Age limits for movies/partially OT)

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Barb <goalieracer at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Whatever the rating is...is ok with me...It's not
> Rowling that I am concerned about it's the director
> and his interpretation.There is far to much in GOF
> that cannot be left out without really messing up the
> story.
> I just think for very young kids..the parents need to
> screen it first and then decide if there child can
> handle it.
> I don't think a death per se would cause a PG-13
> rating.It would depend on how graphic it is. Even for
> me there were a few scenes that made me turn my head..
> esp the scene with slugs coming out of Ron's
> mouth...yuk...but then again it is a part of the
> book..
> but I could have lived without seeing it  :-)
>   As for the last comment...I D'ONT think it is
> necessary to water down events...people just need to
> use common sense in deciding what kids can see...
>   Same things go for TV...I know a lot of people who
> let their children (13yrs and under) watch the
> Sopranos..If I had kids I would not let them watch
> that
> show..to much violence and sex for a child...and to an
> extent for some adults...As much as I like the premise
> of the show I stopped watching because of some of the
> graphic violence.
> Barb

Hey,
I am with you on this. I don't think kids should necessarily see 
everything either. "The Sapranos?" My goodness, I don't think that's 
much of a show for anyone. Can you say "gratuitous violence?" No, I 
think I was just mainly worried that Harry is going to age out of 
his "kid" audience to some degree if the movies now have to be PG-
13. That label is so loaded. So many of those movies would have been 
R rated films 10 years ago. If Harry has to go PG-13, I hope it's 
because the film maker errs on the side of prudence. And again, I 
agree that the film maker has the ultimate challenge in this movie. 
How to do what he has to do without going too far. It will be very 
difficult for me to tell my kids they can't see a Harry Potter film 
if it comes out too graphic for kids. That's my principle concern.
Jennifer