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Thank you. This is exactly what I have been trying to say all along. Although, I might add that along with thinking for ourselves, we should be getting all the guidance we are capable of from the Holy Ghost in making these decisions.

NightHawk

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Of course! I did not mention it because I thought it was a given that prayer and the Spirit must direct all our choices. Thanks for bringing it up.

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Wow, excelent points guys. I gave a charisma point to each one of you (JB and Nighhawlk) I loved the way you all express your ideas about it...I just wish I could speak english as well as you all do

The Patriot! what a movie! and yes I totally agree with you. How we could share history without showing the sacrifices that were made?. There are two types of R rated movies and no, I'm not rationalizing but simply analyzing. If a person goes and watch a movie rated R because of sexual content or extremely violence and is about robots or some kind of stupidity of this kind that DO NOT bring anything and DO NOT teach anything...then I would not go and see the movie but if the movie is about history, more if its about my own country and is rated R because of the violence on it due to REALITY, then I would go and see the movie. Gibson made a movie about Christ! Our Saviour! I want to see it! whether is rated R or not, I read several reviews and from what I got, he's not disrespecting the Lord in any way but all the opposite. We can discuss all night whether the extreme violence in the movie was necessary or not...but come on people, my goodness! he didn't die of leuchemia or cancer...he died on a cross after going through a lot of physical torture. That's reality, whether we want to accept or not. Yes, as latter day saints we give more emphasis when he was in Gethsemanie, but I don't think we should dismiss the movie because of it, after all, we know is NOT an LDS movie, why then we should expect Gibson giving an LDS perspective about it?.
The best movie I ever saw was 'Schindler's List' and the reason I watched is because I met Mrs. Schindler personally (she lived in Argentina after the war) actually Oscar Schindler lived there too but he only stay for a couple of years and then left. The other reason I saw it is because I was always very interest in the subject of the Holocaust and Argentina have the second largest jewish community in America (after the US). The movie was rated R because of violence too but I don't regret on watching it! Spielberg well deserved that Oscar! I loved it! it was so touching, I cried most of the movie by just imaging what this people went through...and I learn a lot more if I waste time watching a PG movie who do not bring me anything.
Again, I'm not trying to justify anything but just analyzing my own experience on it. We should be wise enough to take our own decisions, and follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit in EVERYTHING we do.

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LDS, you bring up some excellent points. Another way to look at some of these movies is the purpose of the movie.

The Passion of the Christ is a work of art, lovingly made as an act of worship. Just as many of the masterpiece paintings in museums around the world portray violence, nudity, perhaps even intense sexuality, doesn't mean that we reject them all out of hand. We judge each on its own merits.

There is a huge difference between movies as works of art (as opposed to artsy movies), and such things as, say, Friday the 13th or Striptease. I don't think it takes much thought to dismiss the latter types of movies.

NightHawk

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Thanks. Look at the movie 'Anger Management' for instance, its rated PG 13 "Crude sexual content and language" now because is not an R-rated movie, that's it mean, I have the 'okay' to go and see this movie?. I haven't personally see it but I heard a couple of members talking about it some time ago and saying they're were surprised how they show two women kissing just so!,
Now we have no problem to see a movie like that but yes we don't want to go and see a movie about the suffering of Christ on the cross!. You know what I mean?. I'm not trying to judge anybody but I want to say is that we need to pay a close look at the content of the movie and not always the ratings, some R-rated movies (maybe like the Passion) is for kindergarden children compared to some PG or PG 13 movies! (a lot of sexual content and swearing!) but that's okay because is not rated R? It doesn't make much sense to me.
Some LDS parents do not see anything wrong in allowing their children to see this Harry Potter guy, he is a wizard, a sorcerer!...okay...it's just a movie, fine with me, but we know as LDS members what is our position about all that stuff, even little children wants to dress and act like Harry Potter! and is a 'family' movie...now you have a movie about Christ and because the movie gives a lot of emphasis on the suffering of Christ, is not good to watch?.

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Here is an interesting article on R rated movies. Sorry if it has been posted before, I didnt read all the replies.



https://www.sunstoneonline.com/magazine/iss...e%20ratings.pdf

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Thanks for the link... it is very long, care to give us what it says in a nutshell as well as your own view. Thanks.

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Very interesting article. Makes me see I need to perhaps reevaluate my position on R rated movies.

BTW-After much consideration, I bought my tickets on-line today to see Passion tomorrow night.