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Harry Potter Is PG Again! WATCHMEN Supplement TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER Is A "Grisly" R!

Last by sloanist	Jan 7th, 2009 01:21:05 PM
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Half Blood Prince had some dark stuff by Nickn328	Jan 7th, 2009 01:23:08 PM
Like the scene where Dumbledore had to swallow that potion and he was in like all kinds of pain was pretty disturbing in the book. And why is Tales of the Black Freighter not available to save on Netflix yet?
HBP is fucking dark by mefrog	Jan 7th, 2009 01:24:49 PM
And this only worries me more
Why rate it at all? by Savage Lucy	Jan 7th, 2009 01:26:55 PM
Why bother getting a rating for Black Freighter if it is going straight to DVD?
Screw HP by Evangelion217	Jan 7th, 2009 01:28:08 PM
I'm just happy that WB managed to get an R rating for the "Tales of the Black Freighter." Which is a very disturbing, and throught provocking storyline, that completely contrasted certain characters storylines in the "Watchmen." :)
I stopped reading after the Tri Wizard Tournament one by slone13	Jan 7th, 2009 01:29:38 PM
Some nonsense about Gillyweed or something... and a female Hagrid? Plenty of my friends told me to stick with it, but it was just getting so damn monotonous...
1000 zombies in a lake = PG? by Kizeesh	Jan 7th, 2009 01:32:35 PM
I've seen stills and that's not child friendly at all. Still who gives a toss, it has Alan Rickman in it.
Black Freighter... by BrooseTheScharuk	Jan 7th, 2009 01:33:56 PM
Somehow I thought that we were going to have to wait for the Watchmen dvd to see this. This is the first I've heard of it being released in conjunction with the theatrical run of the movie.
So wait, TOTBF is a separate movie? by dr sauch	Jan 7th, 2009 01:34:14 PM
I hope the Watchmen DVD actually has the pirate movie spliced in to the story, like the book
potter is so dark...like so friggin dark. by knowthyself	Jan 7th, 2009 01:34:38 PM
Yeah about as dark as The Count on sesame street. If by dark they mean the color scheme is less colorful than yeah its dark.
Yeah, Those Final Scenes in HBP by DKT	Jan 7th, 2009 01:36:13 PM
Were some of the darkest stuff in the series (up to that point, at least). I actually thought it was one of the weaker books up to that point -- more of a connecting the dots thing, but still, those last few chapters were creepy.
TOTBF by knowthyself	Jan 7th, 2009 01:36:18 PM
Will be spliced into the extended cut of the film as confirmed by Snyder.
HBP = PG = Not Looking Good... by DisneyFanatic	Jan 7th, 2009 01:38:36 PM
My fears that we were getting a shitty Movie 6 have just been confirmed. With all the blood, gore, and death in that film, to warrant a PG rating is unbelievable.
HBP=PG= Hermione being raped has been cut out by Gorgomel	Jan 7th, 2009 01:41:22 PM

Calm down about the PG by Dosomo	Jan 7th, 2009 01:45:51 PM
If you have closely watched the trailers and the stills for HBP, then you know all the darkest stuff is there. I think they just caught the ratings board on a good day. The darkest stuff in the book involved the cave and lake with Dumbledore, and I have seen lots of shots of that scene. So, stop over-reacting...
More blood in HBP than all the others... by AdrianVeidt	Jan 7th, 2009 01:46:32 PM

Hermione being raped ???Did i miss something? by j2talk	Jan 7th, 2009 01:52:17 PM
i don't remember that happening in any of the books.....
think about it by Turd Furgeson	Jan 7th, 2009 01:53:50 PM
they took out the battle at hogwarts, without that, there's no blood, so a pg rating makes sense. dark tones don't equal PG13, the level of graphic violence does. I always found HBP to be the most kid friendly book after the first 2 of course.
Potter: The books get darker and more mature. by RobRed1	Jan 7th, 2009 02:16:05 PM
The books get darker and more mature, as the intent is for the young reader to grow up with books. Potter starts at age 10 and ends at age 17. the stories mature as the character does.
