Personally I found it an entertaining piece of PURE FANTASY. I wanted to see if it was appropriate to read to my son almost 7 years old. IMO he's a bit too young for it yet, but I will save it for a couple of years from now.
Almost every Disney movie is filled with magic and witches and we are all ok after watching them. What about most fairy tales? For the most part they are stories filled with fantasy and violence.
My son has expressed an interest in seeing the movie when it comes out and I don't have a problem with that. Harry Potter is harmless as far as I'm concerned.
MKM