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colton said:
Thanks for the recommendations, guys. However, with only very rare exceptions, I generally don't watch rated R movies unless they are eg. edited for TV.
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wow, you're still living in the 60s? Even the most devout people I know understand that the rating system is crap, and therefore that following its line is, well, ridiculous. There are more 'boundary-pushing' things said on this site every hour than in many R-rated films.
 
NAOS said:
wow, you're still living in the 60s? Even the most devout people I know understand that the rating system is crap, and therefore that following its line is, well, ridiculous. There are more 'boundary-pushing' things said on this site every hour than in many R-rated films.
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I don't take the mpaa ratings as gospel, but what's wrong with setting personal boundaries? It's sad you don't see that as something to be respected.
 
colton said:
I don't take the mpaa ratings as gospel, but what's wrong with setting personal boundaries? It's sad you don't see that as something to be respected.
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Nothing is wrong with setting personal boundaries. But you aren't setting that boundary; you're letting someone else set it for you. That's very different. Surely you see that.

More than 90% of films are trash, regardless of the rating. But of the 10% remaining, the clear majority of them have an R-rating. You may not be missing much, but you are actually missing the opportunity to see for yourself and set your own boundary.
 
NAOS said:
Nothing is wrong with setting personal boundaries. But you aren't setting that boundary; you're letting someone else set it for you. That's very different. Surely you see that.

More than 90% of films are trash, regardless of the rating. But of the 10% remaining, the clear majority of them have an R-rating. You may not be missing much, but you are actually missing the opportunity to see for yourself and set your own boundary.
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I guess you didn't see my "I don't take mpaa ratings as GOSPEL" and my "I GENERALLY don't watch r rated movies" comments, then. (emphasis added)
 
That being said, the things that trigger R ratings, such as language, nudity, graphic violence, etc, are generally the things I don't want in the movies I watch. So your comment that "the rating system is crap" is incorrect for me. It does have substantial value.
 
colton said:
I guess you didn't see my "I don't take mpaa ratings as GOSPEL" and my "I GENERALLY don't watch r rated movies" comments, then. (emphasis added)
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I see those comments for what they are (so far, at least): empty generalities. Why don't you tell me the value you find in mpaa ratings, from your perspective. I'm obviously having a hard time reading your mind, like you appear to want me to.
 
colton said:
That being said, the things that trigger R ratings, such as language, nudity, graphic violence, etc, are generally the things I don't want in the movies I watch. So your comment that "the rating system is crap" is incorrect for me. It does have substantial value.
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what specific kinds of bad language, nudity, and violence? I've seen PG and PG13 films that depend on blatant stereotyping; I've seen scantily clad young female 'objects' in PG13 films; violence is now the norm even in Disney films.
 
NAOS said:
I see those comments for what they are (so far, at least): empty generalities. Why don't you tell me the value you mpaa ratings, from your perspective. I'm obviously having a hard time reading your mind, like you appear to want me to.
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They mean what they say, no hidden agenda here. I generally don't watch R rated movies. Every once in a while I do. I generally think the mpaa does a good job of indicating which movies I should avoid, but I don't treat their ratings as gospel truth. Not sure why you consider those to be empty generalities. So I guess I'm having a hard time reading your mind as well. And as for writing anything more in depth about the value I place on those ratings, well that wouldn't be particularly interesting to me, nor I'm sure to the other readers of this thread.
 
colton said:
They mean what they say, no hidden agenda here. I generally don't watch R rated movies. Every once in a while I do. I generally think the mpaa does a good job of indicating which movies I should avoid, but I don't treat their ratings as gospel truth. Not sure why you consider those to be empty generalities. So I guess I'm having a hard time reading your mind as well. And as for writing anything more in depth about the value I place on those ratings, well that wouldn't be particularly interesting to me, nor I'm sure to the other readers of this thread.
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A couple of things:
1. It's interesting that you've elected to say nothing about how and why you've decided to see certain R-rated films. That would have been an opportunity to demonstrate that you do set your own boundaries.
2. it's also telling that you yourself find no interest in synopsizing what you've learned from more-or-less following the dictates of the mpaa and hewing pretty close to the line of the censorship-heavy community you are a part of. Further, you also don't see the interest in doing so for others. Ok. I'll take from your silence that you haven't learned anything too important.

colton said:
Rude.