It confirms the rumors HBP is crap by textual	Jan 7th, 2009 02:16:40 PM
Focusing on the teenage stuff and glossing over the plot. Which sucks because the best parts are the Voldemort flashbacks.
its not just the last chapters (spoilers) by imascooby1985	Jan 7th, 2009 02:22:24 PM
Remember the sectumsempra curse where Harry almost disembowels Draco? THat must have been toned down dramatically or cut altogether to get a PG rating. And like others have said, I dont know about if I would like taking a little kid to see this film when Harry is force-feeding Dumbledore poison as Dumbledore is crying out in agony. Im getting worried now.
January 20th by Pr_Frink	Jan 7th, 2009 02:29:09 PM
That's the day the courts will decide whether or not to delay Watchmen. Unless Fox and WB come to an agreement before. Which probably won't happen.
Hard R for Potter by Kentucky Colonel	Jan 7th, 2009 02:31:59 PM
I'm waiting to see Ginny's boobies!
Observe and Report graphic nudity? uh-oh by Mel Gibsteinberg	Jan 7th, 2009 02:32:59 PM
Given Beaks breakdown of the plot, I anticipate this means lots of shots of the flasher character's little soldier, and no Anna Farris nudity whatsoever. Guhhh, don't know how interested I am in seeing this at the theater, I want to be able to flash forward errr fast forward the gratuitous wang action.
Anything is possible at this point by Knightsong	Jan 7th, 2009 02:33:19 PM
The books beyond the forth lost a lot of momentum and only three of the five movies done so far have done the series any justice. The third movie was stripped of so much detail and story, as well as had many images changed that it in my opinion was the worst of the series. That was until Order of the Phoenix. This movie came about from the weakest book of the series, but was a greater disappointment because any useful story was stripped away including nearly all the detail about the Order of the Phoenix. How stupid do you have to be to make a film about the Order of the Phoenix and then cut out every detail about each of the characters?! You turned the movie into Saved by the Bell with Magic. I have little to no hope for future installments and will likely wait for pay-par-view before watching them.
HBP=PG= Hermione cephalopod tentacle violation scene cut by timothyarcher	Jan 7th, 2009 02:34:52 PM
I've never trusted a cephalopod since reading this book.
I was rather surprised the last two films got R ratings. by ExcaliburFfolkes	Jan 7th, 2009 02:34:57 PM
There is no nudity or swearing in them, none of the violence was particularly gory, and most of the bad stuff that happens to people is implied rather than explicitly shown on screen.
Watchmen is R, right? by ImJustSaying	Jan 7th, 2009 02:43:26 PM
Like... That's a for sure R rating, right? That's been confirmed,yeah? Just checking. Hearing about Black Freighter made me realize I didn't know, and that made me so fucking nervous. But everythings cool with that, right? A dog with it's head split open?
stone13 by Nizzuts	Jan 7th, 2009 02:45:06 PM
The Goblet of Fire (tri-wizard tourny one) is the worst of the series...in my opinion. The books get much better after that one.
Wasn't there a giant squid in the Hogwarts lake!? by greenstyle92	Jan 7th, 2009 02:48:19 PM
It's all coming together.
Deathly Hallows Part 2 is hard R for sure! by greenstyle92	Jan 7th, 2009 02:52:43 PM
The Weasley Twins rape Ginny, Ron has a beer and cheats on Hermione, and Harry beats Voldemort by using Wandlore to trick Voldemort to put his own eye out and the Harry Fucks his face right in the eye socket! It's in the book people!
Bitching about the RATING? Seriously? by Liberty Valance	Jan 7th, 2009 02:55:06 PM
Yet another meaningless detail that allows the internet community to condemn an entire movie months before it comes out. What's next, complaining that the key grip or best boy is going to ruin some movie? The major studios fund the MPAA you fucking morons, so they get the ratings they want. PoA is widely regarded as the best HP movie and it was PG...so shut the fuck up already.
BLACK FREIGHTER by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Jan 7th, 2009 02:56:46 PM
So will there be a buff, greased up guys running around in slow motion with their dicks flopping around in this one? I'm dying to see that shit!!
Well, we're all looking forward Osterman's flopping Dick by greenstyle92	Jan 7th, 2009 02:59:04 PM
what's a few more wieners between friends, Glover?
SNAPE TELLS DUMBLEDORE HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS ANYMORE by punto	Jan 7th, 2009 03:02:15 PM
Warning: spoilers in subject.
