It can be higher or lower
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thousand_yard_stare — 15 years ago(August 27, 2010 11:05 PM)
The lame remake/pilot of The Dead Zone was rated R because I kid you not one of the characters makes a passing reference to President Clinton "getting head." Compare that to what made it into the PG-13-rated Austin Powers series.
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Rvrgm — 15 years ago(October 06, 2010 01:13 PM)
Want a real shock? Rent the 1970s version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Brooke Adams walks around topless for about five minutes near the end. And it was rated PG !! I don't even think those scenes would make it in a PG-13 movie unless James Cameron were directing.
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almighty_cinder — 15 years ago(October 09, 2010 02:05 PM)
Matrix: End credts have Marilyn Manson song that has somewhere around 8 F words in it. Plus, exit and entrance wounds from gunshots are rarely ever shown in PG-13s, and Matrix has them in multiple scenes.
The drawing scene in Titanic is in a non-sexual context. The actual sex scene doesn't feature any nudity whatsoever. Tons of PG and PG-13 movies have rear and topless nudity. Johnny English is PG and has an old man's ass onscreen for a few minutes.
Grease was recently re-rated (after your post) and it IS now a PG-13.
I haven't seen Hunchback in a while, but 'Hellfire' alone should get it a PG.
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thousand_yard_stare — 15 years ago(October 21, 2010 11:52 AM)
I think the Hellfire scene was edited for the G rating the dancing female figures were originally too scantily clothed for the MPAA's comfort. I would have given it a PG anyway, especially for the moment later in the film where a man's teeth are punched out.
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almighty_cinder — 15 years ago(October 27, 2010 04:00 PM)
The lyrics to the song and what he's singing about should be enough by themself. I mean, think about it: he knows God wants him to murder all the gypsies, so he's asking God's permission to let him rape Esmerelda instead. And he doesn't really want to, Esmeralda's evil magic is making him want to rape her. Then, when he finds out she escaped, he decides to go back to his original plan of burning her alive unless she allows him to rape her, in which case he won't kill her.
If The Nightmare Before Christmas can get a PG solely because of Lock, Shock and Barrel's "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" song, that should get a PG as well.
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brandon-caplan — 15 years ago(February 01, 2011 01:11 PM)
Andromeda Strain (the original one), rated G (but contained a content descriptor that it wasn't appropriate for children). Contained skeletons, blood, cursing (albeit very mild), and nudity (also mild, bare breasts and buttocks). Should be PG or PG-13.
The Informant!, rated R (contains a dozen or so f-bombs and a couple of crude remarks), should be PG or PG-13.
The Jerk, rated R (there was no PG-13 back then).
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (rated R, should be PG-13).
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ebrock1988 — 15 years ago(March 19, 2011 01:47 PM)
you should all be ashamed of yourselves.
PLANET OF THE APES!(original) rated G, should be at least PG for the premise alone. i could have brought it in for movie day in elementary school. granted the teacher would never show it, but based on the rating it would have been a legitimate submission. -
cca382000 — 14 years ago(July 13, 2011 06:42 AM)
Toy Story 3 rated G for some reason The garbage dump fire scene should have given the film at least a PG. Also Lotso's story of his abandonment should have been a PG factor, because of the scary images in both those scenes
The Social Network was rated PG13 obviously. You can tell by the first FULL trailer that this was originally going to be an R rating, but to appeal to bigger audiences and bigger box offices numbers they edited it down to PG13 You can also clearly hear 2 F words
Frost/Nixon. Rated R for LANGUAGE I only heard two F words plus one muffled one If The Social Network can get away with two F words and be rated PG13, this film should be PG13
Even though I HATED The King's Speech, I much agree that it should not have been R. They also shouldnt have edited out the "swear" scene for the "pg13" family freindly version (which by the way NO ONE came to see) Due to how inspiring that scene was and how swearing constantly throughout it helped him through his impedement, i would think the MPAA would have given a pass on this
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WhySoSeriously — 14 years ago(July 14, 2011 07:09 AM)
Appleseed got an R thanks to a head crush scene with blood but it was not gratitious at all and it was animated (though in a special form of CGI).
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ferreira0665 — 14 years ago(July 25, 2011 01:19 AM)
I am one that thinks Top Gun deserves a PG-13 rating. The sex scene in that movie was too graphic for a PG. Also from what I have heard, if a movie uses the F word at least once, which Top Gun did, although not scripted, it automatically gets a PG-13 rating. That movie should have got it just for that. If you ask where the word is said. Its said in one of the times Cruise gets nailed in Top Gun. He says it.
But from what I am getting in more recent TV. BS and A-hole are used more frequently. Check Raising the Bar, and Franklin and Bash for that. Franklin and Bash is hilarious.
Also what I found really funny was in the Disney movie The Invisible. Goddamn is used more than once. I believe the movie was rated PG-13 but still. I was like wow in a Disney movie.
But what I think would be interesting is to discuss which movies and TV shows that if the language was taken out would be the same movie.
My honest opinion. Deadwood would have been a better series if they toned the language down. Didn't need to get rid of it but toned it down because it distracted from the movie.
The Breakfast Club - losing the language that is in the movie would ruin the film.
Liar Liar - I may get attacked for this but thought the language in the film was distracting.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Movie would be ruined if the language was even toned down. Why? Because it was part of the joke at the end.
American History X - if language was removed it would ruin that film too. There are other films I could bring up but there is a few.
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