Yes, I thought HP was good for my kids. Harry and friends were good role models.

Agreed. 1pk was reading the books in jr high (she used to be a voracious reader). I think HP also gave adults a lot to appreciate. Good stories aimed at kids do that. I could come up with lots of examples there. It's helpful if the parents are watching the movies with the kids that they throw the parents a bone.

Thought of another: the latest Dune films.

Yes. They are excellent. I read the book in my twenties. Coincidentally, I've been rereading it recently. The original film was really bad. The "director's cut" (where they didn't add the blue on blue eyes to the extra scenes) was a bit better, but still not good. I saw a miniseries several years ago that did a decent job. But the latest films are just excellent. I even watched the prequel series on HBO, and looking forward to the next installments of both stories.

I see a Starship Trooper remake is in the works. I read the book only recently...Heinlein was one weird dude. Enjoyed the book, though.

I didn't initially like the movie. It had almost no similarities to the book. Just the title, and the bug adversaries. Then someone told me to watch it with the humans being the bad guys in mind. Still no resemblance to the book, but I could appreciate the movie a lot more when I viewed it as "humans are the bad guys". It made so much more sense. If they are remaking the movie, I hope they stick to the book this time.

Yes, Heinlein was weird. But he told some good stories. "Stranger in a Strange Land" would make a great movie (if they stick to the book). I think they could make good movies out of "Friday" and "Revolt in 2100", too. Needless to say, I would recommend those books to you, also. But this thread is about movies. :-)

Looking forward to seeing "Foundation". Read the books (in my twenties). I've heard the series is excellent.