I have been a Potter fan for more than half my life.

I discovered Harry Potter when I was nine years old. My older brother, Jeff, had to read Sorcerer's Stone for some book report when he was in sixth grade, so instead of reading it, my mom bought the audio book on cassette. When not listening to that, we'd read it together in the car.

And, as they say, the rest was history.

I fell in love with this story, and I quickly begged my mom to buy the remaining three books so that I could read them all. That was in 2000, before OotP, HBP, and DH were published. As for those books, I pre-ordered the fifth and sixth books. I still have the first editions, mistakes and all. I went to the midnight release for the last book and stayed up all night, completely lost in this magical world. I cried when every single character died. Most of all Snape, because I was so convinced that he was evil.

So, of course, when the movie came out last Friday, I went to the midnight release with my mom. We went to the 3D show, and as you saw from Karena's post, we had the most awesome 3D glasses ever to be created. I still have mine, and I'm pretty sure I will never, ever get rid of them. I'll probably even wear them to other 3D movies just because I can.

Now, as for the movie itself, it was brilliant. It was a lot funnier than I thought it would have been, with all of the dark themes in it. But between the awkward way Voldy hugged Draco, to Neville saying "That went well," and all of the other witty dialogue. I loved every moment of this movie, and I fell in love with Neville all over again.

And, if any of you have seen my Tumblr, it's obvious. For the past week or so, I've been obsessively reblogging anything relating to Harry Potter or Matthew Lewis (you know, the guy who played Neville who looks absolutely amazing now? Puberty was kind to that kid).

I'll miss this series. It was a huge part of my childhood, and this last movie, in a way, symbolized the ending of said childhood. The magic will never end, even though the series did.

And, besides, there will probably be a Potter remake in 20 years anyway.