Wicked. that's far more continual than it being PG. that woulda sucked, PG movies are usually pretty lame. Plus 153 minutes is a pretty epic time. Could still be longer though...

Good! Top 3!

So in America its rated PG, and in Britan its rated PG-13? That seems a little odd.

so excited!!!!! 2 hours and 33 minutes! wonder how long the credits will run for :-) still excited tho'

I think the PG-13 equivalent is good, cos that gives me hope that our PG rating may be more like a PG-13 movie

Good.This gives me hope about David Yates.When they announced he would be filming the remainder of films Part 2 of DH would be 90 mins.

what hermionesfuturehusband ??? DH Part 2 will ONLY be 90 minutes??? Might as well include it in the 1st part! lol. And PG-13 has NOTHING to do on whether the director is the best or not, cuz YAtes is the BEST! Screw us Americans and our LAME Ratings.. and FUCKK YOU MPAA!

I wish they'd been making all these films at three hours... Or more... I'm glad they're splitting up the 7th, and that they are making this one 2.5 hours. And as for the rating, I don't think it really affects the quality of a movie at all. I think since the MPAA gave The Dark Knight PG-13, when it was so intenese and disturbing, giving this the same seemed a little outlandish. But really TDK could have been PG-15 or something...

Good to know its actually 12A. PG would have been so stupid

Yey a decent running time!!

Actually, Granger345, like it says in the article, the British equivalent to PG-13 is 12A. In Britain, there is no PG-13. There's U, PG, 12A, 15 and 18.

Hey voldy_shmoldy, just curious but what does U stand for? (and for my username, I don't think that anymore, I was just pissed off when they changed the date, and that was when I made my account. I can't wait to see the movie!)

Hey voldy_shmoldy, just curious but what does U stand for? (and for my username, I don't think that anymore, I was just pissed off when they changed the date, and that was when I made my account. I can't wait to see the movie!)

It can't be much longer than 153 minutes, otherwise they would not be able to show it in IMAX, which has a 160 minute run time restriction.

Reebee52, I completely agree. There are two different levels of PG-13. Stuff like Dark Knight or Taken, that's intense and violent and stuff like Goblet of Fire which was nothing. The ratings should be G, PG, R, NC17, and in between PG and R would be PG-(13-17) so you know if it's a Dark Knight movie and Goblet of fire movie.

U is Universal. Means kids can see it without parents. There's something like Uc or something as well but got NO idea what that means

cool, thanks

Reebee52 i can tell you're British, cuz there's no 15 rating in the USA, it's just G, PG, PG-13, R, then NC17 lol

The MPAA is definitely becoming less stingy with movies lately. By the trailers, this movie looks like it should be PG-13, especially after seeing clips from the cave scene with the Inferi and the mild sensuality that is obviously in this film. The PG rating has been given to some very dark films lately. Don't get me wrong, I don't care about the rating; it's hardly relevant, but it's just a speculation that maybe the MPAA is becoming more "open" and less strict with the material being shown to younger audiences today. I also agree with a lot of you... PG-13 can be separated into levels. You have films like the Dark Knight, which is borderline R, and then you have Goblet of Fire, which falls between PG and PG-13 (the material is not insanely dark or sinister).

Oh, and another thing... I'm glad it has a good, lengthy running time; I was actually a little worried David Yates would want to cut the movie short as he did with Order of the Phoenix. Apparently, according to people who went to test screenings, this movie is well balanced; there's just enough romance and just enough darkness to suffice the book-reading audiences. I'm really glad Steve Kloves is back as screenwriter; I think he truly knows the art of adapting a book into a film.

holy ssssugar cookies thats great, whoever started the BBFC is a son of a batch of cookies

Movie6isgonnastink: first of all, your name sux. second of all, U stands for Universa;. YES! Almost 154 mins (ALMOST) and 12a (PG-13). So I guess Half Blood Prince will be very borderline PG and light PG-13.

ok um DH part two BETTER not really be 90 minutes. why make it a seperate part then?

Movie6isgonnastink: U stands for Universal, generally anyone can view it. PG is Parental Guidance advised, because some scenes are inappropriate for young children. The rest of the ratings are pretty explanatory :)

i kinda miss the movies that used to be like 3 hours long.....this ones almost 2 hours....*sigh* oh well.

actually slytherin15, it's almost 2 and a Half. idk i hope this is good

what???!!!! ok now the MPAA or whatever needs to change our rating to PG-113!!

Sweeeet! And it's getting SO CLOSE now! I'm starting to get happy about Harry Potter again.

Then why's the U.S.'s only PG?

hey, I just saw the brand new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood teaser today on tv on Nickoldeon channel which is aired around icarly show! The new teaser shows some brand new scenes! So, it was too fast to catch it and it would be nice if anyone saw it today and please report it!!!!!!

