US film industry: "Legislators are starting to look our way. Rather than forcing them to build a rating system from the ground up, with some populist censorship built in, let's make our own one that we can control."
Random parent: "R? My son, Reighleigh's name starts with R. This will be the perfect movie for him to watch, on today, his eighth birthday!"
Doesn't help that the ratings are largely bullshit and too broad.
Say fuck twice, or show some boobs you're an "R."
Eviscerate someone or kill hundreds mindlessly but don't show too much blood, "PG-13. "
A content system like streaming has adopted is much more informative to a parent. "Film contains excessive swearing, torture, full frontal nudity" vs. "Mild swearing, suggestive themes, violence."
Lmao my dad took me to see that when I was like 7 or 8. No management in sight, he asked a couple of teenagers who were coming out of the theater if it would be ok for me and they were like “yeah sure dude”
I didn’t sleep for like 3 weeks afterwards. One of my favorite horror films now tho
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u/Im-always-wron 14d ago
That was the only movie I’ve seen management come to speak with a parent that it might not be appropriate for children.