[HPFGU-Movie] Re: OOP: (Definite)References to Spoilers. Proceed with Caution.

[Kriselda Jarnsaxa]

Heidi recently mentioned:


>Seems to me that there was once a movie rated PG, which included a 
>dismemberment of a hand, executed by a scary guy in a mask who had a 
>terrible breathing problem. The hero who lost his hand was called Luke 
>Skywalker ...

True, but there's a few differences that may make the scene in Harry Potter 
a bit harder for kids than the one in Star Wars.  With Luke and Darth, you 
had two adults who were engaged in a one-on-one battle in which Luke's hand 
is cut off during the course of the fighting.  With Goblet of Fire, 
however, you have a child who has just been yanked into a very unexpected 
setting, has several adults standing around him, masked, intent on 
intimidating and threatening him; has to watch as a servant willingly has 
his hand cut off - even though the servant knows that it will be quite 
painful and demonstrates the anticipation of that pain through his fear; 
sees someone he's come to consider something of a friend (and to whom the 
audience is very likely to be sympathetic) coldly murdered; and has to 
watch as his greatest enemy is "reborn" into a new body, after which the 
enemy plans to kill him.   That's a much scarier and emotionally traumatic 
scenario - especially for children - than the confrontation between Luke 
and Darth is - at least in my opinion.

It's not so much the bloodiness or any other single aspect, but the 
cumulative effects of the entire scene that I think is likely to cause 
problems with the rating.


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