RENT scores PG13 — Page 3

I counted 6 F-bombs, 6 Sh*ts, 3 asses, 7 damns and 1 GD in the stage version...lol. And I am not sure if they will still put it in with this rating, but they did film a scene of actual drug use. Or that was at least my understanding.

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Updated On: 9/10/05 at 03:08 AM

To Andyf:

WTF?

What are you even talking about?

Is this Monty Python math?

B/c if it is, please tell me before I head up to the belltower with my rifle and start spraying the place.

"You will be sixteen when the movie comes out. This means you were, at the very oldest, 7 when RENT opened. You're 7 years old and you're talking about how you're worried that RENT is going to be too fluffy."

^Maybe it's because I'm "seven years old" and too young to understand, but that doesn't make any sense.

What's the problem that you have with my post, other than the fact that you may disagree with my feeling that a PG-13 RENT will be a little too fluffy?

BTW, you can bet that if this is PG-13, there will be people taking 7-year-olds to the movie. There were seven-year-olds in the theatre when I saw Chicago ("It's PG-13, but it is a musical and it's getting phenominal reviews. I should take my seven-year old to it, because they just loved the Sound of Music..."), which should have, in my opinion, been rated R. And the trailers certainly won't help keep 7-year-olds out of the theatre. I mean, just look at them! Unless you watch it like a RENThead (as we all do), it's quite possible that you don't catch the strip-tease clips, you don't realize that the woman in the Santa suit is actually a man, etc. "This here RENT movie is PG-13, but it's a musical that won a Pulitzer Prize. I can't imagine that it's that inappropriate. And it's directed by Chris Columbus, who always makes such wonderful family movies. I'll take my little girls..."

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Updated On: 9/10/05 at 07:33 AM

very well put laritheloud. and everyone is saying how a lot couldve gotten edited out, but PG 13 is very lenient these days. i mean, they could have just left out the bag ladys 2 F bombs in on the street, since that is one of the songs being turned into dialogue. chris has said he stayed true to jonathans message, and im sure during the editing process he did that, too. just the fact that he said its going to be R over and over again shows that he left in all the things that would constitute an R rating. i was a little worried about this PG 13 as well, but then i remembered that its in the hands of chris columbus, who has told us time and time again he is staying true to jonathans message. so im not too worried.

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"Goblet of Fire needs to be a PG-13 movie. It's way too violent for PG."

You've seen it? The Voldemort scene, and then only one action, I think might have given the ratings board a pause. But I doubt that it is violent enough to warrant a PG-13. But, the ratings board takes into account WHO will WANT to see it when it comes to. That help determines whether or not it should be given a PG-13 or an R 9r a PG. It really is all very subjective. If Peter Jackson had actually followed the book Lord of the Rings, I doubt it would have receieved anytyhing above PG. None of the Harry Potter books are violent enough in my opinion to warrant a PG-13. That's only a one year difference in agwe for the ratings, I think it really is a pointless rating.

Harry Potter...edgy. LMAO. Your right that is sad.

Rofl

How about RENT with Muppets?

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I dunno, those Muppets are pretty edgy, with all the inter-species beastiality. How will Chris Columbus show the frog-pig kisses in RENT?

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Updated On: 9/10/05 at 06:08 PM

That's great, Marquise. Remember a few years back when NBC was rumored to be interested in turning Rent into a tv movie? That's my vote for second place worst-case scenario.

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Updated On: 9/10/05 at 06:31 PM

Just a clarifaction.

I understand that Theatres students probably would LOVE to see it. And as i said in a 13-16 demographic range, they are probably one of the ONLY. Again how many non theatre types do you see in high school that like musicals?

Not many, most start going to them as they get older, more mature.

The core demographics for the movie is HARDLY teenagers, it IS 20 soemthings

i'm right your not, neener neener neener :)

example, but not the one i was looking for, it works though
Waiting (R) 10/7/2005
Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris
Comedy
R - strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use, sounds familiar


PS go to www.mpaa.org and do a search for Rent, it's not even listed.

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Updated On: 9/11/05 at 12:43 AM

true not all teenagers are squeling but it does get overdone by most. PG-13 i think is a better rating for the movie although it does make me wonder how much of the musical are they keeping out of the movie? If it takes out more than needed it should stay "R" and well you'd have to see it with a parent then if under age.

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http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-03-03

So, this is my first post, but I LOVE Rent, and just wanted to point out this new movie Gunner Palace has OVER 30 F-Bombs and made a PG-13, so I am pretty certain, of the songs that are left in, the F-Words will stay...and I count 2 in Tango: Maureen, 1 in La Vie Boheme B (Benny called the cops! That ****!), so 3 total (correct me if I'm wrong.) This is not counting the masturbation, dildo, S&M, etc in La Vie Boheme, the various ****s, and such. But honestly, the director EXPECTED it to be R, so maybe the MPAA realize what a message this film carries, and decided to give it a 13?