We need a new censor

Posted by TheYank at 7/15/2009 1:32 PM EDT

Our movie censor seems to believe that children need to be shielded from cartoon like violence as much as they need to be shielded from sex and foul language. I think that's a nonsense.

My wife and I were a bit wary of bringing our 8-year-old son to Harry Potter. It was rated 12A here, which is the same rating the censor gave to Sandra Bullock's new movie The Proposal, which is clearly aimed at an adult audience.

My wife has just returned and the verdict? There's nothing in it that a young kid can't handle. A couple of teenage kisses - yuck! - and the fantasy type violence that is normal in Harry Potter. Kids can handle that.

Honestly, a rating of PG would have been sufficient. The censor here seems to have little understanding of what it is parents are looking for in movie ratings.