Goblet of... smoke

[vettecat]

We went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tonight, and I didn't like it nearly as much as I'd hoped. (Background: Since we hadn't yet read any Harry Potter when the first movie came out, we decided to adopt a routine of "see the movie, read the book" for this series. It's worked very well so far, as this way we can enjoy the movie without knowing what's going to happen next, and then we read the book for the added background and character development. So we didn't know what was going to happen beforehand.) I felt that it was drifting too far over from fantasy into horror. I don't like horror. And though there were only a few really creepy scenes, they strongly affected my enjoyment of the movie; sdavido had to spend some time coaxing me out of a sour mood afterwards. Other people's opinions may vary, of course, but I really wonder how this is going to affect all the little kids whose parents assume it's fine for them to see. (Yes, I know it's PG-13, but not everyone will pay attention.)

Comments

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Those ages should be OK. We saw people there with much younger kids, though, and I was wondering how they were handling it.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Probably OK.

Best quote along those lines ever....a few years back, sitting in the theater with my then-6 or 7 year old son watching "Fellowship of the Ring" and the balrog was charging them in the Mines or Moria. "Is this too scary for you?" I asked.

"Daddy," he said, "It's only a movie. It's not real."

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Cute! Sounds like you've balanced them well. :-)