What should the last films be rated? |
 Jul 8 2009, 11:15 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall  Posts: 12 Joined: 9:56pm July 7, 2009  |
Alright, so I personally believe that the 1st part of book 7 could pass with a PG- PG-13 rating.
It's the second part I am concerned about. I really want them to be "true" to the books, but the more I think about it, the more "true" they are, the higher rating the movie should be. I was thinking of it even being rated "R". Here are my reasons why.... 1. Snape gets half of his neck ripped of by a snake. Not only that, but Harry has to look him in the face as blood, and snapes memories are flowing from his head. Creepy... 2.Hermione is tortured, sure they COULD not show this on screen, but I think it is more emotional if they do, like, little cut scenes. It's also been debated that she was almost raped by Greyback. 3. Nagini comes out of a dead women's body. 4. Many deaths in this movie, George has his ear blown off. Crabbe is burned alive, Dobby is stabbed (Harry has to pull the knife out). Dead bodies all over the floor,when they stack them. Wormtail chokes himself to death. There might be others, but these are the one's I thought of. I think if they really show all these it would have to be rated "R" especially, the torture scene. I would even be fine if they made an "unrated" verison when the movies came out on DVD. What do you guys think? -------------------- Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.
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 Jul 8 2009, 11:47 PM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 242 Joined: 10:59pm February 4, 2009 Location: Pushing at Platform 9 3/4, trying to get them to let me in |
Good point about the second part. Though they didn't really show the torture scene in the book, it was still freaky. I don't think Hermione was raped by Greyback, I think he just wanted to eat her, which goes with the "Boogey Monster".
I think they would edit it enough so it will be a little tamer but hopefully keep enough stuff. If they cut too much stuff I will never forgive WB. |
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Jul 11 2009, 12:49 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 3 Joined: 11:55am July 11, 2009 |
Well I was personally surprised with HBP's PG rating, I thought for sure it would at least be PG-13 so I am wondering based on the rating what stuff the director will actually be able to show. One of the freakiest parts to me from the book is when Dumbeldore and Harry are in the cave and all of the bodies are in the water. And the other film that had a death of one of the students was Goblet of Fire which was PG-13 and in this one there is the death of a main character. Oh well sometimes I just don't understand the MPAA.
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Jul 11 2009, 01:21 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 12 Joined: 9:56pm July 7, 2009 |
Yea, I was surprised about the PG rating in American Theaters for HBP. Even the director was confused (I read that in an article). Maybe we are just becoming less strict on ratings, but still, from what I have listed on the 2nd part of DH, I don't know how they could make that PG friendly, even PG-13. It's more traumatizing then all the other events in the books.
I was creeped out by the inferi in the lake scene as well. But, from what I can tell from the previews and the video game, they don't look that scary -_-. I mean, come onm they are dead, water decomposed bodies, and they make it look like Golum! haha -------------------- Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.
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Jul 11 2009, 01:27 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 12 Joined: 12:29pm July 11, 2009 |
I was also very surprised and worried by HBP PG rating, but I will suspend judgment until the movie comes out about if they cut too much of the darker or more violent content from the film. I would really like to see the last two films significantly darker than what we have seen so far in order to stay true to the book- that would probably mean an R rating in the US. I could never see Warner Bros doing this though because they seem to still think of Harry Potter as a kids series even though most of the fans who grew up with the books are adults now. The idea of having 2 separate cuts of the movie doesnt seem as feasible for a movie like Harry Potter because of the amount of money required to produce the special effects, etc. Most films that have "unrated" versions are films where filming those few additional scenes are relatively cheap.
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Jul 12 2009, 05:41 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 45 Joined: 9:14am December 16, 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada |
QUOTE(ahorsegirl220 @ Jul 9 2009, 12:47 AM)  If they cut too much stuff I will never forgive WB. Same here. They shouldn't cut out too much though. I read somewhere that Yates is dedicating the films to the fans or something like that. I personally cannot see WB going any higher than PG-13. As ender650 said, WB still thinks it is a kids film. Well they are wrong. It was a kid movie when the character were kids but now they are young adults facing scary situations. I think they should give the film an R rating but they probably won't. Justin -------------------- Harry: "Did you know, then?"
Dumbledore: "Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No." |
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Jul 13 2009, 05:01 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 14 Joined: 7:17pm May 28, 2009 |
Yeah, if they stay as close to the books as they say they will, it may have to be rated R. All the really bad stuff is in the second half, so part one will probably be PG-13.
I can't believe HBP is only PG. I haven't seen it yet; maybe in a week or so... -------------------- "If you want to get the measure of a man, look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
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Jul 13 2009, 07:17 PM
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Leaky's Resident Borg Queen  Posts: 11,519 Joined: 11:45am July 25, 2005 Location: in space, the final frontier . . .  |
Being rated "R" doesn't necessarily (or even possibly) make a film better. And it's death to the number of people available to see it. Personally, the scene where Wormtail cuts off his hand could have been much more visually horrifying, yet they managed to portray it without giving it a lot of attention. Another scene that I personally found dreadful was when Malfoy stomps on Harry's nose--reminds me too much of "curbing". Yet it seems that little scene may not have been brought over to the movie. I think we can see anything that is left in the books without requiring it to be graphically violent enough to get an R rating.
This post has been edited by Seven of Nine: Jul 13 2009, 07:18 PM -------------------- "That's why he fought. That's why he lived again, and that was the answer to Tam's question. I fight because last time, I failed. I fight because I want to fix what I did wrong. I want to do it right this time" -- Rand |
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Jul 13 2009, 07:53 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 145 Joined: 11:46pm June 12, 2009 |
QUOTE(ender650 @ Jul 11 2009, 01:27 PM) The idea of having 2 separate cuts of the movie doesnt seem as feasible for a movie like Harry Potter because of the amount of money required to produce the special effects, etc. Most films that have "unrated" versions are films where filming those few additional scenes are relatively cheap. Or they could have a special edition DVD that is unrated, saving the scenes for later (cha-ching!)... |
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Jul 13 2009, 11:57 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 116 Joined: 11:14pm July 13, 2005 |
Here's three scenarios, and one of them is going to be what happens.
1. Both films are rated PG-13: Having seen backlash from both the crew, fans, and having observed international ratings, the MPAA will rate the films appropriately. Depending on the cut Part 2 gets a hard PG-13 (meaning it flirts with R) for violence, language, and blood. 2. Part one receives a PG, Part 2 receives PG-13 There's less blood and gore in the first half of Deathly Hallows, it could get a PG with an advisory of scary/frightening images, violence, and menace. 3. Both films are rated PG: The MPAA proves themselves to be no longer effective. Fans revolt. Parents are shocked at how dark a PG movie is. Riots ensue, and the MPAA is taken out behind a shed and sentenced to three hundred years hard-labor, carefully writing out each word of the HP series in fourteen languages, including Latin, Gaelic, and Elvish. Personally, I bank on Option 1. Though I would love, love, love it if WB had the guts to say "No, this is how it is, we're doing this book justice." Even if it meant the MPAA gave them an R. I don't think WB will be making those kinds of sacrifices just for a rating, but imagine Pan's Labyrinth—that's my kind of Deathly Hallows. |
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