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Posted by lugnut on 03/22/07 14:44
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:45:12 -0400, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote:
>> All theaters that belong to NATO (and some that don't) enforce
>> CARA's recommended audience restrictions. R rated movies tend not to be
>> blockbusters.
>
>Right, that's why 300 has been the top movie for 2 straight weekends.
>
Not to drag this off-topic, but it's a subject I've been curious about
for the past few years - the "PG-13ification" of American movies. I
don't know when this happened exactly, it seemed gradual, and then one
day it seemed like every movie that came out was tagged with the
PG-13.
But my question - how and why has this been occurring? R-rated
movies, at least until the latter half of the 90s, were never
considered box-office poison. Hell, it was mainly kids who drove the
never-ending stream of R-rated horror and action movies in the '80s
and early '90s. Did a law change that would enact fines on theatres
that sold tickets to 'R' films to minors?
I'm not advocating studios make films with 'R' content just for the
sake of making an R-rated film, but it's incredibly annoying when they
start hacking down movies to get that PG-13. Half of me just wonders
if it isn't all one big plot to push "unrated omg edition!" DVDs.
-lugnut
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