Has anyone else noticed that on the soundtrack, the Face of Voldemort track from :32 to :42 sounds a bit like Darth Vader’s theme but slower?

HAPPY HARRY POTTER DAY – I see the movie in only a few hours and will have my own review soon.

CNN’s MONEY site has a Galleons to Dollars conversion calculator. An explanation of the rates says that the numbers are based on the U.S. cover prices for the Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch schoolbooks.

The satirical Betty Bowers has her say on Harry Potter (yes, this is a satire – NOTE: Some language not appropriate for younger folk)

Foxtrot takes potshots at LOTR fans in favor of Harry fans. Can’t we all just get along?? 😉

IGN Filmforce has more pictures from Chamber of Secrets – a closer look at the faux Weasley car and what appears to be Aragog’s nest in the Forbidden Forest.

Perhaps I’m strangely fixated with this and am the only one who finds it interesting but: Dark Horizons keeps getting Potter-ier. It’s like a subtle transformation, I love it. They also have a new review. Also funny, in my inbox this morning from Fandango.com: “Melissa! HARRY POTTER opens tomorrow! Did you know?” Gave me quite …read more!

A free Salon Magazine article about certain movie theaters that are sensible enough to premiere the movie at 12:01 am on the 16th. Good for them, and lucky for you, if you live in one of those cities. Or within 100 miles of it. If you go, make sure you drive home safely! You’ll want …read more!

Salon Magazine’s Premium Section has an article about the whole Harry Potter – LOTR “battle” between Warner Bros. divisions; the article summary says it’s “the inside story of how a pair of AOL Time Warner movie studios are facing off with the two biggest movie releases of the new millennium. Gah. I hate interfandom rivalries …read more!

The Foxtrot humor continues.