Even David Blaine can't keep a nation spellbound for an entire decade.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part two opened earlier this morning to theaters nationwide. Anticipated moviegoers and Potter fanatics alike waited outside in dimly lit street corners. The hysteria even seemed to reach my early morning classes where more empty seats were present today than theaters showing Dungeons & Dragons back in 2000.
This last movie installment of a seven book series closes it's final chapter of a decade long experience. What questions me, is how does a kids novel series turned epic movies, last 10 years? For instance, the eight movies have captivated audiences for the last decade dating back to the same year as 9/11. I would be interested to find out what major events people would recall from the last decade, hoping that 9/11 would be higher on the list than the Potter series. However, I would not be surprised to find the opposite since American culture as well as American cinema, must live happily ever after.
In the end both movie executives and movie lovers akin receive what treasures they seek. For Harry Potter fans a decade to remember, and for big wig execs, a pot of gold worth over $6 billion and counting.
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