R Rated? MPAA Fail (again)

Good points NP13, but that's the way it's going anymore with people like the OP leading the political correct battering ram. They intend to steamroll all that's imagined to be in their way.

I see Stupid People...

I have never seen a movie given an R rating because of strong language.

Ever.

Historically people have tried to find rationalizations whenever people start seeing and pointing out signs of systematic prejudice in order to root it out and clean it up. For a long time many people will try to defend it, deny it, justify it, and mock those who recognize it. Eventually they quiet down when they see their side can't survive.

Don't be on the wrong side of history. You're playing out roles that have played out for centuries. It's never boded well for the justifiers.




Movies are IQ tests; the IMDB boards are how people broadcast their score.

It's a godamn shame that one word can limit the audience like that because it is a sexual expletive. I guess it's too late to edit out the "mother" part. I actually only just heard of this movie but now I would really like to watch it, sounds really good.

I find it funny that people are getting all upset at the MPAA for being "homophobic" for rating a movie with strong language for "Language". The producers/Directors should be aware of the way the rating system works and make the movie accordingly. It seems the director of the movie understands why his movie received an R rating.

They said MF in "Draft Day" which was PG-13.

Have to have at least 2 f-bombs to get Rated R, and even then there have been movies with 2 f-bombs that got Rated PG-13.

Maybe because it is a move about perverts. Oh you say I'm 'homophobic'?? Really? In order to be 'phobic' about something wouldn't I have to FEAR that thing? The only thing I FEAR about homosexuality is that is will be considered 'normal behavior' when in point of fact it is a mental disease of the deviant kind.
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Almost every scene in Hunger Games with kids getting killed is shown in shaky cam. You can't tell what the hell is going on, let alone see any impact. The only two you can see properly are from bow and arrows, and they're bloodless.

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Because there are essentially only three ratings. PG, PG-13 and R. Almost nothing gets a G or NC-17 rating anymore and really only children's movies get a PG. So yeah, movies with highly disparate levels of offensiveness are going to get the same rating.

The MPAA's rules may be stupid but they are the rules and according to the rules that's the rating it had to get. All they had to do was cut the language and re-submit it, happens all the time. But that wouldn't get them in the news.

"It's quite clear that the film got the rating due to language."

But that's just what isn't clear, despite the director's belief. Many movies have not been given an R rating even though one, sometimes two, MF expletives were used. Some have been mentioned in earlier posts. I think it's quite valid to ask why this particular movie was rated R. I strongly suspect it was the combination of epithet and subject matter, in which case, yes, it's an MPAA fail.

Fine but it has nothing to do with it being about gays. Like I said, all they had to do was cut the profanity and resubmit but they're trying to turn this into some anti-gay nonsense.

Every one who works for the MPAA deserves to be stripped naked, tied to poles and have rotten fruit thrown at them for a full day