Comments on: Shut Up about the NC-17 Rating for Kevin Smith's 'Zack and Miri' http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shut_up_about_the_nc_17_rating_for_kevin_smiths_zack_and_miri The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:06:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kettch http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shut_up_about_the_nc_17_rating_for_kevin_smiths_zack_and_miri#comment-2723 kettch Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:42:20 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10057#comment-2723 Something else that's ridiculous is how they are now leaning towards having things like smoking affect the rating. I mean, come on! Next it'll be that certain ratings can't have somebody eating a french fry. THIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF TRANSFAT CONSUMPTION You really hit a good point there with the bit about parents bringing their kids to see movies that have been downrated. It reminds me of that Dark Knight article where you said parents were griping about it being too violent for a comic book movie. Hell, I'd pay a couple of bucks extra to guarantee that I could watch movies in a child-free theater. Something else that's ridiculous is how they are now leaning towards having things like smoking affect the rating. I mean, come on! Next it'll be that certain ratings can't have somebody eating a french fry. THIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF TRANSFAT CONSUMPTION

You really hit a good point there with the bit about parents bringing their kids to see movies that have been downrated. It reminds me of that Dark Knight article where you said parents were griping about it being too violent for a comic book movie. Hell, I'd pay a couple of bucks extra to guarantee that I could watch movies in a child-free theater.

]]> By: ravidlaz http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shut_up_about_the_nc_17_rating_for_kevin_smiths_zack_and_miri#comment-2721 ravidlaz Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:07:21 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10057#comment-2721 FUCK YEAH! I think this is the first time I agree with everything you said. I can imagine you typing REALLY hard on your computer when you wrote this. Preach on! FUCK YEAH! I think this is the first time I agree with everything you said. I can imagine you typing REALLY hard on your computer when you wrote this. Preach on!

]]> By: kettch http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shut_up_about_the_nc_17_rating_for_kevin_smiths_zack_and_miri#comment-2720 kettch Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:36:27 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10057#comment-2720 Yeah, this push to conform a movie to a predetermined rating really bugs me too. The stupid thing is that it goes both directions. I've watched R or PG-13 movies that probably should have been solidly rated the next rating down, but they threw something gratuitous in just to bump the rating. It'll usually be something stupid that is completely different from the tone of the rest of the movie and probably doesn't make any sense in the context either. Yeah, this push to conform a movie to a predetermined rating really bugs me too.

The stupid thing is that it goes both directions. I've watched R or PG-13 movies that probably should have been solidly rated the next rating down, but they threw something gratuitous in just to bump the rating. It'll usually be something stupid that is completely different from the tone of the rest of the movie and probably doesn't make any sense in the context either.

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