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AUGUST 8, 2005 at 7:26 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Warner Bros.
In a story reported on earlier we posted that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was given a PG-13 MPAA rating in the U.S. This has now been confirmed by Warner Bros.
This is the highest rating
so far for any Harry Potter movie due to sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.
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Witch
Points: 537
Head Dementor says:
Haha!! PG-13!! Oh, well. In Canada it will still end up being PG. But it doesn't surprise me considering what Harry has to face in the book.
Posted Aug 22, 2005 at 4:23 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1380
Chadick says:
I knew it was going to be rated as PG-13. The scenes are just getting more mature for the young ones.
Posted Aug 22, 2005 at 7:42 PM EST
Witch
Points: 933
Draco's # 1 babe says:
There are ways that it is better to be PG-13 and others that it's not. It is better cause olders kids will want to go see it more, but the kids want. The kids can see it with a parent though.
Posted Aug 22, 2005 at 8:30 PM EST
Dan Radcliffe's Lovah
Points: 8780
JaDa Radcliffe says:
I'm glad that it's PG-13.. It's absolutely right to have that rating for GoF.. The story's getting darker now so it figures..
Posted Aug 22, 2005 at 8:53 PM EST
Student
Points: 212
theultimatemuggle says:
When the books and movies get scary they have the rating go up it is good they do that.
Posted Aug 22, 2005 at 9:43 PM EST
Student
Points: 219
Jack Rabbit Slim says:
Well all I can say is Thank Frig for that! Its about dam time an age restrction ws put on these films. The last 3 I went to see in the cinema were all spoiled by a bunch of 6 or 7 year olds talking and asking questions loudly the whole way through the film!!!
If there are any parents out there reading this, I beg you PLease dont bring you're younger kids to the cinema unless they've got masking tape across there mouth and are chained to the seat!
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 9:39 AM EST
Witch
Points: 968
Jesyka Gronewg says:
I don't know about this PG-13 thing. It's really going to limit the younger viewership. Parents aren't going to be as pressed to take their children which equals less money. Which equals...well...I don't know...it's too early.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 11:31 AM EST
Magical Owl Rising
Points: 4636
Hoots says:
PG-13 is right on for this movie. I didn't think Fantastic Four should have been PG-13, but definitely ROTS and Batman Begins. It is going to be the best! I can't wait to see Voldemort.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 11:41 AM EST
Witch
Points: 849
Konkskäpp says:
I love that rating.
Yay!! PG-13!!
That sounds really great!!
Lesser little kids in cinema, who are pretty annoying, or just more parents.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 12:47 PM EST
Witch
Points: 737
Morgan Evans says:
I knew it would get a PG-13 rating!! There was no way that they could keep it PG!! It's going to be too scary and stuff for the little kids for it not to be!!
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 1:14 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1314
Lemon Drop says:
I like the PG-13 rating, they should not downplay the movie down just for little kids. The books get more mature as Harry grows up so should the movies.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 3:19 PM EST
Witch
Points: 829
HPMommy says:
I think that this rating seems appropriate, each book seems to get darker and darker and so it wouldn't be doing the story any justice if the movies didn't continue to depict it that way.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 11:03 PM EST
Student
Points: 206
Deeann Black says:
Well, Harry is getting older and his experiences are getting more intense so of course as the story goes on it will become more intense and get a higher rating, look at this last book HBP, that is really intense and in way isn't good for very young children.
Posted Aug 23, 2005 at 11:19 PM EST
Mediwitch
Points: 2608
nickyole1 says:
I'm totally not surprised with what the Goblet of Fire is going to have in it. This was going to happen sometime, and I'm glad that it is with the Goblet of Fire becuse of the very dark content.
Posted Aug 24, 2005 at 1:10 PM EST
Witch
Points: 755
harrypotter equalslife says:
Hmm interesting!! I guess that makes sense but i am still surprisedi dont imagine the movie to be that scary!
Posted Aug 24, 2005 at 1:27 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1338
Toms_Girl13 says:
Hey, I think a pg-13 rating is good. i didn't want it to be to kiddy and watered down. It should be pretty good, because there is some violence but that is part of the storyline, and you can't change it.
Posted Aug 25, 2005 at 3:44 PM EST
The Dark Knight
Points: 5789
minister for magic says:
Personally I wish all the Potter films were rated pg-13 and were directed n a darker sense like alfonso Cauron did.
Posted Aug 25, 2005 at 10:05 PM EST
Vader's Veela
Points: 3858
seekerfan says:
Well, of course it has a PG-13 rating. The books are very much darker from 4 on. I don't think it will keep anyone away. Maybe people with really young kids who are just getting into Harry Potter. I'll be taking mine to see it, they've already read the book. Bad mom, bad mom, bad mom (but what fun!).
Posted Aug 26, 2005 at 4:00 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1500
krystle_clear says:
Im from Australia and we dont have the same ratings as in America, does PG13 mean that the under 13yr olds cant see it unless there with an adult?
Posted Aug 27, 2005 at 12:05 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 368
Prince of Slytherin says:
PG-13! thats cool. its not that surpring now that steven speilberg is dierecting. the magic trio is getting old, they can't play in little kidde movies anymore, speilberg thinks so to, he added some more violence than the book,more adventure and some adultish stuff. the trio is on there magic ride to adulthood!
Posted Aug 27, 2005 at 3:04 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2256
Harry Houdini says:
The loud kids will still be there but it brings the parents into the movie with them which is good. I don't know if the parents will keep the kids quiet but it's good to get the family involed with the whole Potter experience.
Posted Aug 27, 2005 at 8:17 PM EST
Heiress of Gryffindor
Points: 3537
Nienna Narmolanya says:
Heh...
Well, in the movie, Harry is fourteen, so he's gonna be doing fourteen year old stuff. Okay, that made no sense...
Well, of course. You can't just have any small child going in and seeing that graveyeard scene. I mean, it was creepy just to read it - imagine a five year old seeing it. I'm not saying that some children can't handle it, because you have some that are much braver than I am (and that's not really saying much, but anyway...)
However, little children can still watch the movie - with parental guidance, of course. Also, I'm sure many people would mind if they messed up the whole movie just so it can have a PG rating, right?
Posted Aug 27, 2005 at 10:45 PM EST
canon
Points: 2575
gaea says:
It had to didn't it. Murders and cutting off hands and torture.
Posted Aug 29, 2005 at 3:25 PM EST
The Chosen One
Points: 9942
Gryffindor Dude says:
I'm glad...but I do think that it might hurt the box office a little bit. I went to PG-13 movies when I was under 13 though...
Posted Aug 29, 2005 at 5:02 PM EST
Student
Points: 230
we are anti says:
hey i'm really glad to hear that, it's very dark and merits the warning that comes with that rating. i hope everyone who wants to gets to see it, but only if they are mature enough to do so safely.
//ANTI
Posted Aug 30, 2005 at 2:26 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1418
Wanta House Elf says:
I don't think it will hurt box office sales.
Kids old enough to have seen the first two movies must be pretty much 13 years old by now anyway!
Posted Aug 30, 2005 at 5:24 PM EST
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