An Australian's first viewing, and movie ratings

[Simon Biber]

Hi, I'm Simon from Australia, 19 years old, and I have seen HPPS once, on
opening night, Thursday 29th November. Unfortunately the movie releases are
always delayed here but it wasn't as bad as in some previous cases. I did
read most of the reviews on this list as they came in on this list from
people in the UK then the US, and I still was very impressed with the movie!

I won't spend forever reiterating the great points made by everyone else,
but I was impressed with H/R/H, Malfoy could have been nastier, Filch was
excellent, Snape was fine though could have been uglier, and they could have
shown stronger abuse from the Dursleys. Nearly Headless Nick was useless,

Luke wrote about the American MPAA system:
> G -- General Audiences -- All Ages Admitted
>
> PG -- Parental Guidance Suggested -- Some Material May Not
> Be Suitable for Children
>
> PG-13 -- Parents Strongly Cautioned -- Some Material May Be
> Inappropriate for Children Under 13
>
> R -- Restricted -- Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or
> Adult Guardian
>
> NC-17 -- No One 17 and Under Admitted

Here is the Australian system, under which Harry Potter was rated PG
(Parental guidance recommended for persons under 15 years) which I feel is
quite appropriate. It's not a children's movie, and there are concepts and
scenes which some people may find disturbing.

(G) GENERAL - Suitable for all ages

(PG) PARENTAL GUIDANCE - Parental guidance recommended for persons under 15
years

(M) MATURE - Recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over

(MA 15+) MATURE ACCOMPANIED - Restrictions apply to persons under the age of
15. The MA category is legally restricted. Children under fifteen will not
be allowed to see MA films in the cinema or hire them on video unless in the
company of a parent or adult guardian.

(R 18+) RESTRICTED - Restricted to adults 18 years and over

(Filched from http://movies.sofcom.com.au/censorship_ratings.html)

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Simon Biber.