Interesting post but there's no way LB (if done correctly) will get a PG. I want the last battle in the movie to be epic but in terms of emotions and character development, not in terms of physical numbers of people and animals fighting.

I don't know, LB might be able to be done with a PG, but a hard PG, maybe. If it gets done very close to the way C.S. Lewis wrote it, it might be able to get away with a PG. But I don't know if it will, because it's hard to translate certain things written in books onto the screen. For example: quote from LB: "Tirian saw Jill being pulled away by her hair." That is the last Tirian sees of Jill in the last battle until he is through the Stable door. It may either be left like that, or he may actually see her flung through!

And Tash---even the illustrations of him always made me shiver. If his part got played up at all, that could definitely be a PG-13. (The characters lke Tash in LOTR -- theBalrog, Shelob, and the Witch-king --come to mind. ) I fervently hope Tash can be done with a PG but I don't know if that will be able to happen.

I guess it's going to depend on how the filmmakers handle it. But no matter what it turns out like, there's bound to be some intense emotional stuff going on.

Bookwyrm, as a matter of fact, I always liked Susan.

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I think that LB will definitely be PG-13. Even if nothing is explicitly shown, it's still very intense and could be disturbing to some viewers. In fact, I think that if they do the movie properly it should be PG-13. This seems a reasonable rating to me.

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Totally agree with you in regards to the rating.

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I do think though as far as movie ratings go, the future movies should be PG-13.

I really don't care what any of the movies are rated, as long as they don't go any higher than PG-13. I would be very upset if people rated it R, because I wouldn't be able to watch the movie! (Well, here in America that's how they rate it. I'm not sure about everywhere else.)

I don't think that any of the movies would be rated R, though, considering that they are based off of children's books. The Last Battle might be rated PG-13, though. I think all the others would be PG.

Pyxis: yes, I agree with you! an R rating would be too strong, especially since the books are children's books.....even though LB will be very violent on screen! PG-13 is far enough in my opinion......

An R rating will never happen. It's absurd to even suggest such a thing. Please stop suggesting it and engaging in a mass freakout over the idea. You're worrying over nothing.

I highly doubt they would rate any of them R simply because as others have already said, they are based on children's books and also because that's a lot of money they would be missing out on since a large portion of the target audience would be unable to attend unless a parent was able and willing to accompany them and believe me, they want those ticket sales.

So I don't think the under 17 crowd needs to worry too much about that. I think at the most they would rate it PG-13 and put a strong warning on it if need be.

VDT- PG
Silver Chair- PG or possible PG-13
HHB- PG or possible PG-13
MN- PG
Last Battle- PG-13 (No doubt on this one.)

VDT- There is nothing in the book at least that might lead to worse than a PG rating, however it remains unclear what they have added

Silver Chair- This might only be bad enough to rate a PG-13 if they make the escape from the underworld overly violent or actually portray the making of man pie (both unlikely)

Horse and His Boy- This book has several elements that if portrayed might cause it to be PG-13: The beatings of Shasta, the suicide attempt of Aravis, the percieved reference to the Islamic world, the wounding of Aravis, etc. However if these are not shown graphically it will recieve a PG

Magician's Nephew- No places where this can be made PG-13

The Last Battle- I think that the movie needs to be PG-13 to properly show the catastrophe before the sudden and joyful arrival of eucatastrophe

"The Magician's Nephew- No places where this can be made PG-13."

Are you sure about that? Ever heard of the city of Charn and the bloody wars that took place there?

The streets did run red with blood after all. Not sure it's necessary to make it PG-13, but it is possible.

I imagine Lewis is painting a picture of great violence but yes, it shouldn't be gratuitous. But even if it's implied, I think the thematic content would warrant a PG-13, maybe even an R rating (eg. The Matrix received an R and its content is fairly tame, so who knows what will happen).