Wednesday night the grandparents came down so James and I could go out to see the latest Harry Potter movie. I thought it was the funniest by far. I think that the young actors have grown so close during the making of these films that their own senses of humor and playfulness came across on the big screen.

I have to admit that one of my favorite parts of the night were seeing the trailer for the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie set for a release on February 12, 2010. Rick Riordan said he thought the trailer looked very promising. I loved it!

Of course there was also the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are. I’m not so sure Spike Jones is making a children’s flick though it looks like it is going to be great. I can’t wait to take my Books Gone Hollywood class to go and see these in the theater.

With one of the most popular teen books making its way on the big screen, you should definitely check-out this critique of the trailer.

http://www.cracked.com/video_16776_5-reasons-youll-hate-movie-twilight.html

The City of Ember will be released in theaters on October 10th, 2008. I spent the summer looking forward to seeing the film adaptation of one of my favorite books (next to Harry Potter of course…..which I will now have to wait until the summer to see). After viewing the trailer, I am a bit disappointed. I hope for the sake of the film that the movie is much better put together than the trailer. I do like Saoirse Ronan, cast as Lina, and Harry Treadaway, as Doon. Those characters are close to what I had imagined as I was reading the book. Check back for a full review of the film sometime in October.

Movie Poster Courtesy of Clevver

Drats….I have to wait practically another year to see the next installment of the Harry Potter Films! Half-Blood Prince was set to be released this November, but now it will not be released until July of 2009. I am sure Warner Brothers is delaying the release because they are short of a few summer blockbusters. Man next summer’s movies are really going to stink because of the writers’ strike. Read more about this on the Wired Blog. Although I am disappointed, I am not sure I am ready to join the Facebook group that is claiming the delay has ruined their lives.