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Saturday, July 18, 2009 @ 9:55 AM
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is already open in cinemas!! I'm so psyched. Are you? Unless, of course, you're one of the LUCKY people who HAVE watched it already. Is Emma pretty? Is the movie a real Thriller? Is Draco Malfoy the COOLEST WIZARD THAT EVER LIVED? Yes to that one though I haven't even seen it yet. :D
Anyway, there's more to the Potter series than simply witchcraft and wizardry. Underneath the sorcery, amidst valiant cries of "Wingardium Leviosa!" and rebukes of "It's levioooooo-sa, not levio-sa." we are actually left thinking with some very important questions, and life lessons. Take the Chamber of Secrets for example. (I was watching it on TV, and discussed it excitedly with Anne Mak the next day :) Gilderoy was unabashedly boasting about himself "_ times winner of Witch Weekly's best smile award" and what not, but when it came to the part before the Chamber was revealed, we all realised it was simply a facade, and he was in fact a coward who took other people's discoveries to his own credit. He of course, received his due serving of justice and had his memory erased when Ron's wand backfired. On the other hand, Harry bravely went into the Chamber, and faced a 16-year old Voldemort for the sake of saving his friend, when it was not his duty to do so. This is the power of true friendship, bravery and courage I tell you. You CANNOT find this anywhere in real life. And after the entire ordeal, when Harry is still feeling doubtful about his identity - did having certain similarities like Voldemort make him ultimately evil too? Dumbledore sagely says: "It is not our abilities, but our choices, that make us who we are." I was just "WOW" at that point. We really can learn great things from such great fictional characters.
And none is more great than the greatest Draco Malfoy (played by the awesomely talented Tom Felton) :D :D :D
So of course, hope you watch the movie soon. And learn more curses (Avada Kedevra! but it's bad, don't use it.) and of course, life lessons.
Long live the Harry Potter Legacy!