its scary to me some stupid person thinks a movie is too scary….we have killings leading off every newscast, soap operas that glorify sleeping around and sometimes non traditional life styles, music videos that show graphic violence and espouse killing and putting groups of people and women down and calling folks names we all have heard so I won’t use them here and all sorts of things that they have seen since they were old enough to watch tv or listen to music. The “theater of the mind” imagines things much more graphic than this stuff. Simple way to not have your children see it….don’t go….end of story…..

Ummm… I believe that what the post is asking is if parents will do just that- not go. No where does it say that this movie should have been less dark. (It doesn’t ewven claim to have seen it.) It merely asks parents what their thoughts are. Which is, frankly, a good question to ask.

Personally, having read all seven books, I would probably think more than twice before bringing someone under 10. Maybe even someone under 12. The violence promises to be intense and a major, much beloved character will seem to be betrayed. What parent wouldn’t at least check with themselves about whether or not their kids ought to see this right now?

A couple of points:

1. The last 2 films were PG13, this one is PG. If your kids went to either of them, you’re good for this one.

2. This is not ‘the last film’. This film corresponds to the sixth book. The seventh book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is being split into 2 films, one to release in late 2010 and the other to release mid 2011 (hey Radcliffe, et. al. gotta pay the rent somehow ).

Cheers,

- Bill

lol what age are we walking about here? When I was younger I watched movies scarier then Harry Potter and I turned out alright. In fact this is kind of funny because I was just discussing it earlier today with my cousin, about how we used to watch movies like Stephen King’s IT when we were younger. I think it is a case by case basis.

My son would not even enjoy Harry, he is 4 going on 5 and his favorite is Star Wars. He would take spaceships, light sabers, and Jedi warriors any day over magic, ghosts, and wands. That is not to say he hasn’t watched, he has! I love Harry Potter so if mom wants to watch, mom watches.

My nieces both 9 and 11 are Harry Potter fans, although they are also Twilight Fans. They are reading the books and have watched the first movie over, and over and over again. The 11 year old is more interested in Twilight then the 9 year old. I have read all the books. I took concern with them reading the final book. It is a bit graphic and I was worried.

Her mother and I spoke on the issue, she is going to let them read the book. I have to say something changed my mind and now I agree. I was watching the Penn and Teller show last Thursday night, the show with the name I can’t say on here.

They were talking about how violent video games aren’t really the cause of violent teens. I am a gamer and a mom so I was listening good. I think the point that each kid is different, and at different ages can handle well different things is completely true. My friend has a daughter my sons age, and she takes herself to bed, my son still needs mommy for bed time. My son’s cousin who is 5 wouldn’t enjoy Six Flags at all. My baby is 4 and he loves to ride Tony Hawk’s Big Spin.

Being able to handle different things whether it be scary, magical, or out of this world is something that happens for people at all different ages. Sometimes some people will never be able to handle these things. I would hope any good parent would be able to recognize the signs in her children. They will know what step to take, and when to take it. Mistakes will always be made, but that’s life, and isn’t that what we are all here to learn anyway?

Oh small footnote. The Penn and Teller show is on Showtime, and it is NSFW or kid friendly at all.

I undertsand some parents’ concerns. I’m 13 and I was trying to read the first Twilight book, but my short attention span and slight ADD didn’t help my simple mind digest it. So I gave up and saw the movie. This is basically what happend with HP, too. I’ve seen all the movies, and can’t wait for this one. I don’t think it could be all that bad if it’s only PG; some of the others are PG-13 and aren’t that bad. It depends on maturity levels of your children if they can handle it or not

yall r soo damn gay its not even scary one freakin bit!!!!! wateva but thats wat i think jk its WAT THE WORLD THINKS IDIOTS!!!!!

It was GREAT…WAY better than the last two very weak movies. (But the books are so great it would be almost impossible to have all the movies parallel them with the same intensity and perfection.) The Half Blood Prince is just wonderful for I would say 10 years and older. Kids who haven’t read the book won’t get a lot of it–young and old alike, but for those who have read the series (including adults like me), it’s a great flick…although it leaves you only half-full in the end waiting for the finale!!

I thought it was not scary. I also thought it was the worst of all the movies. It jumped all around making little sense. They changed almost every thing in the movie from what was in the book. The cinematography was unbelievely poor. Heads were cut off at the forehead and some of the scenes were tilted. I want my money back. The theater was almost emtpy, which tells me once the word of mouth got out the rest of the people said I’m not going to waste my money.

shut up the movie is fine

I do think is the least scary of movies so far there is not as much violence compared to the others.