Age Limit for GoF and OotP???

[Athena Appleton]

well, yeah, but that's where it does come down to the parents to decide when their children are old enough to read/watch the Harry Potter stories...

[Nobby]

yeah i suppose, parents should just check the film out first. all parents have different views on things so its down to them

[Alice I]

yeah i suppose, parents should just check the film out first. all parents have different views on things so its down to them

I whole heartly agree Nobby. Even though my little ones have seen both of the first two LOTR films both my husband and I went to see the third to see if it would be appropriate for them.
Given the quality of the Shelob scene we have decided not to let them view it.

We will also do the same thing with the new HP movies that come out but as my six year old has read PoA three times now I may be hard pressed to deny her if there is stuff I don't want her to see.
I guess we will just have to wait and see what the film actually has in it.

[Athena Appleton]

your six-year-old has read PoA three times? wow! impressive six-year-old!

I'm of the opinion that "too much" is different for each child... but if kids have read the book, I think the movie would be hard-pressed to be more frightening... I mean, I know a good scary book will keep me up at night, but a scary movie does nothing more than freak me out at the time...

[Alice I]

your six-year-old has read PoA three times? wow! impressive six-year-old!

Thanks, yeah she has kept us on our toes. We had the kid tested with the Weschler Primary and Preschool scale of Intellegence and it turns out she is smarter than us.
Her IQ is 140

I have no idea what my IQ is but I seriously doubt it is even close. I don't knows my hubbies' either but he is a member of MENSA

[Athena Appleton]

well, cool! Isn't 140 like near-genius level?

[Alice I]

I think so. I'm obviously not one

She was speaking in full sentances by 18 months so we knew early on that we had a bit of a challange in her.

She is a great kid and goes to a regular school because for all of her grey matter she is still emotionally a six year old little girl and I don't want to take that away from her just because she is smart.

There will be time later for advanced learning stuff.

OOPPSS really off topic aren't I
Can't help it I love talking about my little boobalas

[Athena Appleton]

that's cool, i talk about my kiddos all the time... just do me a favor and don't ever let her make fun of less smart people... i know you wouldn't... I had that happen to me as a kid, and it gave me a bad taste for "advanced learning"... Luckily, I don't have to worry about that, because my 2-year-old thinks the neighbors horses go "arf! arf!" and he enjoys marching around the living room with a tupperware bowl on his head...

[Reverie Revenge]

Mummys, I'm interupting the conversation but I'm just an aunty
I think HP isn't appropriate for under 10 yrs - there are simply too much things they wouldn't understand . Social satyre (Dursleys), corruption at the ministry(Fudge, Crouch), sadism (Bella), mentally disabled people (Longbottoms), ...
Actually it's not moral reasons what make me think HP's not for kids. But if you don't understand the contents you can't fully enjoy the book. Anyway, HP series is still very innocent. No dirty words, no s*x, no profaning, ...
But if they want to watch it they'll bear the consequences themselves. I read Oliver Twist when I was 10 - the book was too serius&difficult for me and I still can't stand Dickens. But according to the fact my favourite writer is Frederic Beigbeder, it's probably normal I can't stand Dickens
Well, if you want all the toddlers to see the HP, just immitate Umbridge & put age barrier on it! Yes, even babies have their own will, their own personality, but they can't read

I think books are scarier than movies - when I was reading CoS, I crawled in the corner of my room but read on of course 8) . I was scared before I knew who made the bodiless voice.
But - come on, Eos!!! - in the movie basilisk wasn't frightening. It didn't look like a snake at all but like an (artificial) dragon. He was intended to be very scary but for me less=more.

I didn't know Parvati&Padma were Indians (from India or native Americans???) I've always imagined them as Italians, the names sounded Italian to me. And they were always described having long black hair - they could be Mediterranean beauty as well. Hey, I'm not Italian, but a bit Mediterranean yes. I come from Slovenia and don't have black hair, for information but darkblond-lightbrown-ashes died on dark violet. How complicated offtopic again

[Reverie Revenge]

Mummys, I'm interupting the conversation but I'm just an aunty
I think HP isn't appropriate for under 10 yrs - there are simply too much things they wouldn't understand . Social satyre (Dursleys), corruption at the ministry(Fudge, Crouch), sadism (Bella), mentally disabled people (Longbottoms), ...
Actually it's not moral reasons what make me think HP's not for kids. But if you don't understand the contents you can't fully enjoy the book. Anyway, HP series is still very innocent. No dirty words, no s*x, no profaning, ...
But if they want to watch it they'll bear the consequences themselves. I read Oliver Twist when I was 10 - the book was too serius&difficult for me and I still can't stand Dickens. But according to the fact my favourite writer is Frederic Beigbeder, it's probably normal I can't stand Dickens
Well, if you want all the toddlers to see the HP, just immitate Umbridge & put age barrier on it! Yes, even babies have their own will, their own personality, but they can't read

I think books are scarier than movies - when I was reading CoS, I crawled in the corner of my room but read on of course 8) . I was scared before I knew who made the bodiless voice.
But - come on, Eos!!! - in the movie basilisk wasn't frightening. It didn't look like a snake at all but like an (artificial) dragon. He was intended to be very scary but for me less=more.

I didn't know Parvati&Padma were Indians (from India or native Americans???) I've always imagined them as Italians, the names sounded Italian to me. And they were always described having long black hair - they could be Mediterranean beauty as well. Hey, I'm not Italian, but a bit Mediterranean yes. I come from Slovenia and don't have black hair, for information but darkblond-lightbrown-ashes died on dark violet. How complicated offtopic again

[choki]

Erm...isn't there a parental guidance rating???
I'm sure parents will advise their children about the movie.

[Eol]

your six-year-old has read PoA three times? wow! impressive six-year-old!

Thanks, yeah she has kept us on our toes. We had the kid tested with the Weschler Primary and Preschool scale of Intellegence and it turns out she is smarter than us.
Her IQ is 140

I have no idea what my IQ is but I seriously doubt it is even close. I don't knows my hubbies' either but he is a member of MENSA

140 is genius standard. Congrats, you must be doing some amazing parenting for her to be reading at that standard so young.

Back on topic, for the kids who've read the books I don't think the films will be an ordeal for them. Sure the special effects and ambiance of the films can create some pretty scarey scenes, but compared to a child's imagination?? not really in the same league if kids these days are anything like i was. (19 going on 8 in my case ). A big part of fear is the unknown, so if they already know what's going to happen the suspense/agitation will be a lot less.