This is partially ironic, but mostly jsut dissapointing.
So my parents decide that they want to take my oldest nephew to see HPIV. Now obviously this means that my nephew needs more supervision--this is a PG-13 movie and my nephew is only 13.
So I get invited to come along, as well as my litte sister and my younger brother. Then one of my older brother and his wife fly out here from Maryland. So there are now enough adults.
Then comes the process of picking a date. Aparently opening night is not good enough for some of family, so we wait until Wednesday when everyone can go. Then there is the coordination of the movie time. Some prefer it at and earlier time and other later. We eventually come to a comprimise during the afternoon, that is acceptable to most everyone except for my nephew who is no longer relevant at this point).
So, today was the day to go see HPIV. there has been much juggling of scheadules. Tickets have been purchased. People fall behind in there morning errands. Of course lunch and other activities need to be completed. Then the is the innevitable rounding up of family members, some who feel it is only common curteousy to arrive at least 15 minutes earlier. Other feel that we should arrive no earlier than half-way through the opening credits.
Eventually, the family makes it to the movie theater--even my nephew. We get seats, unfortunately not together. The previews starts and are few and short. We get to see the opening credits and the introduction to the movie. We are enjoying things.
Then, 15 minutes into the film, the power goes out in the theater. And not just in the theater showing the movie, the entire film complex, and even most of the city. So we wait around for a half-an-hour, still no power. The theater owner starts passing out vouchers and refunds.
So my family returned to our cars and drove home, perilously passing intersections with dead stop lights. And thus I must wait for another day to see Harry Potter IV.
