I just read your post about The Dark is Rising, after seeing the trailer online. I, too, am so disappointed. I read the books when I was a child (still have them) and love them. (I also re-read them every few years, always around Christmas time. I am an American and cannot for the life of me understand why they set the movie in the states. I agree on the same things you mention in your post about what is best from the book: Will and his family, Engish mythology, etc. I have always fantasized about making this book into a movie, and what would it involve. I guess I hope that this bombs and someone makes a remake in years to come.