Yeah, the rating by ToughGuyRizzo	Jan 7th, 2009 03:02:26 PM
Liberty, yeah I do agree with PoA as best in series. BUT considering how violent and disturbing the final chapters are in HBP, people are bitching because that kinda shit would be toned-down.
Not very happy about that by lb	Jan 7th, 2009 03:03:16 PM
HBP is very dark with themse of incest and child abuse. Draco's foot stomp on Harry's face, Violent Quidditch, Inferate (zombies), Harry and Draco's bathroom duel, the whole cave sequence etc... They really have to tone things down to get it a PG rating. In my opinion, Prisoner of Azkaban is the best in the movie series so far and I really wished they brought back Cuaron to make the last movie.
HBP is so dark, the last 3 pages are in Braille by pokadoo	Jan 7th, 2009 03:09:41 PM
Actually, theirs a lot of fun stuff in HBP, just gets heavier in the flashback scenes and towards the end. The fact that they've not included the Hogwarts battle at the end (confirmed from those lukewarm test screanings), what do we get in it's place? a lot of important scenes occur here. The Most important being Dumbledore's death & Spape's (maybe) betrayal. I can only assume the large chunk of the battle has been taken out, because there's a very similar, but bigger, battle in Hogwarts at the end of DH?! Taking out the battle (hopefully) dosent mean they've taken out these important character based confrontations with the main characters. I hope i'm right about this.
I KNEW David Yeats coming back was a bad idea by DOGSOUP	Jan 7th, 2009 03:10:23 PM
Besides, isn't a boner an automatic PG-13? Everybody gets huge erections in this book.
Hard R for Retarded by smiteboy	Jan 7th, 2009 03:12:46 PM
It's R or it's not. What is this hard R crap? More made up terminology from idiot media douches.
HBP=PG= no Fleur Delacour bukkake orgy by Gorgomel	Jan 7th, 2009 03:18:12 PM

HBP=PG= no 2girls 1 goblet by turketron	Jan 7th, 2009 03:37:29 PM
disappointing
Spell changed from Mosexyo Youbonehim back to Expecto Petronum by panicdawg	Jan 7th, 2009 03:39:22 PM
Too bad, I was hoping Harry used his "wand" to donkeypunch Voldemort... you know, like in the book.
j2talk by Bramton1	Jan 7th, 2009 03:49:20 PM
If you look around the table and don't see any suckers, that means you're the sucker.
turketron: "HBP=PG= no 2girls 1 goblet" by Malicoire	Jan 7th, 2009 04:00:15 PM
Wins.
How has no one made an "Ooo- R me hearties" joke yet? by Cameron1	Jan 7th, 2009 04:02:46 PM
Ah because it'd be shit, that's why.
They could rate the film G for all I care... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jan 7th, 2009 04:13:59 PM
...so long as they GET JOHN WILLIAMS BACK!
Porn Potter? by Spamgelus	Jan 7th, 2009 04:15:36 PM
Hairy Porker and the Sorcerer's Bone?
HP3 Porn? by Spamgelus	Jan 7th, 2009 04:18:26 PM
Prisoner of the Ass Cabin?
pokadoo by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Jan 7th, 2009 04:21:12 PM
Your subject line almost made me choke with laughter... hilarious.
When can we get back ... by TheMcflyFarm	Jan 7th, 2009 04:23:09 PM
to the days where movies like Jaws were PG?
Look by dvdhound79	Jan 7th, 2009 04:37:26 PM
I don't expect the Harry Potter films to be a hard R, the books aren't even violent enough for that, definately PG13. But Half Blood Prince had one of the darkest scenes I've ever read in the series' entire run. Now that scene, between Harry, Malfoy and an untested magic word may not make the cut. I hope it still does as its one of the few human moments between Malfoy and Harry.
PG is the new PG-13 by terry1978	Jan 7th, 2009 04:44:26 PM
Watch Marley and Me, and that upcoming Bride Wars flick...those two should be PG-13 territory, especially the former, but I suspect the MPAA is going back to the days of the 80s, when a PG rating basically meant you just couldn't show full frontal...everything else was fair game.