Does this mean the mpaa is gonna change the rating to pg-13? I do hope so.

wait, deathmagnetic- can you describe what you remember from the t.v clip?

That's great news!! I thougt it might be 12A over here. PG wasn't very appropriate considering how dark some of the trailers were. I suppose it doesn't really matter. Very excited about the length of the movie though!! Hope DH both parts are just as long! A good 6hour movie is just what we need!!

First off, whoever put that the 2nd part of DH is only 90 minutes has to be the biggest idiot...considering that they posted that on a newspost about the running time of HBP, WHOSE RUNNING TIME WAS RELEASED TODAY (A LITTLE OVER A MONTH BEFORE THE MOVIE IS RELEASED). Gahhh. lol well anyways, the rating means nothing. I mean, how can they make all of the ratings consistent? The only way would be to have one person watch and rate every single movie, and I doubt they do that. I dont think that the same people rate every movie, so it will never be consistent with anything else.

i was really bummed when i heard the movie was only going to be PG. i was afraid it wasnt going to be able live up to that last two films which were PG-13 and in my opinion the best ones so far, but im glad they changed it. yay! :)

153 minutes = Bliss

Why are we anxious about ratings? 153 = 2 hours 33 minutes. Crap. What if I need to pee?

Heh sorry to reply like this, but if I could hold it during the lord of the rings movie, it can be held during potter. Besides make a bathroom trip before you go in. That should never hold you back from a good movie ;) I miss the 3 hour HP's, I wish they would have done the books with more storylines longer, and the ones with less shorter. Seems they have done the opposite. As we progess the movies get shorter, but the books more complex. This has never made sense to me, but heres to hoping for a nice long send off.. And PG-13, how is this possible?! With the deaths, and fights, and various other things... (bathroom scene anyone?) how can they rate it like this? A VERY INTERESTING NOTE: THEY CUT THE "SCARY" PARTS OUT OF THE TRAILER BEFORE NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. VERY MISLEADING TO PARENTS I WOULD THINK. (this includes infeiri, werewolves, and fighting and of course... THE NECKLACE) some parents are gonna be mad :P

lol, I dont know how many times I'm going to bring this point up, but 12A ISN'T always the equivalent of PG13!! There are loads of films that in USA have been PG13, and over here in the UK have been 15! So stop saying its the same!

I think the only reason it got a PG rating here is because Warner Brothers paid off the MPAA so that younger kids would be able to go see the movie and they would therefor make more money. I just saw the movie UP yesterday and it's rated PG and I've seen atleast 5 shots in the HBP trailer that are 20 times worse and definitely should be PG-13. But oh well...AS LONG AS THE MOVIE IS GOOD (which I'm sure it will be) I DONT CARE WHAT THE RATING IS! I'm so excited about the length!!! 153 MINUTES!!!!!

This is funny! See U.S. people that determine the rating of movies! It SHOULD be PG-13!!!!!!!!! Mahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!... .. I so crazy! :)

How do I change my name? I was just pissed they changed the date, so I made movie6isgonnastink my name, but now i think it's gonna be great, so can I change my name? Or get a new account or something?

that doesn't make any sense. how could it get that rating in the UK and get PG in the US? arent we the more conservative country? arent we the country that censors the word "gun"? hmmmm maybe we are lowering our standards.

Yayyyy, 2 hours and 33 minutes! Sounds good to me!

I can remember someone on these boards telling me it would be a PG and that Harry and Ginny 'fall over' after they kiss, which is inappropriate for a PG rated film. I'm glad I was right in thinking that it should be a 12, since WB are obliged to make the films increasingly dark. The scene where The Burrow is attacked seems like a 12 type sequence from the clips alone. The BFC are quite strict when it comes to violence, and if you think about all the attack, fight and murder scences that we already know are included, the 12 rating was a fore gone conclusion really.

kali902000: I'm probably being really dense and gullible, and I apologise if I am, but do you seriously censor 'gun'? Wow. If that's true, I feel suddenly liberated.

the mpaa sucks...america sucks haha

Movie6isgonnasuck- I would suggest just making another username. I don't think you can change it 'cause I tried changing my old one. But that didn't work.... so now i'm this! :)

still don't get why in the u.s. the movie is rated PG and in Great England it PG-13 it makes no sense

To Phoenixknighter (wayyyy up the list) I'm not actually British. I mean to use the PG-15 hypothetically, like it COULD be have been used for the Dark Knight. The reason PG13 cam out was after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom upset some people because it was so dark, especially for some kids but no one thought it should have an R rating. So after that they created PG13. Little factoid for you.