Movie ratings.

[Q]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 10:50pm

I brought this up in a MILK thread last year, but since I finally saw ANGELS & DEMONS, I have to rant yet again.

I just sat through a couple of people being burned to death - vividly - and many, MANY deaths by gunshot, some of which were in complete detail. Blood flowed freely.

And that flick was rated PG-13.

MILK, which only features intimacy in complete darkness, James Franco's naked butt (underwater!) and a couple of gunshots rendered without any graphic detail (like blood, for instance.)

And THAT flick was rated R!

SOOOOO, grab the kids, and let's go see some death, mayhem and destruction - but for GOD'S sake (and I spit that phrase out with ALL the venom I can muster!) let's NOT expose them to ANYTHING to do with same-sex attraction.

Of course, that will keep teenagers from seeing it, which will OF COURSE keep them from thinking about sex - ESPECIALLY sex of 'THAT KIND'.

Honestly, WHAT THE F*CK?!?!?
Updated On: 11/28/09 at 10:50 PM

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 10:53pm

You have to remember the language card. More than one or two ****s is an automatic R

[Q]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 10:59pm

Carlin just rolled over once or twice.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:08pm

Because the MPAA is a corrupt organization of childless (or have 18+ year old children) people when they are SUPPOSED to be made up of parents with varying ages of kids under 18.

[Q]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:12pm

TFan - help me understand your point.

Because they don't have underage children, they don't see a problem with violence, but are completely turned off by homosex and the 'F-word'?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:16pm

Just in general they are corrupt organization of unqualified people. If the money is right then almost any movie can get the rating they wish.

[Q]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:18pm

Well, I certainly agree that they're corrupt, but I'm still not getting what the parameter of different-age children has to do with it?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:21pm

They choose what is appropriate for each age frame & in what context.

Have you ever seen the movie 'This Film is Not Yet Rated'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/

[Pgenre]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:23pm

TheatreFan4 is spot on.

UNBELIEVABLE what goes on.

Valenti... the less said the better...

P

[Q]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:28pm

TFan - no I haven't, but I've wanted to. Maybe it will make some things clearer.

Mind you, I'm not SURPRISED by this situation - it's been screwed since the beginning - but having just sat through yet another blood-soaked, violence laden flick rated PG-13, I needed to vent!

I used to run a movie theater, and it was a daily occurance to have parents ask why something was rated 'R'. If it was violence, no problem - they bought them tickets and sent them on their merry way. If it was sex - forget it. And frequently, a rant of some sort accompanied their disgust.
Updated On: 11/28/09 at 11:28 PM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:33pm

Q- Check your PMs.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:39pm

What is the difference between PG-13 and (I think) TV-14?

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/28/09 at 11:44pm

I just watched "This Film is Not Yet Rated". It was ok but really didn't live up to what I thought it would be. However, it is worth watching.