Disney has gone too far.

[ChristmasChild]

A while back, I took my 6-Year-Old Niece to see the popular movie adaptation of the book Prince Caspian. The rating was PG, and I assumed as much. She had seen several Disney PG's and I thought nothing of it. A cheesy swordfight could earn a PG in today's world. But this movie had monsters, decapitations, and "jump out at you" spot or two. She had nightmares for a week. And to top it all off, I was to blame, according to her mother. I should have watched the movie forst or something apparently. I guess if you happen to be the Disney Company, you can get whatever rating you want from a film. What I need is some opinions. Am I to blame?

 

[EOT]

I guess you have never read the books then? If you had you would have known what to expect. PG means Parental Guidance, not Suitable for everyone which is a U rating. I would say 6 is far too young for many PG rated films.

 

[Fightgarr]

I don't think Disney decides the ratings. Sorry dude, as much as hating on Disney is fine, they didn't pull this one, the people who decide the ratings did.

 

[Baby Tea]

Yeah, I would say it's your bad.
I thought everyone knew the the rating system has just been getting more and more lacadazical with it's ratings. PG-13 used to mean a bit of violence and some casual curse words. Now it's fairly strong language, violence, nudity...basically everything is a rating lower then what it should be, these days.

 

[irishdelinquent]

Sorry man, but it isn't Disney's fault. They don't get to choose the ratings that their films get; ratings are a separate board, which analyzes the film's content and rates it "accordingly". Disney may have been trying to reach a PG13 rating, but the film board thought it was only PG. Next time, maybe read a few reviews online about a questionable movie first...they tend to say whether it is violent or not.

 

[Abedeus]

PG usually is someone 12+.

Don't blame Blizzard for his Diablo 2, that got 15+ and you let your 10 year old cousin play it.

I did, when I was 8, and after IV act and all the horrible creatures in Hell (hey, it were different times - Diablo 2 had pretty good graphics), I had nightmares for like a month.

Blame yourself for not knowing the rating system.

 

[Deschamps]

I sometimes find that my local theater posts ratings below what they actually are. I'd say it's to make more money by letting more people see it, but I've been asked repeatedly how old I am when I'm going to see a PG movie. I'm sixteen. Sure, I'm small, and I could probably pass for 13, but the movie was PG!

 

[dangerousdave_42]

the mpaa decides the ratings and unfortunately they can be surprisingly biased in their reviews when big money comes into play just look at harry potter 3 or dark night they really did not deserve their lenient ratings but as they were big money blockbusters they got an easy pass.If you want to watch an interesting movie on this topic check out This Film Is Not Yet Rated

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/

EDIT: oh and just fyi the rating system is completely voluntary meaning there is no actual law prohibiting you from seeing a particular movie that is R or NC-17 even if you are not 17

 

[fix-the-spade]

Well it is your fault and it isn't.

The PG rating has been steadily slipping in it's standards. The Fellowship of the Ring is PG and I hope you would never take a 6 year old to see that. It seems as long as you don't show major organs or sex scenes you can get away with just about anything violence wise and still avoid a 12+ rating.

With little kids you should always watch the film first. Even U rated films seem to have nightmare inducers in them now.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Terrible film of a terrible series of books. +1 for Eddie Izzard

 

[Yog Sothoth]

A while back, I took my 6-Year-Old Niece to see the popular movie adaptation of the book Prince Caspian. The rating was PG, and I assumed as much. She had seen several Disney PG's and I thought nothing of it. A cheesy swordfight could earn a PG in today's world. But this movie had monsters, decapitations, and "jump out at you" spot or two. She had nightmares for a week. And to top it all off, I was to blame, according to her mother. I should have watched the movie forst or something apparently. I guess if you happen to be the Disney Company, you can get whatever rating you want from a film. What I need is some opinions. Am I to blame?

Parents are responsible for screening the media they expose their children to, so yeah sorry, it's on you, man...

You can not rely on the ratings systems alone... they are only guidlines, and are inconsistent in my opinion. You should read reviews and do more research before you take a young child to see a film...

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Well it is your fault and it isn't.

The PG rating has been steadily slipping in it's standards. The Fellowship of the Ring is PG and I hope you would never take a 6 year old to see that. It seems as long as you don't show major organs or sex scenes you can get away with just about anything violence wise and still avoid a 12+ rating.

With little kids you should always watch the film first. Even U rated films seem to have nightmare inducers in them now.

Watership Down. That is all.

 

[Archaon6044]

i thought the PG thing was actually quite a vague rating, i mean for christ' sake, TOY STORY was a PG movie. how did that epic film ever deerve such a rating. i reckon you should get PG- and PG+, to say parental guidance, this one may be a bit nasty, or may be softer than others

about it being your fualt and that you should have watched the film first to make sure it was suitable, i think that's b/s. if it was in the cinema, the most likely thing was that you hadn't seen it either, and given the way that books are heavily adapted for the screen, the book might not have alluded to the film content (just look at the mash-up they made of Harry Potter 4 when they converted that film!)


and what was the rating of Watership down?
i remember watching it somewhere between the age of 3 and 7, and being perfectly okay with it, but i watched when i was about 9, and i had to put the light back on at night. it shows if you actually understand what's going on, it has a much greater impact

 

[Sylocat]

Wonder what a half exposed nipple would have done to this movie's rating?

Instant R rating.

 

[Rajin Cajun]

Yeah, I would say it's your bad.
I thought everyone knew the the rating system has just been getting more and more lacadazical with it's ratings. PG-13 used to mean a bit of violence and some casual curse words. Now it's fairly strong language, violence, nudity...basically everything is a rating lower then what it should be, these days.

Indeed, it is getting to the point you have to be absolutely over the top to even get an R now or just make a softcore Porno.

 

[dangerousdave_42]

Wonder what a half exposed nipple would have done to this movie's rating?

Instant R rating.

unless you have a 200 million dollar budget ala Titanic

 

[niblik]

Well it is your fault and it isn't.

The PG rating has been steadily slipping in it's standards. The Fellowship of the Ring is PG and I hope you would never take a 6 year old to see that. It seems as long as you don't show major organs or sex scenes you can get away with just about anything violence wise and still avoid a 12+ rating.

With little kids you should always watch the film first. Even U rated films seem to have nightmare inducers in them now.

Watership Down. That is all.

Oh god! Remember that scene where that one rabbit had visions of other rabbits dying underground?

Sheez, that scared me and I was 16 at the time...