R-Rating: What does it do for you?
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i never notice R-ratings anymore. the guys at the box office dont ask me for my ID anymore because i'm quite obviously 17 or older so i have zero reason to care. i was actually really surprised that The King's Speech was rated R after i watched it. i could of sworn it was pg-13 material while i was watching it.
Rating doesn't affect my opinion on a movie. Whether it's good affects my opinion.
Dawn Of The Dead (O.G. Version) and The Hitcher are my favourite horror movies ever though so maybe there is a truth to R rated horror being better.
Dawn Of The Dead (O.G. Version) and The Hitcher are my favourite horror movies ever though so maybe there is a truth to R rated horror being better.
Standards have changed and will keep doing so. The Rocky Horror Picture Show used to be R rated. Now it's M. An R rating doesn't normally make or break the decision to see a movie. If it's a horror film and it's R. I then check for gore. Excessive gore can kind of break a movie. If I'm really interested I will still watch it. If I'm half assed I skip it.
To me ratings are a good clue as to the quality of the movie. In a lot of cases an R-rating makes it more likely the movie is worth watching.
If its something by Pixar or Disney then I won't pay any attention to it, family friendly movies can be either amazing or complete crap all while being rated pg-13 or lower.
If its a horror, action, thriller and things like that, a lack of an R-rating means it is less cool than it could be. There are some stories that are just completely cheapened by studios toning them down in order to get a wider audience and thus more money.
Whether its The Godfather or The Hangover Part II, if they cut out the swearing and violence its just less fun. If the story is intended to be kid friendly from the beginning then I won't ask for death and nudity to be added for no reason, but they should make the movie the way they set out to and not let corporate assholes meddle with it.
If its something by Pixar or Disney then I won't pay any attention to it, family friendly movies can be either amazing or complete crap all while being rated pg-13 or lower.
If its a horror, action, thriller and things like that, a lack of an R-rating means it is less cool than it could be. There are some stories that are just completely cheapened by studios toning them down in order to get a wider audience and thus more money.
Whether its The Godfather or The Hangover Part II, if they cut out the swearing and violence its just less fun. If the story is intended to be kid friendly from the beginning then I won't ask for death and nudity to be added for no reason, but they should make the movie the way they set out to and not let corporate assholes meddle with it.
The only time a film's rating matters to me is when it's PG-13. And that's only with horror movies. I believe that the only good PG-13 horror movie is Tremors and I would barely call it horror. When a director decides to make a horror movie PG-13, it's because he wants to market a crappy idea to as many people as possible. If it was a truly good movie, they wouldn't have to try and market it to the teenage audience. And with the removal of the R rating, it also means the removal of tits, cursing, and gore from a horror movie, most people think that the only way to make their horror movie scary is by cramming in as many jump scares as possible. That's not scary. True horror is like the Fly where it makes you sick to even look at the main character and it has your skin crawling or like A Nightmare on Elm Street where there is literally no escape...
But yeah I went way off topic. No, an R rating doesn't matter to me.
But yeah I went way off topic. No, an R rating doesn't matter to me.
There was that one scene... it was like Planes Trains and Automobiles where it's really not bad for the entire movie, but there's one outburst scene that sticks it with an R rating.Ashcrexl said:
R-Ratings make me ssssSSSOOOOO ANGRY!!!!!
Not really. Ratings can be a good thing, keeping impressionable minds (or idiots) from seeing stuff that their not prepared for or can't handle.
Still, it can make things difficult for those who are mature, but not old enough, and want to see something without adult supervision.
Kinda double edged sometimes, but necessary i think. It's never stopped me from wanting or not wanting to see a movie.
Not really. Ratings can be a good thing, keeping impressionable minds (or idiots) from seeing stuff that their not prepared for or can't handle.
Still, it can make things difficult for those who are mature, but not old enough, and want to see something without adult supervision.
Kinda double edged sometimes, but necessary i think. It's never stopped me from wanting or not wanting to see a movie.
Since I'm now 29 years old, it doesn't really mean much of anything.
What does irritate me however is when film makers throw adult content (sex, excessive violence, gore etc.) into a film where it doesn't belong in order to make their film seem more "mature" or in an attempt to reach an older audience. In the same respects it can be equally irritating when this content is removed or toned down in a movie where it actually is appropriate an enhances the plot, again just to attempt to reach a wider audience.
I wish film makers would take pride in their work and forget about the all mighty fucking dollar. Don't jam so-called "mature" content into a movie where it doesn't belong, and don't remove it from a film where it does.
What does irritate me however is when film makers throw adult content (sex, excessive violence, gore etc.) into a film where it doesn't belong in order to make their film seem more "mature" or in an attempt to reach an older audience. In the same respects it can be equally irritating when this content is removed or toned down in a movie where it actually is appropriate an enhances the plot, again just to attempt to reach a wider audience.
I wish film makers would take pride in their work and forget about the all mighty fucking dollar. Don't jam so-called "mature" content into a movie where it doesn't belong, and don't remove it from a film where it does.
yeah, ever since i could remember i just watched what movies appealed to me and what games i found entertaining and never paid any attention to what they might have been ratedAdam Galli said:
but i have noticed that ratings do effect what i watch in that they sometimes nerf the movie or game for the worse to keep it at a certain rating
Just like with games, I haven't cared about ratings since I became old enough to buy whatever I wanted. There are two things that bug me, though; when an R rated film gets cut down to PG-13 to broaden the audience, and when an R rated film gets a PG-13 rated sequel for the same reason. In both cases, whatever material was cut was there for a reason, and it should not have been cut. Case in point, anybody who has seen the international cut of Blade Runner can vouch for why the 30 seconds or so of additional violence that was cut from the other versions was crucial. The little extra bit adds to the impact of the retirement scenes, which needed the violence to drive home the gravity of the situation. Now imagine the whole thing being cut down, instead of from an NC-17 (which eventually got re-rated as an R anyway) to an R, from the cut down R to a PG-13. The film wouldn't have worked at all.
That said, aside from instances where the executive meddling caused a film to be recut in order to get a lower rating, I really don't care about ratings. My shelf has everything on it from G rated films to unrated films, and it's not the rating that I based my purchases on, but the quality.
That said, aside from instances where the executive meddling caused a film to be recut in order to get a lower rating, I really don't care about ratings. My shelf has everything on it from G rated films to unrated films, and it's not the rating that I based my purchases on, but the quality.
How about the racism and sexism?Doctor What said:
It depends who you are. Sometimes studios will alter movies to get a PG-13 rating instead of an R rating in order to attract a wider audience. So an "R" rating can be a big deal to a studio trying to get a blockbuster out, and will likely result in cut scenes.Nimcha said:
And then there's the fact that a lot of movies that are rated R in the States are 18A or less (14A fairly frequently) here in Canada... Gotta love different rating systems.Marter said:
Of course apparently 28 Days Later kept it's R rating, just from a quick look at my movie collection. Probably for the male nudity.Marter said:Sometimes even PG, like in the case of The King's Speech!Cain_Zeros said: