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Which Potter film do you believe is the least PG?
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For all intents and purposes, i believe that it is GOF. And now... onto my explanations for and against with each of them.
PS: There must be something wrong when this has better deaths than the last film. But, all the while, this is of course the most PG. It is almost strictly for children unless it is watched by and with their parents.
COS: Whilst it doesn't have that much going on, it is probably the scariest childrens film around. It is chilling, thrilling and it contains alot of death. How can this be a PG? Well, it does, like i say... include alot of death. It isn't hidden, and for some reason, WB weren't a bunch of pussies back then.
POA: This is when they up the ante. The darker themes are now even more in the forefront of the story. The whole climax has a feel about it that doesn't feel right for children. We see the process of someone having their soul sucked out and almost taken for good. We see the equally gruesome process of the human into werewolf transformation. Neither are particularly pleasant, now, are they?
GOF: The whole tone of it, there are a few jokes here and there but they are not as detrimental as HBP's. Even in the first minute, they have something for us to chew on our fingernails for. The graveyard duel and confrontation alone is the least PG moment in the series, that's for certain.
OOTP: With no disrespect, this could have easily be made by Disney. It has the overall look and feel about it, that whilst it is teenage angst and all that... it still has a clear and vibrant sense of being somewhat childish. Only when we finally see Dumbledore and Voldemort face off, do we see a glimpse of things to come.
HBP: If fellow filmmakers need any reminding... this is the definition of a chance lost. As good as it is, it still goes down the drain with the cafe scene. For all the wisecracks, it is still good. It just is what it is 'a chance lost' as far as adaptations go, this is very bad. You read the book and then watch the film, and you can't help feeling that something was and must have been very wrong in the creative process. This is perhaps the darkest book, and for many reasons, but it is also the lightest film along with OOTP.
Part 1: It's no wonder when they are out and about in the wilderness, that they would be captured, attacked, and almost raped in Hermione's case. This is a film without cheesy jokes, unless of course you call the dance a joke, which i do. The Malfoy Manor climax is the perfect example of when you can tell that any of us fans might indeed be just as talented as a 'professional screenwriter'
Part 2: You want lies and American humour galore? Come and see Part 2. If i was to adopt an advertising voice, that would work quite well. Apparently this would be a 'war film' and in the genre of 'epic' not just for the sake of saying it. It is neither 'war' or 'epic' because if it was, it is lacklustre in both departments, as is the space filled by and because of Mark Day. Like i said... there must be something wrong when PS has better deaths than this.
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PS: There must be something wrong when this has better deaths than the last film. But, all the while, this is of course the most PG. It is almost strictly for children unless it is watched by and with their parents.
COS: Whilst it doesn't have that much going on, it is probably the scariest childrens film around. It is chilling, thrilling and it contains alot of death. How can this be a PG? Well, it does, like i say... include alot of death. It isn't hidden, and for some reason, WB weren't a bunch of pussies back then.
POA: This is when they up the ante. The darker themes are now even more in the forefront of the story. The whole climax has a feel about it that doesn't feel right for children. We see the process of someone having their soul sucked out and almost taken for good. We see the equally gruesome process of the human into werewolf transformation. Neither are particularly pleasant, now, are they?
GOF: The whole tone of it, there are a few jokes here and there but they are not as detrimental as HBP's. Even in the first minute, they have something for us to chew on our fingernails for. The graveyard duel and confrontation alone is the least PG moment in the series, that's for certain.
OOTP: With no disrespect, this could have easily be made by Disney. It has the overall look and feel about it, that whilst it is teenage angst and all that... it still has a clear and vibrant sense of being somewhat childish. Only when we finally see Dumbledore and Voldemort face off, do we see a glimpse of things to come.
HBP: If fellow filmmakers need any reminding... this is the definition of a chance lost. As good as it is, it still goes down the drain with the cafe scene. For all the wisecracks, it is still good. It just is what it is 'a chance lost' as far as adaptations go, this is very bad. You read the book and then watch the film, and you can't help feeling that something was and must have been very wrong in the creative process. This is perhaps the darkest book, and for many reasons, but it is also the lightest film along with OOTP.
Part 1: It's no wonder when they are out and about in the wilderness, that they would be captured, attacked, and almost raped in Hermione's case. This is a film without cheesy jokes, unless of course you call the dance a joke, which i do. The Malfoy Manor climax is the perfect example of when you can tell that any of us fans might indeed be just as talented as a 'professional screenwriter'
Part 2: You want lies and American humour galore? Come and see Part 2. If i was to adopt an advertising voice, that would work quite well. Apparently this would be a 'war film' and in the genre of 'epic' not just for the sake of saying it. It is neither 'war' or 'epic' because if it was, it is lacklustre in both departments, as is the space filled by and because of Mark Day. Like i said... there must be something wrong when PS has better deaths than this.
