Harry Potter, new darker image
By Matt Hudkins
IV Leader Movie Critic
The Harry Potter movies have been popular with children
for the past four years, but after watching the newly released movie, “Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” that has changed. The first three movies were
deemed PG by the Motion Picture Association of America, but the Goblet of Fire
has achieved a rating of PG-13.
In the first three movies, there have been scenes ranging
from threats on people’s lives to moments of hysterical laughter. However, the
fourth movie has a darker image of what lies ahead.
During this movie, Harry is forced to compete in a magical
tournament, called the Triwizard Tournament, that will test his skills and
strengths during three grueling tasks.
During the last task, Harry is whisked away, by an agent of
the dark lord, to a graveyard where he is forced to witness the reincarnation
of, not only the most powerful and evil wizards of all time, Lord Voldemort, but
also the death of one of his friends.
After having to duel the man, who had single-handedly
murdered his parents, Harry returns to Hogwarts to find out that the agent of
the dark lord was in fact one of the very teachers he had come to trust.
Because of the depiction of this book, “Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire” has been deemed eligible to receive a PG-13 Rating for fantasy
violence and frightening images.
Out of the four movies, this movie is the only one that
closely follows the story line of the book. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire” has a lot of action and some very amazing graphics and computer generated
images (CGI). As the steadily aging characters of the books, and the movies,
become more mature and face more difficult and darker times, we will be lucky to
avoid an R rating by the conclusion of the series.