Based on my experiences throughout my public education years, I tend to think that when students advance through their public education, they get forced to watch movies in class with a higher rating (but for educational purposes), so when you're almost done with elementary school, you get forced to watch a PG-rated film, when you're almost done with middle school, you get forced to watch a PG-13-rated film, and when you're almost done with high school, you get forced to watch an R-rated film.
The American rating system is quite odd. Why not have a system like the British: U (Universal), PG (Parental Guidance), 12A (Children under 12 must be accompanied by adults), 15 (15 and over only) and 18 (18 and over only)?
I saw this film with my mother at like some premiere screening with the director, the two older PI women and their daughter answering questions afterward. I stood in line afterward to give my opinion on the film and the MPAA on camera. But I was fresh out of highschool and my thoughts were very scatterbrained. The gist of what I said was “A way to solve all of this is to remove the NC-17 rating all together and make the R-rating 18 and older.” I still stand by that.
Yeah but as a documentary I found it just as good as This Film is Not Yet Rated. And the interviews with all the humorists who popularized the word fuck are the best part of the movie by far ---> so hilarious!
@Xepher2010Returns I think I remember seeing that too in a Mass Communications course I took for the Fall 2009 semester at my alma mater because I remember seeing clips of films that showed us how they were like when the Hays Code dominated the film industry before it was abandoned in favor of the movie rating system in 1968.
This films had insightful interviews with John Waters, Matt Stone and others about what they had to go through to get their films passed. I also learned that there's a member of the Catholic clergy on the board of appeals! Seems kind of biased, doesn't it?
Yeah, for example Matt Stone and Trey Parker had fueds with the MPAA twice, Matt even send a letter to them to announce that he and Trey changed scenes
G-All ages, No materials PG-Parental Guidance, Little mild materials and must be 8 years and up. PG-13-Parents Strongly Cautioned, Some Bad Materials and must be 13 years old and up. R-Restricted, Many Bad Materials and must be 17 years old and up. NC-17-No Children 17 and Under for adults and VERY MANY BAD MATERIALS!
@Xepher2010Returns Great to see that someone else had quite a similar experience. I'd personally believe it was quite fascinating to learn about how allowing and tolerating content has evolved over time due to changing values in American societies throughout the years (at least that's what I believe).
From what I’ve heard on Wikipedia, it’s even more interesting than that. An early version of the movie was submitted for a rating (obviously NC-17), but then they tried to appeal the rating in order to talk about the appeal process in the final movie. It seems like those changes were kept on the DL, because apparently those scenes were a surprise when the movie was shown publicly. The final version was then never submitted for a new rating.
MPAA Rating System: G: General Audiences All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children. PG: Parental Guidance Suggested Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children. PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers. R: Restricted Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them. NC-17: Adults Only No one 17 and under admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
The Rating Called "This Movie is not yet Rated" It's Applied Only for those Crappy Indie Home Video Releasced Movies instead of the Theatrical Releasced. for the Videogames Needs a ESRB or PEGI Rating Called "NC" (Not Classificed) dedicated for the Japan Exclusive PS1 or DS Games That's are Imported via Internet
Fuck was so-so... The only thing worth remembering about it is that they never really found out for sure what it meant but it might have came from an old english word meaning to stab something like a bail of hay
Japan Rating evolution(1951-now): N/A(until 1979) A N/A(until 1979) B>PG6>6 N/A(until 1979) C>M12>12 XXX>F>R18>NK One tier(1951-1979) Four tiers(1979-now)
Let's just say the people who watch movies in order to rate them, they're not consistent in their individually subjective decision making. The 1997 movie My Best Friend's Wedding, has none other than Julia Roberts dropping an f-bomb. Even though it was in a "sexual way", it still got a PG13 rating.
@space13awesomer I guess some people who slap ratings on various media material due to what content is present in them don't even know that some kids can easily be wise beyond their years.
Actually, it was submitted to the Ratings Board, which gave it an NC-17 because of the clips from NC-17 films. So the producers simply released it unrated. (It's not as if it played much outside urban centers -- you weren't going to find it at the malls.)
Because it doesn’t violate RU-vid Guidelines 🤦♀️ obviously…. The movie itself was rated NC-17 but they don’t show any questionable content in the video.
G-General Audiences-All Ages Admitted PG-Parental Guidance Suggested-Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children PG-13-Parents Strongly Cautioned-Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13 R-Restricted-Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian NC-17-Adults Only-No One 17 And Under Admitted