The MPAA has lightened up a bit by spectrebeeyatch	Jan 7th, 2009 05:04:56 PM
I think. I just feel like they haven't been so nazi lately. Even though I saw Frost/Nixon and later found out it was R rated and I couldn't really figure out why. They cursed about as much as Jim Carrey did in Yes Man. That made no sense.
Watchmen/Tales by Oknight	Jan 7th, 2009 05:08:57 PM
If they do an "interweaved" Tales of the Black freighter/Watchmen edition, I sincerely hope they equip the disk to show either with or without interweave. Also, considering that Tales was a comic book WITHIN the Watchmen story-- why did Snyder film a live-action version? or is it just the kid reading the comics with the screen showing pages of the book while he reads?
Well the trailer looks very funny. by Smashing	Jan 7th, 2009 05:19:15 PM
A wise move given the best film was the third as it has the most humour and life, I have hopes for 6 now.
Kramer vs. Kramer was PG... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Jan 7th, 2009 05:42:29 PM
and it showed full frontal (well, pretty close, at least...). http://tinyurl.com/7g79pg
I remember thinking it would be hard to keep Half-Blood Prince f by Uga	Jan 7th, 2009 05:53:43 PM
Sheesh.
Man fuck Yates by D.Vader	Jan 7th, 2009 05:54:42 PM
Yes I'm willing to lay all the blame on the director. Absolutely do not like this guy and fear for the rest of the series. I guess a PG shouldn't be a surprise when it sounds like the death of a major character happens off camera or is obstructed by a roofing structure. I wouldn't be surprised if the scene where Harry attacks Draco, where in the book Dracos chest and face exploded in blood and deep gashes, has been changed in the film to one cut and a series of large bruises.
test by limb	Jan 7th, 2009 05:57:50 PM
test test
Shrinking expectations... by Evil Hobbit	Jan 7th, 2009 06:02:31 PM
Every time content related info about this installment comes up my expectations are lowered. They create magnificent trailers for this film, but every review and content related info counters that. Personally, I blame Kloves. He's writing the screenplay after all. And Yates certainly knows how to show us personal pain and horror, as was on display when Harry was possesed by Voldemort in Phoenix -- Dumbledore helpless at his side.
Kramer . . . by RumpleWho	Jan 7th, 2009 06:04:28 PM
according to IMDB, for the theatrical release, the scene was darkened to avoid an R rating.
This DVD and movie release is a great idea... by worldofwarcraft	Jan 7th, 2009 06:29:36 PM
... but I wonder how it'll work in terms of actually contributing to the story as a whole. The power of the story running alongside the actual events of the main story is what really gives it punch. On first reading the book I didn't really care foe the freighter story, I found it rather boring and kind of skimmed through it. Reading it again, only as the two stories started wrapping up did I start to really grasp the meaning of it. I believe I started to make some sense of it when Rorshach and Owl are wondering how to tell if the smartest man alive has gone crazy. Don't know how having a seperate DVD that's on it's completely own time frame will have the same impact.
Well, Prince Caspian got away with a PG... by RongoRongoMu	Jan 7th, 2009 06:38:42 PM
...and there is no way in hell that it should have. I mean, the movie had a talking mouse that stabbed people in the face.
Right on, RongoRongoMu by BeeDub	Jan 7th, 2009 07:24:45 PM
"Prince Caspian" was an OK movie, but there's no way in hell it should have been PG. The Disney name can buy a lot of leeway, it seems.
Surprising. They must have toned down HBP for the film by finky089	Jan 7th, 2009 07:28:53 PM
The book has as much "action" as Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix, plus heavier emotional moments toward the end. "PG" rating sounds like HBP will be a bit "light inthe loafers" compared to the book.
no Fleur Delacour bukkake orgy ????? by finky089	Jan 7th, 2009 07:29:29 PM
This has gone too far!!!!!!!!
In the early 80s shortly before the PG-13 era... by Feral Aristocrat	Jan 7th, 2009 07:36:29 PM
...Elizabeth McGovern got PG ratings for showing her breasts during a simulated sex scene (RACING WITH THE MOON) and for going full frontal in RAGTIME (if memory serves, she held a hand over her pubic area, but some bush was still briefly visible.) I felt sorry for her at first, thinking the MPAA found her nudity to be insufficiently titillating to score an R rating. But then I thought that perhaps they were just so enamored of her utter cuteness that they couldn't resist giving young teen boys the chance to see her naked.
