MPAA To Revise Ratings System

[Zombified Jeremy]

The Motion Picture Association of America, always resistant to changes to its movie ratings system under its previous chief, Jack Valenti, is now planning to make some key alterations to the system, Daily Variety reported today (Wednesday). The trade paper said that the MPAA will now warn parents that some R-rated movies are not suitable for younger people -- whether or not they are accompanied by an adult. Another change will allow a filmmaker to cite scenes in another movie when appealing a severe rating. In an interview with Variety Dan Glickman, who succeed Valenti in 2004, said that the organization had been influenced by criticism of its ratings system presented in the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which debuted at the Sundance film festival last year. Glickman plans to discuss the new revisions of the ratings rules with independent filmmakers attending this year's Sundance festival, which gets underway on Monday, Variety said.

[Wolf]

If I read that right and there going to prevent kids from going to R-rated movies even with parants then heads will roll!

[JasonKrueger13]

If they do that i will KILL them. Kids should see any R film.

[Kwik Kash]

Doesn't sound too bad, except the whole not letting kids in even if they're with a parent -- that's infringing upon the rights of the parent. I hope I read that wrong...

So, are they going to make a PG-14, PG-15, PG-16, PG-17 now? Maybe they'll have a height system too, rating a film 5'6", meaning if you aren't five-foot, six inches, you aren't getting in!

But seriously, I find it silly that they crack down on movie theaters when kids can just upload and watch movies on their cell phones and computers, if not their own then their friends. If not that, they can go and rent movies and watch them, they just have to wait a little bit longer to see the film.

[Colt .45]

Thats the saddest thing ive heard all day. Now i cant even go if my mom takes me? Give me a break...This country is becoming more and mroe communist everyday.

[plushtar]

colt45 said:

Thats the saddest thing ive heard all day. Now i cant even go if my mom takes me? Give me a break...This country is becoming more and mroe communist everyday.

Communism is an economic theory, not political. The term you were looking for is Fascist and/or Authoritarian.

Pointless discussion as Kwik Kash pointed out. There is nothing that prevents kids from watching Rated R (or even Rated X in some cases) in the privacy of their homes. I assume that Best Buy cashiers will now tell adults not to show this to kids.

Also, I cannott recall any law that actually prevents kids from seeing R rated films. It's really the theatre's decision. The only places that may actually enforce this is the "Bible Belt" region which seems to have something against movies anyway.

[Zombified Jeremy]

The good news I see out of this is that when a filmmaker is appealing a rating, they can say "well this guy got away with it so why not me?"

The bad news is the parents not being able to take kids.

[Kwik Kash]

jeremy said:

The good news I see out of this is that when a filmmaker is appealing a rating, they can say "well this guy got away with it so why not me?"

The bad news is the parents not being able to take kids.

The first part, that's cool. But it's going to have people saying, "We can't let that slide under anymore."

But, for real. If a parent wants to take their kid, that's kind of lame. It'd be different if the kid didn't want to go, then maybe they could, as mentioned in another topic somewhere, have a daycare for parents to drop their kids off as they see movies.

[Zombified Jeremy]

There will be protects by some parents whose rights are being violated.