting to her face - the tears were flowing.
So, basically, the whole movie just teared out my heart, ripped it apart and started tap dancing on the pieces. I wouldn't have it any other way though :']
Oh, it was so cool to see the midnight release. Everyone was obviously fans, so the whole theatre was cheering for Neville killing Nagini, and when Ron and Hermione finally kiss. It was an amazing experience - and one I hope to remember forever.