They must have edited to get PG by performingmonkey	Jan 7th, 2009 08:08:30 PM
There's no way David Yates shot for PG. The PG-13 Order of the Phoenix made shit loads of money so WB won't have told him to deliver a PG this time, it makes no sense. The MPAA probably said make one or two minor cuts and get PG and he complied. How you can have reanimated corpses and not get PG-13 is a mystery but there you go. We probably won't see anything. Maybe a harder cut will exist on DVD.
Battle at Hogwarts by enderandrew	Jan 7th, 2009 08:18:50 PM
I thought during the test screening they said that the end battle at Hogwarts had basically been completely cut.
Uhh, no, Scary Movie was R by D.Vader	Jan 7th, 2009 08:47:35 PM
And I just saw that part in the Golden Compass. Man, talk about a convoluted movie. But yeah, Best FX Oscar should have gone to Transformers over that.
Mr. Zeddemore by Yoda's Ball Sack	Jan 7th, 2009 09:28:40 PM
You might have just saved me. I am back from 1997. Thank you sir. Would you be offended if I changed my name to Mr. Zeddemore's Ball Sack? .....if not you have my thanks.
Mr. Zeddemore by Yoda's Ball Sack	Jan 7th, 2009 09:28:40 PM
You might have just saved me. I am back from 1997. Thank you sir. Would you be offended if I changed my name to Mr. Zeddemore's Ball Sack? .....if not you have my thanks.
HBP = PG = No Dumbledore on Brokeback mountain scene by jaymrobinson	Jan 7th, 2009 10:00:30 PM
I can't quit you!
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND by BurgerTime	Jan 7th, 2009 10:51:55 PM
How Potter can go back to a PG. I thought this series was supposed to be getting more sinister with the approach of Voldemort? If the filmmakers are serious they should reconsider this. The core audience of Potter has matured now and are expecting a more graphic treatment. For me, this is a regression, and the film may have lost some street cred it was getting. WB, don't fuck up one of your crown jewel franchises!!!
PG = worrying. by BiggusDickus	Jan 7th, 2009 10:59:26 PM
Just how much has this guy cut out?
PG = Grisly R = Grizzly by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren	Jan 8th, 2009 12:46:59 AM
Grrrrrriizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzlllll lllyyyyyyy. Stretch that muthafuckin' talkback!
I thought you were talking about CHERRY POTTER. by Bob Cryptonight	Jan 8th, 2009 01:12:56 AM
AKA Sherry Angel.
JAWS is rated PG here in the UK by Mr Gorilla	Jan 8th, 2009 04:37:14 AM
I will never, never, never, never, never understand that.
The Man from Laramie is rated 'U' by Mr Gorilla	Jan 8th, 2009 04:38:20 AM
Even though it features Jimmy Stewart being shot IN THE FUCKING HAND! And he yelps with pain. Which shows that the dumbasses who rate movies don't bother watching past the first 5 minutes.
Note to HBP colourist by Mr Gorilla	Jan 8th, 2009 04:40:02 AM
Don't OVERDO the grade / colouring process. In OOTP the skin tones were all over the place. I know you were trying to follow the colouring of Alfonso Cuaron's episode, but look again, his was much less monotone, it was much subtler.
HBP= by Lost Jarv	Jan 8th, 2009 05:26:35 AM
Harry Potter and the Sordid wank fantasy. Just pages and pages of him fantasising about his mate's sister. Loadashite.
Why even rate TOTBF? by HollywoodBob	Jan 8th, 2009 10:24:48 AM
Ratings are pointless nonsense that only has bearing on theaters (and shitty retailers) wanting to cover their asses from parents bitching if they let a kid in. So if you're going to release Direct-to-DVD, why even have it rated? All you do is lend credence to the fascist shitheads at the MPAA ratings board. I long for the era of no more ratings bullshit and parents that take an active role in parenting, rather than making everyone else do it for them.
WATCHMEN Trailer Parody by Docbrowneye	Jan 8th, 2009 11:25:47 AM
http://tinyurl.com/8c9sg7

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