If you're debating whether to take your little ones, this one is WAY scarier than PoA, just like the book. I don't know if I'll take the girls after all.
Did you end up seeing it? Two people just replied here that their 4 and 7 year olds were OK with it. I'm thinking of taking my kids now. BTW, was Zathura any good? It was hard for me to tell from the trailers, and I might consider it when it gets to the cheap theatres.
Nah I got a break and my mom took her to see Chicken Little instead. La Mapu pretty much feels like she isn't ready for it since Zathura freaked her out. She has a low fear threshold. Zathura was ok. Really loud with some pretty cool effects.
R (age seven) had no problem at all with GoF, even though he still hides from the werewolf in PoA.
I like the candybar analogy. I thought it was like a series of really cool trailers; not nearly enough plot to string them into a story, but fun to watch.
To clarify - R said the dragon was scary (probably for the same reason as the werewolf - he's not into watching the hero being hunted by something really big) but the rest wasn't too scary.
That given, go with your gut - R has a much higher fear threshold than I did at his age.
I liked it a lot and thought your review was right on. Oldest daughter didn't think it was scary, Crane wound up loooving the scary part at the beginning, and slept through the end where I would've been concerned. However, dad read Ti the book, and so we reminded her of some crucial plot points before she went to the movie.
So sad to see Hermione hit puberty and cease to impress me at all, while Ron Weasley was flat out hot...
Hmmm, if Ti was OK with it, maybe I will take the girls.
See, I like Hermione more and more as she gets older, since she's less one-dimensionally nerdy. And so glad to see I wasn't the only one to find Ron hot! The lanky, shaggy-haired look works really well, and totally fits with my picture of him from the books.
yes, use peer pressure!ms_wuNovember 21 2005, 16:56:57 UTC
I like having you as a parenting reference point.
I was totally happy for Hermione's character at the Yule Ball, just disappointed that in one short moment she took on all the qualities of a Patrick Swayze co-star. Ron was too well played, indeed, his opening scene made me blush. The PD thought your review was right on too, Dumbledore's last scene was a big disappointment. I understand that a lot of stuff had to be cut, but at the end I was really sorry there wasn't more Cho and Cedric...because in the book that was way more important for generating the pathos, that apprently the movie could do with Cedric's dad alone. It probably made more sense to Ti that way, and I hope in a good light.
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I like the candybar analogy. I thought it was like a series of really cool trailers; not nearly enough plot to string them into a story, but fun to watch.
Enh. We'll buy this one, too.
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That given, go with your gut - R has a much higher fear threshold than I did at his age.
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So sad to see Hermione hit puberty and cease to impress me at all, while Ron Weasley was flat out hot...
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See, I like Hermione more and more as she gets older, since she's less one-dimensionally nerdy. And so glad to see I wasn't the only one to find Ron hot! The lanky, shaggy-haired look works really well, and totally fits with my picture of him from the books.
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I was totally happy for Hermione's character at the Yule Ball, just disappointed that in one short moment she took on all the qualities of a Patrick Swayze co-star. Ron was too well played, indeed, his opening scene made me blush. The PD thought your review was right on too, Dumbledore's last scene was a big disappointment. I understand that a lot of stuff had to be cut, but at the end I was really sorry there wasn't more Cho and Cedric...because in the book that was way more important for generating the pathos, that apprently the movie could do with Cedric's dad alone. It probably made more sense to Ti that way, and I hope in a good light.
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