Bompertz Schizotopia

With the success of Harry Potter,
LOTR, Lemony Snicket, and Chronicles of Narnia in the movies, seems
like some other children’s books are being made into movies as well.

And I’m dying to watch them…

*Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass

A
teacher of mine in high school introduced me this one. As I was a great
Harry Potter fan, my teacher was bragging that Philip Pullman’s books
are better. But then I wasn’t interested. Not anymore recently as I
learned that the first book of the trilogy is going to become a film,
starring OMG…Nicole Kidman. The Golden Compass is the first in the
His Dark Materials Trilogy. I haven’t read the book yet, though I have
already the E-book.

*Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising

I
was surprised to see the trailer in the premiere of HP5. Whoa! Another
one? The book series, or sequence, is written by Susan Cooper. I had
been seeing the books in some secondhand bookstores but I wasn’t
interested. Though, I know they’re good because of the seal of Newberry
Award. Neways, the series is called ‘The Dark is Rising Sequence’.
Sequence because there are a lot of books. I haven’t read one so I
might buy one of these days.

*Holly Black’s The Spiderwick Chronicles

Oh
my, I love this one. Actually, I was able to read the first book, only
the first book. I love it coz it’s all about FAIRIES. The book series
was kinda costly in the bookstores coz they’re specially bounded in a
nice oldie design. Unique adventures. I dunno if I could read the other
books. As what I saw in the trailer, seems like all the books were in
this film, just combined into one (coz the books are actually thin).
Freddie Highmore, yeah, the kid in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
is here.

*Neil Gaiman’s Stardust

The
title caught my interest: I love stargazing. I was able to read some
chapters once in this book at the National Bookstore. I got bored
though, so I didn’t pursue. Neways, an additional to upcoming
children’s books made into film. Hmmm, Neil Gaiman’s imagination is
kinda weird…so I’m expecting to like the movie. The trailer’s very
nice. OMG, Michelle Pfieffer is here…and she’s a witch. Nyahaha!