[HPFGU-Movie] PoA review

[Kimberly Roth]

I saw the new Shrek 2 yesterday afternoon, and it showed a new trailer for HP too.
I also saw a trailer before LOTR 3 movie too, and of course before Scooby Doo.
I am worried my son maybe a little scared by PoA... he is 5 years old... but I don't
think I could keep him away from seeing it either.  He has seen the trailer so many
times and is so excited and thrilled.  He saw the poster for HP at the theater yesterday,
and thought it was already out and got mad at me because we weren't seeing that
movie instead of Shrek 2.  lol... 

Kimberly
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherry Gomes 
  To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:38 AM
  Subject: RE: [HPFGU-Movie] PoA review


  I saw the trailer with Shrek 2 and with Return of the Kings.

  Sherry


  -----Original Message-----
  From: artsylynda at aol.com [mailto:artsylynda at aol.com] 
  Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:26 AM
  To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [HPFGU-Movie] PoA review


  In a message dated 5/21/2004 6:27:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
  HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
  > As a fan of the books who hated the first two movies, for lack of
  > the elements mentioned in the above quotes...

  I'm interested in seeing them too.  However, I also think the changes are
  *somewhat* problematic.

  I've heard comments about very young kids being 'spooked' or 'upset' about
  seeing the trailers during the previews for some lighter kid movies.  This
  may be for the percentage of very young kids, who haven't read the books
  and are only familiar with the movies.

  Hm, can't make everybody happy.

  Dina

  I have been VERY frustrated to not have seen the trailer in the theater EVEN

  ONCE and we go to the movies a LOT!  I truly expected to see it before "Van 
  Helsing" (I read somewhere it was being showing with that film -- btw, "Van 
  Helsing" is a VERY silly movie, only worthwhile because Hugh Jackman is good
  in 
  most anything he does).  It was not shown then, it has not been shown with
  any 
  of the films we've seen, and we've seen "young audience" films like "13
  going 
  on 30" and that kind of thing.  I think WB needs to get over their "HP is
  young 
  kids' territory" idea (which is obviously their thought, since they're just 
  showing the trailer with things like Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo and "Home on
  the 
  Range," none of which I could convince my hubby to see in a theater).  
  Hopefully as the movies continue, they'll get over the requirement for PG
  rating and 
  let the movie go where it needs to to tell the stories in the best possible 
  fashion (I don't mean an R rating, necessarily, but I think they're being 
  constrained by trying to appeal to little kids so much).  Then again, I
  don't have 
  little kids -- but when my kids were little, I would've been hesitant to
  read 
  them some of the later books -- I think the audience will grow up with the 
  books, and that little kids won't be hearing OoP and books 6 and 7 until
  they're 
  old enough to understand without getting too scared.  I don't see JKR
  keeping 
  the next books on a "little kids' level" myself, and I hope WB understands
  that 
  the movies need to "grow up" too.  What we've heard about PoA so far sounds 
  like they MIGHT be getting it, but where they've shown the trailers so far 
  makes  me wonder if they really do understand how wide the HP audience
  actually is.

  I'll get off my soapbox now!  ;->


  Lynda 
  * * *
  ". . .the cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg, OoP


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