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I'd like to think that the kids that are in the film would have a greater understanding than the average child that this is make believe. They were there on set, seeing the cast and make-up artists and cameras. They know that this is a work of fiction and because of that speical insight that the average child wouldn't have, it's more likely that their parent would allow it. Yet you don't really see them at the premiers do you? It's parental discresion, certianly. But some parents are insane... and I know this because when I went to see 300 on opening night someone brought there 5 yr. old.....
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Well over here in the beautiful British Isles we have 5 ratings. Universal - Anyone can watch these. Mostly young children's movies and documentaries that don't have anything remotely questionable in them. Parental Guidance - These movies are mostly oriented towards children as well. They may have the "a" word in there perhaps or maybe there's a few scary bits. Pretty much anybody can watch them. 12 - This rating is like an American PG-13 kinda. More of a softer PG-13. Maybe some brief nudity, perhaps some expletives and maybe a little blood and violence. Nothing to hardcore though. 15 - Now here is where I get lost. The 15 rating is something I would have to watch before I let my kids see it, not that I have any, but if I did it's something I would do. Let me give you a sort of comparison between the 15 rating and the 18 rating. The 15 rating was applied to a movie called "The Hangover", *SPOILER ALERT* The hangover has graphic nudity, lot's of expletives and for a brief minute you see a man with his tooth missing and lots of blood. See that movie got the 15 rating. In my opinion it may have been wiser to give it an 18 rating but anyways.. 18 - The film "The Watchmen" received the 18 rating even though the only difference between the two was that the watchmen had a more scenes of violence. So pretty much 18's have lot's of 4 different things. Sex, Violence, Drug/Alcohol Abuse and Language. I think horror may be in the classification system as well. Not sure. To me this a much better system than the American one..which hurts me to say as I am an American living in the UK and still hold on to my patriotic spirit. :) You can find out more about the UK ratings system at http://www.bbfc.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.bbfc.co.uk/
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I believe the MPAA (the organization who rates movies) is extremely corrupt. They have no regualtions and answer to none but themselves. Movies that really try to say something are often rated in such a way that no movie theater will book them, thus the MPAA largely 'chooses' what most americans watch (because, like so many other parts of our sociaty, profict dictates much).
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Passion of the Christ is rated 'R.' I think it goes to show that when deciding what movie a child should see the parent should watch it first and then decided on a movie by movie bases. I have seen some PG rated movies that I wouldn't let any child of mine see.
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This is random, but I always thought there should be a bit wider ratings. For example. Little Miss Sunshine is rated R, and so is the Departed. Honestly, LMS is a very soft R, while the Departed is a very-hard R, shouldn't there be sort room to distinguish the two with another kind of rating? Same with Sweeney Todd and Stand by Me. Sweeney Todd is easily one of the best deserving of an R-rating with the amount of absolute and explicit gore in that film, but how can someone put it in the same R category as a movie like Stand by Me about 12-year-olds who go on an adventure and just like to drop the f-bomb? I would totally let my 12-year-old watch Stand by Me, but wouldn't let them near Sweeney Todd.
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