Why Does This Not Surprise Me?

Why does it not surprise me that Warner Brothers has changed the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince again? Oh, wait, I know why!  Because they did it not only once, but twice.  This makes it the third time.  Three times.  I cannot think of another movie that has had its release date moved three times.

Granted, this date change only applies to IMAX, but it is still rather unfair.  The Leaky Cauldron has provided us with the reasoning behind this extra delay.  The premiere of Half-Blood Prince in IMAX on the July 15th release date would create scheduling issues with the new Transformers movie.  So, apparently, Transformers gets first dibs and Half-Blood Prince has to be delayed again.  Somehow it does not seem right that the movie that has already been delayed eight months has to be dealyed again.

As someone who drives three hours to see Harry Potter movies in IMAX, I am not very impressed with this.  That’s two weekends that I can no longer have the possibility of making the drive to the nearest IMAX 3-D theater.  My weekends to make such journeys are limited during the summer and now I only have two available weekends to do this before classes begin at the end of August.  I will now have to hope that one of those weekends will fit into my parents’ schedules and the schedules of our friends who we usually see Harry Potter movies with.

Of course, I shouldn’t even bother figuring out the logistics.  If history has taught me anything, it’s to wait for Warner Brothers to announce the next date change.