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MTV Movies Blog: ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Tones Down, Gets PG Rating
Get The Big Picture: 'Half-Blood Prince' Tones It Down For PG Rating
Harry Potter Is PG Again! WATCHMEN Supplement TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER Is A "Grisly" R!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. —
... here... RopeofSilicon's Brad Brevet likes to keep an eye on the MPAA ratings, and he just noticed two fairly significant judgments. First, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE will be the franchise's first PG installment since 2004's PRISONER OF AZKABAN. As Brevet stated in his email, this is a little unexpected given the "dark" direction in which the series has been headed over the last couple of movies. As I haven't read beyond the first two Potter books, I'll put it to the fans: is this expected, or did WB catch the MPAA in a lenient mood? Receiving a much harsher ...
‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Tones Down, Gets PG Rating
MTV Movies Blog —
... Now, Rope of Silicon reveals that the movie has finally been given the rating by the MPAA — and it has earned a rather soft rating of PG. As fans know, the books continue to grow darker as Voldemort’s power grows, and there are scenes of intense violence in “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.” ...
'Half-Blood Prince' Tones It Down For PG Rating
Get The Big Picture —
Is Harry Potter becoming family friendly again?
Rope of Silicon reports that
Harry Potter and the Half-
Blood Prince will be rated PG "for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality," as deemed
by the MPAA.
The past two movies have been PG-13, and although the box office didn't show the effects of it, I heard more
than one complaint from parents about the maturation of the series, both thematically and visually.
The curious thing ...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PG-Rating; Black Freighter Gets Restricted
/Film —
... RopesofSilicon is also reporting that the Watchmen spin-off animated movie Tales of the Black Freighter has already been given an R-Rating by the MPAA for Violent and Grisly Images. We expected nothing less. ...
Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up - Jan. 8, 2009
Screen Rant —
... been given a PG rating by the MPAA. This rating is due to “scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.”
Considering that the Potter books get darker (and thicker) this comes as a bit of a surprise. Could the MPAA be getting softer or have large chunks of the novel been ignored?
You can find out when Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince is released on July, 17 2009.
Source: Rope of Silicon
2. Fans of Thomas Jane rejoice! Mutant ...
Black Freighter Gets An R Rating, Will Teach You How To Sail Atop Dead People [Tales Of The Black Freighter]
io9 —
... Tales Of The Black Freighter, the pirate comic book featured throughout Alan Moore's Watchmen graphic novel, is going to be released separately on DVD — if and when Watchmen is released. The graphic story about a man sailing home on the corpses of his former shipmates deserves, and received, an R rating from the MPAA. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince, on the other hand, could have used a little dirtying up but rests soundly on a PG rating. [Rope Of Silicon] ...
Harry Potter Fans: Is a PG Rating Annoying?
BuzzSugar —
... (now opening July 17) has received a PG rating ("For scary images, some violence, language, and mild sensuality"), rather than the PG-13 rating given to some of the previous Potter movies.
Do you think this will affect the story to an annoying degree? Will the movie be able to do the book justice with a PG rating? Or will you just be happy if the darn thing comes out on time? ...
Newest Harry Potter Gets PG Rating
Cinema Blend News —
... werewolf! And, uh, a certain high-profile death that you probably know about but I won't spoil anyway. But despite all the potential for terror in the sixth movie, the latest Potter film has been given a PG rating, a rating it hasn't had since The Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. What gives? Most Potter fans were expecting the films to get increasingly darker and more adult as they went along, keeping pace with the development of the books themselves. The MPAA ratings report posted at Rope of Silicon gives no explanation for the rating beyond "scary images, some violence, ...
Watchmen Companion Black Freighter Gets R Rating
Cinema Blend News —
... be released in theaters, but for the sake of argument lets assume things go well and the Watchmen DVD comes out as planned, with The Black Freighter attached to it and, in one option, woven into the actual story. In case you were wondering, that companion story about a shipwrecked man trying to return home, will be rated R, just like the movie it goes with. No shock there, but I guess it's good to see a piece of news related to Watchmen that isn't about its doom and demise. Rope of Silicon has the info on the R rating, which is for "violent and grisly images." No ...
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to Get a PG Rating
Harry Potter —
... The website, Rope of Silicon is reporting that the MPAA has given Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince a PG Rating for “for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.” ...
