Movie ratings are ridiculous and are more of a reflection of America’s repressed personality than any sense of fair or objective labels that are useful to consumers. It’s easy to come to this conclusion after watching This Film is Not Yet Rated, a documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America’s system for rating films. […]
Written by randomfool on March 9th, 2007 with
no comments.
Read more articles on General Folly and Movie Reviews.
Movie ratings are ridiculous and are more of a reflection of America’s repressed personality than any sense of fair or objective labels that are useful to consumers. It’s easy to come to this conclusion after watching This Film is Not Yet Rated, a documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America’s system for rating films. The system is shrouded in secrecy and, from what the documentary was able to uncover through digging through trash and following raters around town, is devoid of any real objective policy that film makers can rely on. One thing is clear, though, that the depiction of sex (and, more importantly, certain types of sex) are dramatically limited while massive doses of violence are not limited as much. Interestingly, two members of the clergy (an Episcopalian and a Catholic only) are on the appeals board!!! Essentially, the MPAA system is a form of censorship based on some unclear Christian-centric values, the result of which is a form of censorship that favors large movie studios who crank out multiple copies of the same violent and disturbing movies at the cost of independent voices if those independent voices dare to talk about sex. What a joke.
Written by randomfool on March 9th, 2007 with
no comments.
Read more articles on General Folly and Movie Reviews.
There are still no comments on this article.
If you want to leave your comment on this article, simply fill out the next form:
You have to be identified to write a comment.