Last night I went to the AMC Studio 30 on Dunvale to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I enjoyed The Order of the Phoenix so much that I’d thought I go see this one as I was curious whether the continuing saga with Voldemort would play out as well as I had envisioned from reading the book.
After the last preview played, the lights started to dim for the feature presentation. Then, suddenly, the theater went dark. There was a hushed silence, and after a few moments, the cavernous space took on an eerie green glow from the emergency exit lights. “I wonder if this is part of the movie,” someone blurted out.
The guy sitting behind me replied, “Yeah, they’ve put us in some dark room at Hogwarts to make the movie seem more real.”
Another few minutes went by. “There isn’t any light on in the projection room,” someone shouted.
We collectively turned our heads toward the projection room. Sure enough, no light—no movement. It was then that some of us began to realize that maybe something had happened. A few of the patrons left the theater to let the management know that the movie had stopped playing.
They returned a few minutes later with a couple of theater personnel. “Sorry, folks. Didn’t realize you people were still in the dark.” The overhead lights came on. “There’s been a lightning strike close by, and it’s knocked the power out to the building. We don’t know when we’re going to get it back, but the fire department wants everyone to evacuate the building. You’ll receive a re-admit pass on your way out so that you can come back some other night.”
The guy behind me stood up and said, “Imagine that. A lightning strike knocks out the showing of Harry Potter. How’s that for a little wizardry?”
After I got my re-admit pass, I decided to head to the House of Pies for a cup of coffee and a slice of egg custard pie. There was considerable lightning and thunder going on, but only a slight sprinkle of rain was falling. That all changed quickly when about halfway to the restaurant, I drove into a torrent of water falling from the sky. Considering that we have been under severe drought conditions for the last month and a half, this rainfall was a welcomed sight.
Article comments
1 - Joanne Huspek
I don't know. I think Harry et. al. has it easy compared to us.
2 - Ruvy
Consider the power you possess in your own mind - a power far greater than you realize. Two weeks ago, the bus from Jerusalem to my village in Samaria got stuck on the road, and I had to stand there making sure that riders hitching a ride would not go out to the middle of the road and get killed by drivers going 110 kmh.
With this in mind, last night, I rode home on the bus listening to the fellow next to me say he'd be at a party at 22:30, and not to worry about it. I told him, you shouldn't have said that. Just two weeks ago, this bus broke down on the highway.
Sure enough, the bus started to stink from benzene or gasoline, and pulled into 'Ofra, stopping there. The driver said the bus had broken down and he was calling for another bus to come and pick us up.