nomorequo.blogspot.com — The MPAA ratings system is far from an exact science. Ratings amount to censorship; that raters are probably subject to the whims of studio pressure; and, ultimately, that the ratings board is completely unaccountable for its actions. More than any year in recent memory, 2007 demonstrated that these assertions are true..
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daitenguJan 3, 2008
Clerks was an independent film, created on a $35k budget. However, I don't remember reading or hearing about an issue with the ratings...Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back however, was originally rated NC-17. After some cuts it was given the R rating.
alwilsonJan 3, 2008
I actually prefer it when a movie gets an R rating. I think of it as a buffer to keep the noisy children out. Take a movie like "Once," the MPAA probably did the older audience a favor but keeping the seat-kickers out. When a movie comes out that I want to see in the theatre, I dread when it's got the PG-13 rating because I know there will be kids in there. I hate parents with children in theaters!
momsshizzleJan 3, 2008
How dare you criticize parenting! You know it's the government's job to do the parenting for them!
pseudononymistJan 3, 2008
Actually the R rating is law now too, that's been the case for several years now, and is the reason why movie makers have sometimes been forced to censor their own movies to get a PG-13 rating, since kids under 17 could no longer get into an R movie without expressed written or oral consent (or accompanied by) from a parent. If a theater is caught letting these kids in, they can lose their license.
cyberwiz01Jan 3, 2008
How about a nice warm glass of SHUT THE HELL UP?
bbqribsJan 3, 2008
G4's "Attack Of The Show" covered this a while back, and had experts from both sides discussing the rating system.Bottom line: I'd rather have the MPAA doing it this way than to have Big Government come in and impose its will on everyone with the same brush. Besides, everyone waits for the "Unrated" DVD cut anyway.
musicbearJan 3, 2008
If you are really concerned as a parent, YES, you would see movies before letting your kids see them, or at least you would do enough research on it to know what you were walking into. If you walked into a movie with no prior knowledge of it's content and it turned out to be very inappropriate for your children... that's YOUR fault. Contrary to popular opinion, parenting IS HARD and it TAKES A LOT OF TIME and your FULL attention.Oh wait, sorry, this is America, George Bush and our government have the answers and the remedy for everything... I forgot! Let someone ELSE do it. Let someone ELSE tell us how to think. Let someone ELSE tell us what is appropriate. Other people that have no transparency and are not responsible to anyone but themselves... oh ... except all their corporate investors ... yeah... because that's what makes America great!
Closed AccountJan 7, 2008
i dont know why i was burried while you were dugg up when our comment sais the same type of scenario essentially.
x3eemguyJan 14, 2010
We need more movie theaters. I like going at night even if it costs more to avoid kids...<a class="user" href="http://www.rudehippo.com/thor-helmets.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rudehippo.com/thor-helmets.html</a>