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[pne]

Saw Harry Potter in the cinema tonight. Was a bit disappointed by Dumbledore's rhotic accent. Otherwise interesting.

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[denial-land.livejournal.com]

Heh... I thought it was scary.. and it's supposed to be a KIDS movie!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Though they did change the rating from "6" to "12" in Germany, or so I heard.

[denial-land.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, but it would make sense.

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

How does the rating system work in Germany? I thought it went by age, but I've seen movies rated "R" (Under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian) here that were rated "11" in Germany. I know social standards are different in both countries.

[pne.livejournal.com]

It does indeed go by age; as far as I know, the ratings are "suitable for all ages" (not that many films), "6", "12", "16" (roughly "R"), and "18" (roughly "X").

As you say, though, ratings sometimes differ between countries due to differences of opinion as to what is considered objectionable for certain age groups (e.g. sex is fine but violence is icky, or vice versa, or whatever).

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiwillige_Selbstkontrolle_der_Filmwirtschaft for details of the ratings.

[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

In Australia, it's been provisionally rated M (recommended for viewing by mature audiences, 15 years and over). That being said, the book is also pretty scary, and I don't think an M rating is undeserved - although I'll be interested to see how they rate the next couple of films.