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personally, I think the rating system is really really really strict and unfair. For example - Troy and matrix revolutions. There is violence, but so is there in life. I am sure no one, after Troy, took a spear and aimed at people's heels, nor did anyone after the matrix pretend he is the one and try to stop bullets. Teen violence surely doesn't come from these movies. I also do not understand why nudity should be taken as a factor for a high rating. Sex scenes, I understand, but you see yourself naked every day!

I have a netflix subscription, and almost all of the films we rent happen to be rated R. Not because we like seeing violence and nudity, but because most good movies contain those, and there they are not to prevent us from watching good movies. My parents watch with me, and they don't really care. At least in my family, we do not learn from movies, but take them as they are - fiction.

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Overall the rating system is good! It tells the potential viewers what they may expect from a movie. If the rating is taken into consideration, that is a different matter . The ticket seller is encouraged to sell more not to keep the kids out. Did you ever heard of sanctions given to someone that let children into a cinema with a R rated movie?

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I believe the rating system has become too lenient to be helpful. Look at old movies rated R, then look at what now passes for PG-13 or even PG. For example, Hitchcock's 'Psycho' is frightening, but even the shower scene is quite tame in comparison to some of today's PG-13 movies. I have actually only seen that clip from Psycho - I have never seen an 'R' movie unless it was edited for TV. I will especially avoid the 'R' movies that are coming out today, because films must contain some fairly offensive material to receive that rating these days.

We need a new rating system with more classifications, and all movies need to be re-rated objectively on the new scale. A good model might be the TV ratings, because along with the rating comes a code for what justified that rating. For example, a show rated TV-M LSV is intended for mature audiences and contains bad language, sexuality, and violence. For me, that means I should probably make a different choice. More specific ratings would help families avoid movies that look good on the box, but turn out quite vulgar while the children are watching.

One of my friends worked for a national video store chain. He said, "Our drama section is mostly soft porn." Yet most of the videos had PG-13 ratings or better. I cannot trust the movie ratings system. I do my homework before going to the theater, because there are some things I just don't want to see or support.

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That is right, in warning the audience, the ratings have become jumbled and you might see a PG which deserves to be an R or vice versa. What I don't like about the system, though, is the age limitations. I wasn't able to see neither the Matrix (Revolutions) or Troy, unless I brought my dad, who wasn't really interested. I had to wait until it got released on DVD.

I think the major difference between Hitchcock and most of today's movies is that Hitchcock showed scenes that may inspire the viewer to act. For example, the serial killer whitch stabs his prey, etc.

Today, however, most violent movies are fantasy or sciece fiction or something related. What I mean by that is - fights of armies against each other, kong fu, races, etc. that kind of violence has less chances of inspiring the viewer's to act violent than Hitchcock's. That is the only purpose I can think of the age limitation, therefore in such movies, for my opinion, ratings should be lowered. If it's to warn the viewer of the content, then I agree with Howe.

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Amen howe6079! I could not agree more! I find it appalling that I feel like I ought to read reviews, from a reviewer I trust (from experience), before I go to see a PG rated movie! It is really sad that I have come to trust the ratings system so little, but they have earned it.

Some may call me a fanatic, but I try to be really careful about the movies I see and what I am willing to put in my mind. That is not to say that I don't watch PG or even PG-13 rated movies- I just am careful about which ones.

Just because a movie is very violent for example, in my opinion, doesn't mean that it is bad, nor that it is decent- that depends on the kind of violence, the light in which it is presented, the underlying message, and a million other factors. It is hard to make a chart to outline the subtle messages in a movie, (probably because they are "subtle"...) so, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to completely fix the system- however, improvement is very possible and very needed.

As far as just R-Rated movies go- I have never seen one (nor do I plan to ever see one) that was not edited. I could care less about the "artistic integrity" of a film that demands shock-value and all things offensive (at least to me). The success of video-editing businesses prove that there is a strong interest in getting the sordid trash out of films. I know that the US is a free country- and people absolutely have a right to make and watch whatever movies they want to- but I wish they would try to parade them about like wolves in sheep's clothing through our (obviously) broke ratings system.

Until things change, I, like howe6079, will have to "do my own homework."

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I must disagree with this statement. Perhaps the movies you prefer are of this nature, but there are plenty of movies out there with violence that takes place in the here and now, one on one between people.

Personally, I don't think this stuff makes a decent person do bad things. What I think happens is we become desensitized as I have said in other posts. Then stuff just doesn't seem bad to us. So, if it isn't bad, why not do it? So, I think we need a better rating system. Of course, it might be helpful if we all had a similar standard across the world so when rating a film in the US, those in other countries would have a sense of the nature of it and vice versa.

The problem with this is that ratings and acceptability are subjective and each culture decides for itself what is acceptable. As a world, we don't all share the same values. So, it is not likely that this will ever happen.

Edited: funbikerchick on 17th Mar, 2005 - 7:50pm

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I think you all really do. Here in Trinidad and in Argentina we have a different rating system ( I believe other countries around the world has it too). There is not such a thing as rated R, but movies are rated by age (I suppose it varies depending on the maturity level of the inhabitants of that particular country) so we have for all ages, over 13 accompanied by parents, over 13, or 14, over 16, and over 18.

Edited: LDS_forever on 17th Mar, 2005 - 8:12pm

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Little difference between PG-13 and R-rated films, study says

A recently released study showed there's not much difference between PG-13 and R-rated movies. Ref. Source 6