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I'm not even really saying that the other ones don't have things that would be bad with young kids, but COS is the only one that freaks me out if I'm watching it alone lol. And I could imagine the parseltounge through the walls and petrified people and the basilisk would terrifiy a lot of kids.
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Mysterious thing time.
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Mysterious thing time.
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i know we didnt see alot of death but stil
we did see lavender being eaten, goyle falling into the fire, the fetus, the goblins being massacered, snapes death and alot of destruction
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and we didnt see much in thebook with crabbe, did we?
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Mysterious thing time.
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As to the original question, I think Part 2 is probably the least child friendly. I know I have problems with a lot of the humour and with certain other factors, but Voldemort walking barefoot through the pools of blood and bodies was the first properly disturbing image since Voldemort prodded Cedric's dead face with his foot. There was a lot of blood in Part 2, even down to one side of Neville's face practically streaming with it, and there were a lot of bodies, some of them children, just lying about scenes. Lavender's throat being eaten was brief and you didn't see much, but it was still disturbing, I suppose it was kind of disturbing seeing a teenager falling into fire even if we didn't see much - to be honest, I'm surprised they didn't cut away at that bit. The bloody Voldemort fetus is another example of something surprisingly disturbing, and Snape's death was brutally implied, if not quite as bloody as it should probably have been. And then there's the whole ten minutes of the movie where we are led to believe Harry has no choice but to die, and where he goes and is "killed" by Voldemort, which is quite harrowing and sad.
So yeah, even though they did hold back in some of the things in Part 2, I do have to say Part 2 is still the least child-friendly, and least PG.
It definitely gave a lot of light relief to the series.. It was very refreshing especially after the dark depressing story that came before it
The themes behind it are very mature dealing with Politics at the start.. once they're back at Hogwarts it's all very emotions and rebellion which is good don't get me wrong but its not mature in a sense that it's heavily moralistic like other films Goblet of Fire which dealt heavily on growing up and death - Order of the Phoenix only touches on these things
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I personally think that a teacher and person of authority using a child's blood and causing scarring is much more thought provoking and disturbing than some of the things that you mentioned although you have good points
I wasn't aware of any hate until recently.
Mysterious thing time.
I watch the Order of the Phoenix about twice a week
Mysterious thing time.
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Mainly just because GOF is so dark visually, OOTP is so dark tonally, and DH Part 1 is a visceral mix of both.
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PS - The only dark scenes in PS are the forest and the final confrontation, and even they are solid PG.
CoS - It's basically PS with a slight darkish tint. The Basilisk is scary at times, but the film is not 'the least pg.'
PoA - The dementors provide the darkness is the story. It's very well balanced between dark and light, but still, not the least pg.
GoF - I have to heavily disagree here. The only dark moments I find in GoF is the opening, the third task, and the graveyard. Other than that, there's a lot of comedy that I don't like and imo, it's more detrimental than HBP's. And the graveyard being 'the least pg' isn't for certain, as your opinion and while it's up near the top, I don't agree.
OotP - It's dark, mature, nearly no 'let's throw a joke in here for fun' moments, and that's what I love about it. I see none of that childish or disney talk you're going on about.
HBP - It's main tone is dark, but the romance lifts it up. You're comparing the book to the film which shouldn't be done when grading the films themselves, and I disagree that this and OotP are the lightest, by all means it's probably the first two.
DH1 - The tone of the film is perfect, I sense the danger and all there is to come. The dance scene is one of my favorite additions in the series, so I'll respectfully disagree. After seeing Malfoy Manor tons of times now, I really don't see all too much comedy and I don't see where all the complaining comes from. What should we expect, a battle? There are only a few people there, and while I would've liked it to be longer, I think the length would work just fine in the entire Deathly Hallows. Overall, probably the second least pg (or third, ootp and dh1 could switch it up), but...
DH2 - To me, it's an easy choice. I really wonder where that praising review of yours is Staff, because you do nothing but critique the film negatively here. You said nothing at all about the film being the least or most pg, but just commented on not being a war film, bad humor, and mark day. DH2 is quite an epic film, imo, and it is the least pg film because there's being being burned to death, pools of blood, snake attacks, dead bodies, heart breaking moments, and a dark tone that the other films can't quite match. The humor is not as much as you're making it out to be, I mean, what is there? Borgrod, 'that's nothing to go on,' boom, Neville on the bridge, hehehehehe, and that's all I can think at the current second. Not really that much. Not at all.
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I'm sorry, but i in no way am trying to act like a negative person here. I'm just putting my point for each across... each with there reasons.
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