What do these two quotes have in common? “You're Chev Chelios, right? The sickest, most wicked-ist motherfucker that ever vaporized motherfuckers in cold-blood, right?” and “Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.” The answer? Both are from R-rated films, Crank: High Voltage (1) and The Breakfast Club (2), respectively. According to the American ratings system put forth by the MPAA, the Motion Picture Association of America, these two films are equal and the same people who can view The Breakfast Club are just as mature to see Chev Chelios have sex on a derby horse race track in Crank: High Voltage. Now, as much as I am for my children seeing grotesque scenes of violence and sex, Crank doesn’t seem to be the right movie for them to view, or any human to view in any circumstance, regardless of their age. Yet somehow, The Breakfast Club, a movie beloved by …show more content…
Many people criticize them for having biased ratings against films that aren't produced by one of the major film companies. Why? Because the people in the MPAA that vote on movie ratings are made up of employees of the 6 biggest movie producers: Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. (6) It is shown in a study by David Waguespack, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, and Olav Sorenson, a professor at Yale's School of Management, that movies made by these 6 companies are 7% less likely to receive an R rating. This may not seem like a lot, but to an independent filmmaker such as myself, who needs to work so much harder with a way smaller budget to produce something of quality and have bias against me, is incredibly unfair. The difference between PG-13 and R is huge. Not only do you have to be 17 to see an R rated film, cutting out 22% of moviegoers in 2014 completely, but that R rating also carries a bad connotation with it, deterring others who might have seen it if it weren’t rated so harshly.
Hollywood got rid of its self-imposing ‘production code.’ This allowed things like adult language, adult themes, sex, and violence to be put into the movies that Hollywood produced.
The data indicates that movies with a PG-13 rating have an average rating of about 3.8 for sex/nudity, 4.7 for violence, and 4.3 for profanity. The rating category with the highest variance is
The individual rating types are also not a good portrayal of the movie as a whole. Bully was a perfect example of this. Amanda Kehrberg from the Phoenix New Times says “The R-rating is based on a handful of swear words used by students in the film who, by the MPAA's standards, wouldn't be allowed to watch
Teenagers are vital for the success of the film industry. In a 2015 survey, 56% of
These two characters are from their own separate stories but they both relate to this quote in some way.
The film explains that members of the MPAA’s review board have children between the ages of five to seventeen according to the MPAA. The MPAA asserts facts like these to convince the general public and opponents of the rating system that the system’s members are just plain, common and everyday people. The MPAA presents this specific fact in the movie, but, the film’s director, Kirby Dick, proves it to be untrue. Dick hires a private investigator to figure out the identity of the members of the MPAA’s review board. The conclusion of the investigation in the film reveals that the MPAA’s fact about their member’s kids ages are false and not in just one instance. The discrepancy between the
I love rated-R movies because they are actually interesting and keep me in the edge of my seat. If this movie wasn't as blunt as it is I probably wouldn’t like it. Usually I would recommend R movies to 10 and up, but I saw it before when I was younger. I had no idea what was going on, and I didn’t understand the message it was sending. So I would probably recommend it to 14 and up, for some children won’t see the message. MPAA rated Training Day rated-R, for it’s brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content, and brief nudity. Overall this is a entertaining movie that doesn’t disappoint. 9/11 would watch
They can not go to rated R movies without a parent’s permission. Kids can not even vote or drink because they are not “adults” so why try them as adults? Democratic state rep. Ron wilson of houston believes that the voting age should be changed to fourteen since kids are being treated as adults by the legal system. Most of the kids are not fully aware of why they will be spending the rest of their life behind bars.
The movie is ‘G’ rated and aimed at children aged around 7-12 years. The movie met its target audience because I feel they would be able to relate to this movie the most, but I also feel that the movie would be enjoyable for children of all ages and parents.
This sort of rating usually subverts common horror ratings as it is very low but this was requested by the film makers. The film starred Daniel Radcliff an actor who starred in the renowned harry potter series of films all rated at 12A so Radcliff’s fans that are usually younger were attracted to the film which aided in it’s lower rating the film makers wanted to appeal to this so the film was not as graphic as some other horror films but some parents and the BBFC still has some concerns for the children watching it at age of 12 because they found that supernatural being convincing children to kill themselves and murdering people would disturb younger children the children who wouldn’t usually watch horror films were brought by Radcliff another scene were concerns were raised was with the woman in black hanging herself from a noose and the young girl setting herself on fire with an oil lamp so they cut certain scenes darkened certain shots and reduced sound affects to achieve the lower rating which is all unconventional of a horror
According to the Motion Picture Association of America rated R stands for restrictive. No children 17 or under are allowed into the film unless they are with a parent. Since these films can contain sexual themes, sex talks, sexualized nudity, tough language, tough violence, and missionary sex. Now NC-17 stands for Adults only. No one under the age of 17 or young is allowed to see the film due the fact that it usually contains sexual acts like oral sex, anal sex, and etc (Film Rater).
R stands for restricted. This means that people the age of 17 and younger are required to have an adult with them while they are watching. This also means that it contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their child with them. NC-17 means that no one under the age of 17 is allowed to view this sort of content. This means that it is clearly adult and children are not admitted.
The MPAA likes to advertise that their rating system is entirely voluntary. Virtually, their system is only in place as an informative tool provided to assist parents to conveniently and easily decide what film will be suitable for their children. In reality, the system as previously discussed, influence the overall life span of a film. The is no realistic alternative other than going through the process of receiving a rating by the MPAA, editing the film to their liking or taking your chances with the appeals board. The members of the MPAA which include Sony Pictures (Sony), Warner Brothers (Time Warner), Universal Studios (GE), Walt Disney Pictures (Walt Disney Company), 20th Century Fox (News Corp), and Paramount Pictures (Viacom),
In order to establish a group that censors televisions and movies, the Motion Picture Producers Association (MPAA) was created. Each rating category has a description of the appropriate age at which to view the film and whether or not a parent’s accompaniment is necessary. The Motion Picture Producers Association assesses a film and gives it a rating of G (general audiences), PG (parental guidance suggested), PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned), R (restricted), or NC-17 (no one under seventeen admitted). As the film industry has been changing over time, so have the ratings. More and more parents are having issues with the ratings that some films are issued. “The man behind the ratings, Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), says the system works just fine. ‘Parents use it and trust it, and that's why it's lasted for almost 35 years,’ Valenti says. ‘It warns parents in advance about what's in a particular movie, but ultimately, parents are responsible for the behavior and conduct of their children — not the ratings system’ (Hansen 273).”
An individual around the age of 13 asks his parents if he can watch a movie with their consent and they allow him to, however he and his friends later get kicked out from the theatres anyways. Parental consent should be a major factor in determining if a teen should be allowed to watch rated R movies. According to the author A.O. Scott of The New York Times, parents have the authority on deciding whether a teenager is eligible for attending a rated R movie or not. “We all know what's right for our children” (A.O. Scott). Parents have lived with their children for most of the children's life and they understand how they act, and based off of their behavior, they can decide what movies the child can and can’t watch. It is not wrongdoing for the