alison and i saw the new harry potter flick on sunday — in IMAX 3D.

her firm rented out the entire IMAX theatre at lincoln center for two exclusive showings.  yes, IMAX.

the theater is HUGE.  HUGE, i tell you.  if i remember correctly, the screen is nearly 8 stories tall.

only part of the flick is in 3D — about 10-15 minutes at the end of the movie.  and it is SO worth it.  everything is flying toward you, near you, around you…  it is all encompassing.

as far as the content…

alison just finished reading book 5 so it was fresh in her mind.  i have not read it for years so some of the “missing detail” was lost on me.  i really looked at it as much more of a film and not a graphical representation of a book.

it was beautifully shot.  the colours were a bit muted — with an almost blue hue — which worked really well in setting the tone.  the scene at the beginning where harry is flying with the order of the phoenix through london on broomsticks is breathtaking and the 3D portion is nothing short of brilliant.

there were certainly elements of the book missing or changed, but that has to be expected with a book that comes in at almost 800 pages.  there was no quidditch — which was a bummer for ron, certainly, but did not take away from the story.  some of the other things i missed were…  rita skeeter, stuff related to percy and more stuff related to OWLs.

regardless, it was a truly cohesive flick.

i dug it.