What, if anything, did you do to prepare for the last Harry Potter film?

I didn't do what I should have done, I didn't reread the last book! And as it's the book I've read the least times, only once I think, I was a bit confused. I kind of remember half of it but not everything. I might reread it again soon, just to check what was in the book and what was added in the film

Things sort of fell apart for me this year and we didn't even get to see the movie in the theater... but we are going to buy it this weekend! I did read the book after it came out and have seen all the rest of them in the theater... oh, and if you want to do well, here, reply to people who respond to your discussions - it makes friends and earns you more money...

Haven't been able to afford any of the books. I have been given the movies as gifts over the years, so I eventually have all of them. So I took a few days and watched them all, in order.. Thats all we could afford here..

Before watching the last Harry Potter film, i made sure that i was able to read the whole set of the harry potter series so as to critic the movie and at the same time be guided on what to expect to see next during the film. I also read some articles about the launching of the movie and all of the details of the movie like where has it been shot.

I am lucky enough to be friends with a family of seven, all of whom love Harry Potter. We decided months before the film was set to come out that we would all go together, in costume. We bought our tickets weeks in advance and started working on costumes. Luckily, my old school uniform was very similar to the Hogwarts uniform, and so I was set when it came to the shirt, skirt, sweater, and shoes. All I had to do was take off my old school crest and iron on a Gryffindor crest that I ordered from eBay. Then, I had to go out and find a hat and socks, and, finally, I broke a branch off of a tree and carved myself a wand, which I made sure to measure in order to ensure that it was the same length as Hermione Granger's (my chosen costume for the movie). One of my friends and I also painted a flag featuring the HP7 logo, which we ran up her flagpole, and we got another friend to help us paint a Hogwarts crest. We used a projector to project the crest onto a piece of poster board on the wall, and sketched it before painting it. The costumes, tickets, and decorations taken care of, my friends and I had a movie marathon for two days before the film. We watched all seven movies (with a sleepover in between) and even made Butterbeer. We finished the seventh movie only minutes before we had to get ready to go and see the premier! My friend's mother dyed all of the male family members' hair red and we rushed off. Some people gave us strange looks as we walked around town, but others insisted on taking pictures with us. We felt like celebrities as we walked past the line of people waiting to see the movie and got high-fives from a lot of them! The movie itself was great, and all of us cried at one point or another. We were lucky to be in a theatre full of other costumed people weeping, so there was nothing to be ashamed of! It was a really fun experience, and I can't think of any other way I would have liked to live through the end of a series that had touched my life so deeply.

I had the chance to re-read all the books right before seeing Deathly Hallows part one in theaters, and before part two came out I re-watched all the movies with a few fellow Harry Potter fans. I didn't want to get caught up in all the hype of the last film, because it just would have made me sad there wouldn't be any more! I did decide to dress in costume for the movie premiere though. I wore my Luna Lovegood costume that i had previously made for halloween. One of my friends made a huge cake in the shape of the Hogwarts Castle too :)