Jay Beezy Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) We had a talk about this on the Iron Man 3 thread when Iron Man just got its rating. To keep the topic of the IM3 thread on IM3, I'm starting a discussion here and I'll copy and paste what I said there.I'm adding to something Alex Garland said during an interview for Dredd. A mainstream movie can't show too explicit sex. If you could see into every bedroom in the country, you're bound to find more than enough people having genuine consensual purely naked sex which can be a beautiful thing, particularly with couples who are genuinely in love with each other. And most of the people on the planet are of the result of having sex. But a mainstream movie can show horrific acts of violence against a human body, such as beheadings and even eye-gougings and castrations apparently. Meanwhile, last year the country experienced two mass tragedies of violence in a time frame of less than six months, and those incidents got a hell of a lot more attention than couples having consensual sex like they do on a regular basis. If that's not messed up, I don't know what is. Edited April 16, 2013 by Jay Beezy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 That 1 'fuck' rule is so stupid. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I never really thought about it as it never stopped me from seeing any movie I wanted. It really never affected me so I don't have a problem with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) When it comes to language the MPAA has it totally bollocks. The King's Speech, aside from the one scene of f-bombs raining down like the London Blitz, is a complete PG film. Edited April 11, 2013 by 4815162342 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I never get why the NC-17 rating is such a controversial thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 America should be more like Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Beezy Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 That 1 'fuck' rule is so stupid. Not to mention, you can't use it in its literal term. And motherfucker can't be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Beezy Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 I never get why the NC-17 rating is such a controversial thing. Because mainstream theaters won't show them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Because mainstream theaters won't show them. See that's the part I don't get it's stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I think its grotesque that Amelie and Hostel have the same age rating 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 See that's the part I don't get it's stupid. I guess its some form of disguised american puritanism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Beezy Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 MPAA doesn't think like the average American parent they say they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 The system is fucked, and should be burned to the ground and renewed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Drew McWeeny had a good suggestion, I thought. Just be more specific about why a film gets a particular rating. Use, I dunno, "Sexual Situations", "Nudity", "Language", and "Violence" (I'm sure there are some good more good keywords) and then a modifier: "Mild", "Considerable", "Extreme". Then just tag it like they already do for premium cable TV or videogames: MS, CS, XS - mild/considerable/extreme sex ML, CL, XL - mild/considerable/extreme language Etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Beezy Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Drew McWeeny had a good suggestion, I thought. Just be more specific about why a film gets a particular rating. Use, I dunno, "Sexual Situations", "Nudity", "Language", and "Violence" (I'm sure there are some good more good keywords) and then a modifier: "Mild", "Considerable", "Extreme". Then just tag it like they already do for premium cable TV or videogames: MS, CS, XS - mild/considerable/extreme sex ML, CL, XL - mild/considerable/extreme language Etc. That is a good idea, but it doesn't fix the issue of the MPAA's leniency with violence over sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I dunno, I dont think language, unless its really abusive, should be a reason to give a movie a stricter rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 That is a good idea, but it doesn't fix the issue of the MPAA's leniency with violence over sex. Yeah, but there's no easy way to change that, short of a cultural shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I've never understood why they're so uptight about sex and so lax about violence. It's dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have never really understood why you can show violence, even the 'cartoony' style of violence that one would see in a movie like The Avengers, yet you say Fuck twice and suddenly its a mature movie. Or you show a tit and its suddenly a mature movie. It just seems very much out of whack to me. Surely violence is worse than a bit of swearing or some nudity..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
