Looking Ahead to the Deathly Hallows…

Boy, has this been a dismal summer for movies, or what?

I thought Toy Story 3 was a masterpiece.  I thought Iron Man 2 was OK.  And that’s about it for movies I’ve enjoyed.  Now, admittedly, I’ve hardly been to the theatres for the past few months — just too much going on in my life right now.  But other than Get Him to the Greek, which I’m still hoping to catch at some point in the next few weeks, there really isn’t anything that I’m sorry to have missed!

Shrek 4 held no interest for me — it looked like the final dregs of a failing franchise.  You couldn’t pay me enough to see The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.  (Though you can click here to read a terrific evisceration of that film.  I haven’t read any of the books or seen any of the movies, but that piece pinpoints exactly why the series could not interest me less.)  Knight and Day? Maybe if Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz had made that movie a decade ago I’d be interested, but for now, pass.  Grown Ups looks to me like the type of all-audience comedy that I hate to see talented comedians wasting their time making.  The Last Airbender? I think The Happening killed my last little bit of interest in the films of M. Night Shyamalan, and the early reviews certainly seem to support my sentiments.

So… can we start getting excited about some movies that lie a little further in our future?

The first big trailer for the two-part adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows looks dynamite, and I must say I am surprised by how eagerly I’m awaiting these final two installments in the series.  I though the first three Harry Potter films were pretty terrible, but film four was OK and I thought five and six were absolutely terrific, so I’m pumped for this one.  Check out the trailer:

This poster is pretty cool as well.

More tomorrow…!