I would be happy with a continued PG franchise, but I can see how The Last Battle might present problems to that...Prince Caspian was darker than LWW, but LB is a whole lot darker than any of the other books, so...I don't know, I'd be fine with it being rated PG-13, given the material...(like RotS. ) But I'd still like the rest to be PG, I think, just to keep them suitable for families...at least the vast majority.(I understand that some families don't approve.)

I would be happy with a continued PG franchise, but I can see how The Last Battle might present problems to that...Prince Caspian was darker than LWW, but LB is a whole lot darker than any of the other books, so...I don't know, I'd be fine with it being rated PG-13, given the material...(like RotS. ) But I'd still like the rest to be PG, I think, just to keep them suitable for families...at least the vast majority.(I understand that some families don't approve.)

I agree with 2nd to One...the battle scenes in both movies were not that played up in the books. The Last Battle has more of a graphic description to actual physical contact then the first two. Maybe Andrew decided to do it that way to appeal more to the older teens and adults. PG suits me just fine...as I mentioned before..C.S.Lewis, I believe, had a plan to bring children into his stories with their imaginations...more than adults. He sure "knew what he was doing" and had a heart and a plan for his books to touch children's hearts..

Walden Media and the Lewis Estate have a contractual agreement to only make films rated no higher than a PG, but many fans believe The Last Battle is not filmable as a PG.

Can you give me a source on that? (The Walden/CSL thing, not the fans opinion. ).

I personally wouldn't be bothered by PG-13 for LB. But for the others, PG should be kept. The books, to me, just had a very innocent tone even when dealing with darker subjects of life, and I think the movies should carry on with that in mind.

I dunno, I used to think TLB should be PG-13 but now having seen how much violence and grittiness they got away with in PC I don't really think it's necessary to go beyond that anymore.

I think they'll all get away with PG, except for maybe the Last Battle (PG-13).

It would be a little bit sad if some kids would not be able to see the last movie, don't you think. So I think they could make it work with a PG rating. Of course some things could be really scary, but they don't necessarily have to be (like Tash, it all depends on the design). And it has a happy ending after all.

With The Last Battle, younger kids will just have to wait until they're older. They need to learn patience. Others of us have had to wait many times for things. Patience is an important lesson in life.
The Last Battle can't be done with a PG. Once you remove/censor anything, you lose the power of the book. Also, Tash needs to look very scary. Why must everyone treat the PG-13 rating as if it's evil? It's not.

Last battle should at least be M since PC was.

After what I saw in PC I am certain they can do the others in PG as well,
no higher rating is really needed EXCEPT for The Last Battle.

TLB:
toning it down for the kids would be a mistake like or greater than making PC more adult-ish. Tash needs to be scary, not necessarily really scary. The battles are more descriptive, as has been said. This one atleast NEEDS to be PG-13, with that of course I don't been it needs to be leaning to adult-ish completely where it'd lean on the greater half towards R, that'd be equally disastrous. It needs to be soft, but also harder than PG- therefore a "soft" PG-13.

are you serious that they are going to only let them PG? that is rediculous!!! LB is in no way filmable as a PG, if they are trying to do that then it's just stupid! where did you hear that? (not mad at you Bookwyrm)

I will be expecting last battle given a M rating here in australia since pc was M. If they had PG rating the LB movie wouldn't be any good.

PG13 for the US standard, and whatever equivalent that is for other countries.

why? well if youre gonna go with older actors/ more matured themes there is no way you can keep it under PG. one way or the other it will breach into PG13 territory. that contractual agreement has to be reviewed. its understandable when the Narnia film franchise was first conceived as something decidedly more kid friendly but the current scenario isnt the case anymore.

I think that if they could try to keep the ratings at PG it would go well for them. But some books like SC and LB might make the ratings go up. As long as they stick to the books, I wont mind.