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who here thinks the MPAA ratings system is lacking?
it is mostly a politically correct farce 25%  25%  [ 13 ]
it is overly strict compared with other nation's systems 11%  11%  [ 6 ]
it is overly concerned with sex, nudity and language 19%  19%  [ 10 ]
it is overly lax with violence 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
all of the above apply 28%  28%  [ 15 ]
none of the above apply, it is perfect 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
i am a foreigner with my own bone to pick about my own country's ratings system 11%  11%  [ 6 ]
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30 May 2011, 5:07 am

TheSnarkKnight wrote:
Perhaps one of the biggest problems I have with the MPAA is the NC-17 rating. Because of the stigma surrounding the rating (the public equates it with hardcore pornography), most studios won't distribute or market a film that receives an NC-17, and the moral guardians with the MPAA know this, and use it as a way of coercing filmmakers into censoring their movies. Many people affiliated with the film industry (including Roger Ebert) feel it should be abolished.


The fundamentalists will never let it be abolished.

To them, suggesting that the rating system be abolished is like suggesting that rape be legalized.


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30 May 2011, 5:38 am

There is a problem when directors have to censor there film to make sure it doesnt get the dreaded NC 17 tag.



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30 May 2011, 5:56 am

Oh God. It's too early in the morning for me to get started on the MPAA. If I had a dollar every time they assigned a rating I felt was BS, I wouldn't have to worry about working.



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30 May 2011, 7:14 am

parents should be the primary arbitors of what movies are suitable for their children, not a corporate nanny. the ratings system should reflect this fact.



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30 May 2011, 9:12 am

auntblabby wrote:
parents should be the primary arbitors of what movies are suitable for their children

This.