According to the Motion Picture Association of America, a film is given an R rating if it includes "adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually oriented nudity, drug use or other elements." A film is given a PG-13 rating if it goes "beyond the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult themes or other elements, but does not reach the restricted R category. There are many films out there that teenagers cannot see without a parent or someone older than 17. The rating system is an odd thing, when a film like "The King's Speech" gets an R-rating and last summer's "The A-Team" gets a PG-13 rating. Whether someone 13 years old can handle watching the "The A-Team," which the MPAA says received the PG-13 rating due to "i...
A shotgun-wielding hunter mercilessly pursues his target. Angry space aliens vaporize a defenseless town. A bloodthirsty shark preys on the weak and tiny. These movie scenes aren't from the latest action thrillers - they're from G-rated animated films like Disney's new "Chicken Little.
Free Space A column by the staff of Freestyle SYDNEY MUSSER, 16
You only get a few precious seconds to promote a movie -- or pique an audience's interest -- in a trailer. So, you have to make those seconds count. Unfortunately, the people promoting the new thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" didn't choose too wisely.
We're writing about some of our pet peeves this week. And one of our biggest peeves remains the really nutty movie rating system. Since we wrote about it last winter, it has only gotten worse. This year there have been some truly fabulous (and wonderfully moral) movie releases like "The King's Speech," which have had R ratings, and some really trashy and completely amoral movies have come out with PG-13 ratings.
Shining a spotlight on the movie rating process may not earn anyone an Academy Award, but an honorable mention in the "Best Support for Parents" category might be in order. And if Hollywood ever did bestow an Oscar for this new family-friendly category, Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri deserves a nomination. Some on Capitol Hill are beginning to scrutinize the movie rating process after a recent dust-up with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) over the PG classification of a film a rating which was allegedly based on its religious content. Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that a "low-budget, inspirational football movie ["Facing the Giants"] made by Baptist pastors in Georgia triggered a flood of attacks by Christian groups that accuse Hollywood's main trade association ...
The voluntary Movie Rating System that began in 1968 has proved to be useful and workable. Calls for increased censorship must be resisted. The consumers have the ultimate control over the film market through their ability to make a film popular and profitable.
Fred Claus (PG) H1/2
Culture Challenge of the Week: Untrustworthy Media Ratings H ow many times have you judged a movie by its cover and its rating? As the summer gets under way, parents across the country are fielding their kids' requests to rent movies or head to the theater to see the latest release.
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