Yeah, you place no value on them. I get that. That doesn't mean they aren't useful to others.
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laughing is always rude?

I do see value in the ratings, actually. I see the values of a regulating body that isn't my own or those of my community.
 
Be nice, NAOS. I get it. The MPAA ratings are crap and have devolved over the last 30 years (or maybe just our uptight society has) but Colton makes a fair point that it can act as a general barometer for what movies he wants to watch.

That said, Colton, if a movie is PG-13 OR R, I would take the time to go on imdb or another site to see why the movie received such a rating. Unless it's opening night, you can typically find specifics about certain scenes and what kind of "nudity" was shown or what kind of "violence" took place. They may actually be scenes that are quite benign in nature.

I'm curious, have you seen any rated R movies? Would you watch ones that are historic in nature? Braveheart, Gladiator, films like that?
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Be nice, NAOS. I get it. The MPAA ratings are crap and have devolved over the last 30 years (or maybe just our uptight society has) but Colton makes a fair point that it can act as a general barometer for what movies he wants to watch.

That said, Colton, if a movie is PG-13 OR R, I would take the time to go on imdb or another site to see why the movie received such a rating. Unless it's opening night, you can typically find specifics about certain scenes and what kind of "nudity" was shown or what kind of "violence" took place. They may actually be scenes that are quite benign in nature.

I'm curious, have you seen any rated R movies? Would you watch ones that are historic in nature? Braveheart, Gladiator, films like that?
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part of my point is that some expressions of, for example, adult nudity are far less insulting/dangerous/toxic than the sexualized presentation of women and young girls in PG and PG13 movies. And, you rarely find synopses of the latter moments on places like imdb so that you can avoid them (if that's your goal).

Anyway, this is a dumb argument. I'm going to apply my brain to something else now.

ciao buds
 
Yes it's a dumb argument.
Colton watches the movies he wants to watch for the reasons he wants to watch them.
Why does that matter to anyone?
 
fishonjazz said:
Yes it's a dumb argument.
Colton watches the movies he wants to watch for the reasons he wants to watch them.
Why does that matter to anyone?
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what NAOS is getting at is the reasons as to why he finds some movies unwatchable-- he alluded to it in his post when he mentioned colton having no problems with the hyper sexualization and genderification of certain movies, while having a problem with nudity.

He's questioning the very boundaries that colton is using because he thinks some of the boundaries he's setting for some issues are far less damaging than absent boundaries for others.

Is it better for a child to watch a movie filled with racial stereotypes, than a boy seeing a boob? That sort of thing.
 
fishonjazz said:
Yes it's a dumb argument.
Colton watches the movies he wants to watch for the reasons he wants to watch them.
Why does that matter to anyone?
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who is more credulous, fishonjazz or hotttnickkk? Maybe we should give them both trophies.
 
dalamon said:
what NAOS is getting at is the reasons as to why he finds some movies unwatchable-- he alluded to it in his post when he mentioned colton having no problems with the hyper sexualization and genderification of certain movies, while having a problem with nudity.

He's questioning the very boundaries that colton is using because he thinks some of the boundaries he's setting for some issues are far less damaging than absent boundaries for others.

Is it better for a child to watch a movie filled with racial stereotypes, than a boy seeing a boob? That sort of thing.
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Yep.

As a child, my dad didn't really want me watching anything too gratuitous, moreso with violence than sex. Like, I never saw Raw or Eddie Murphy's other stand-up flick even though i saw Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours and Trading Places all under the age of 10.
 
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