Movie Ratings System

[feral]

How accurate do you think the current movie ratings system (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) is? Do you base your movie choices off of ratings to any degree, such as abstaining from NC-17 films or taking your children only to G ratings? I ask because there seems such a disparity in films with PG-13 ratings. Some are completely childish, kid centered, with nothing objectionable. Others have hints of sexuality, some swearing, etc. Do you think the system as it stands is valid and useful, or should it be revamped? If you're non-US, what type of system if any do you have for rating films?

 

[Kelly]

I think they should use a more detailed system, sort of like the one used on television programming.

http://www.tvguidelines.org/ratings.asp

V - Violence
S - Sexual content
L - Course Language

 

[Roo6339]

i think our (australia's) ratings should be similar to americas. americas seems to be more... accurate.

 

[Pope Gonzo]

My biggest problem is how lax the PG-13 and R ratings have gotten. 15 years ago, you would probably hear a few swears and a little this-and-that and be PG-13. Look at all the sexual innuendo in Shrek 2 though. It's a very innocent movie, but there is way too much stuff that's implied. (Granted, with Shrek 2, I think the problem is more with the movie than with the ratings system)

I guess I could say that the ratings system isn't that bad, but movies could use some better judgement on what's included.

 

[Key Peninsula Redneck]

My biggest problem is how lax the PG-13 and R ratings have gotten. 15 years ago, you would probably hear a few swears and a little this-and-that and be PG-13. Look at all the sexual innuendo in Shrek 2 though. It's a very innocent movie, but there is way too much stuff that's implied. (Granted, with Shrek 2, I think the problem is more with the movie than with the ratings system)

I guess I could say that the ratings system isn't that bad, but movies could use some better judgement on what's included.

20-25 years ago, you could get PG movies with nudity.

I like the current system as long as the explain why a movie is rated whatever it is rated.

 

[Bayhawks83]

the 1974? film about the watergate scandale had a little more than 5 f words in it and was rated PG. i think the ratings system is alright.

 

[Key Peninsula Redneck]

Have you ever seen The Outlaw Josey Wales?

 

[PeeLaPear3K1]

"16 Candles," which came out in 1984, had the "f" word and nudity, among other things, and it was rated PG.

I think that the ratings are accurate now. They usually say why the movie is rated the way it is, but I'm not so sure about movies that go between R and PG-13.

 

[sykotick]

i think that sometimes it is accurate, but sometimes it is a load of ****. like in the states sometimes movies (such as lord of the rings) are rated 18+ (or at least thats what ive heard) and taht is totally going overboard. and sometimes they will say "language" and you will hear like, maybe a "damn" possibly a "****" and it is rated 14a and that is the only thing i the whole movie that is bad. and there is only like 1 or 2 of them. so i think that the system is messed up. the system has failed.

 

[daydreamergurl15]

I do base my movies on the movie ratings but I seriously believe that some of the movies are getting wrong radings and it needs to be higher.

 

[Dracil]

Maybe they could use the game ratings.

http://www.esrb.com/esrbratings.asp

 

[Sanguine]

I don't think they should have 'ratings' as such. Just points about what it contains (e.g. V - violence, S - sex, etc). I get pretty tired of lazy and whiny parents complaining about these kind of things. Such a system would force them into at least a bit of mental exertion.