[HPFGU-Movie] GoF kids' movie

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/2003 4:33:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

> >I'm honestly still wondering how on earth they're going to be able 
> >to make a "G or PG" rated film out of GOF, given the last scenes 
> in 
> >the book (with dismemberment, Cedric's death &very unpleasant 
> >people in masks threatening Harry).

I think the audience is aging along with the books -- and that the movies 
will become PG or even R rated by the time the series is done, and that that will 
be appropriate.  And I think the audience will be there.  There will be more 
adults, the kids who've grown up on Harry, and new folks who have found him.  
THose with little kids will probably wait until their kids are older to see 
the video of these more mature films -- or maybe the kids will have been 
acclimated to the scenes by hearing them in the books over and over and it won't be 
too bad for them.  I wouldn't take a TINY kid to see CoS, but a mid-grade 
school kid, sure, middle and high school, absolutely.  Parents will have to judge 
for themselves, as always, what's appropriate for their child.  Scary scenes 
are not nearly so bad when seen on the smaller screen of a TV, and in a decently 
lighted living room (I know this from experience -- I won't watch horror 
films in theaters, but on TV, they don't bother me nearly as much.)  JMO.

Lynda 
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