I was pretty excited by my latest New Thing to try as it links together three of my favourite things; sitting on my arse, watching films and eating. That's because this weeks New Thing was 'Watch all the Harry Potter films in one day'. Like most sensible people I am a huge Harry Potter fan. I remember reading the first book in high school. Sure, I thought it was a bit young for me, but a girl in my class had read it with, or for, her younger sister and raved about it. I think back then I may have played it cool, and said the book was okay, but as the series progressed I got more and more into them. When the final book came out I remember I was out in London, heading for the last tube from Waterloo and saw the WH Smith was open for midnight purchases. I started reading it on the tube home and couldn't put it down until I had finished it.
I don't love the films as much as the books, simply because they don't contain all the details that I enjoy in the books, but I'm still definitely a fan. So much so, that even though only my pal George was joining me for this Harry Potterthon I had to make sure the scene was set. Yep, I was going to decorate my living room for a film marathon that only two 30 somethings were attending. And people say I don't know how to party?
Using Pinterest as a starting point I picked all the decoration ideas that would take me the least time to set up, including tea staining some envelopes to fly out of the fireplace, and sticking Moaning Myrtle on the toilet. Then came the best bit, getting the snacks ready. My favourite idea was turning ferrero rocher into golden snitches, and I was pretty pleased with the chocolate skull/Dark Mark I found in the bargain bin in Tescos (leftover from Halloween). I also discovered that Griffindor aren't going to get many house points if they use a regular pack of M&M's.
With everything ready it was time to welcome George and for the film marathon to begin. My original plan had been to sit through all damn films in one sitting, but that was before I discovered that all eight films are over 20 hours long. We happily sat through the first two, laughing at the child acting, and Ron's facial expressions, excitedly (for me at least) started Prisoner of Azkaban, which is my favourite of all the films. When that had finished we needed to stretch our legs and eat something that wasn't pure sugar so headed for a burger at Five Guys. Refreshed by our dinner we started and finished films four and five. By the end of the fifth film though I was starting to hate Harry Potter. He just moaned all the time and it didn't help that when I am tired I become very irritable. I couldn't see how I would stay awake for three more films. It was then we came to the important decision to have a nap. It would mean we wouldn't watch all films in 24 hours, it would take the whole weekend instead. However I had no plans for that Sunday, mainly because I had assumed I'd spend most the day sleeping after 20 hours of Harry Potter the previous day. Luckily the whole weekend was a complete rainfest too, so we weren't going to miss anything staying indoors for another day.
So early on Sunday morning, after a few hours sleep, it was time to restart the marathon. I was so glad we did have that nap as I realised I didn't hate Harry Potter (although I still stand by my comment that he's a moaning teenager, come on Harry, you never see Hermione complaining like you, and she's the one who does all the work). Now that I was properly awake I could appreciate and enjoy the finale. By the end of the series I was exhausted, but I enjoyed the Potterthon. We got to see the kids grow up and learn to act and probably most importantly see their teenage hairstyles develop. It was fun to see the progression of the films, and I can now put them in order of my favourite without wondering 'is that only my favourite because it's the one I've watch most recently?'. For anyone who wants to know, it goes, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Order of the Pheonix, Half Blood Prince, Philosophers Stone, Deathly Hallows Part 1, Chamber of Secrets. Would I recommend other people try this? Definitely, but you have to let me know how you would rank the films. And I'd want to see more snack ideas. Maybe next time I'll do a film marathon for the Hunger Games (#teamfinnick)!
With everything ready it was time to welcome George and for the film marathon to begin. My original plan had been to sit through all damn films in one sitting, but that was before I discovered that all eight films are over 20 hours long. We happily sat through the first two, laughing at the child acting, and Ron's facial expressions, excitedly (for me at least) started Prisoner of Azkaban, which is my favourite of all the films. When that had finished we needed to stretch our legs and eat something that wasn't pure sugar so headed for a burger at Five Guys. Refreshed by our dinner we started and finished films four and five. By the end of the fifth film though I was starting to hate Harry Potter. He just moaned all the time and it didn't help that when I am tired I become very irritable. I couldn't see how I would stay awake for three more films. It was then we came to the important decision to have a nap. It would mean we wouldn't watch all films in 24 hours, it would take the whole weekend instead. However I had no plans for that Sunday, mainly because I had assumed I'd spend most the day sleeping after 20 hours of Harry Potter the previous day. Luckily the whole weekend was a complete rainfest too, so we weren't going to miss anything staying indoors for another day.
So early on Sunday morning, after a few hours sleep, it was time to restart the marathon. I was so glad we did have that nap as I realised I didn't hate Harry Potter (although I still stand by my comment that he's a moaning teenager, come on Harry, you never see Hermione complaining like you, and she's the one who does all the work). Now that I was properly awake I could appreciate and enjoy the finale. By the end of the series I was exhausted, but I enjoyed the Potterthon. We got to see the kids grow up and learn to act and probably most importantly see their teenage hairstyles develop. It was fun to see the progression of the films, and I can now put them in order of my favourite without wondering 'is that only my favourite because it's the one I've watch most recently?'. For anyone who wants to know, it goes, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Order of the Pheonix, Half Blood Prince, Philosophers Stone, Deathly Hallows Part 1, Chamber of Secrets. Would I recommend other people try this? Definitely, but you have to let me know how you would rank the films. And I'd want to see more snack ideas. Maybe next time I'll do a film marathon for the Hunger Games (#teamfinnick)!
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