Too Much R, Not Enough G: Movie Age Ratings In Present Day

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I probably should not bring up the Motion Pictures Association and their Classification and Rating Administration on a website full of adult content (would porn be considered “Unrated” in America?). I will do it anyway because I want to discuss a pattern I have noticed with films that are not pornographic (Universal Pictures’ Fifty Shades trilogy does contain censored BDSM, though).

As the title suggests, the market for movies that are rated R (Restricted) is exploding despite policies to make sure children and teenagers are not in the audience. I should mention the policy theaters owned by either of the two biggest movie theater chains in the United States have for the rating known as NC-17 (Adults Only): the rating is banned (partially why movies seldom get that rating).

Meanwhile, there is a lack of movies that are rated G (General Audiences), and family films get rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) instead. That being said, I realized we have another problem: many movies that were rated G or PG probably need to be re-rated, including movies that released before July 1, 1984 because that date is the day PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) was introduced.

Anyway, sound off in the comments whether or not you all are as concerned as I am about the declining G-rated movie market. For those that live outside of the United States, feel free to ask about the equivalents to the ratings your country uses.
 

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I probably should not bring up the Motion Pictures Association and their Classification and Rating Administration on a website full of adult content (would porn be considered “Unrated” in America?). I will do it anyway because I want to discuss a pattern I have noticed with films that are not pornographic (Universal Pictures’ Fifty Shades trilogy does contain censored BDSM, though).

As the title suggests, the market for movies that are rated R (Restricted) is exploding despite policies to make sure children and teenagers are not in the audience. I should mention the policy theaters owned by either of the two biggest movie theater chains in the United States have for the rating known as NC-17 (Adults Only): the rating is banned (partially why movies seldom get that rating).

Meanwhile, there is a lack of movies that are rated G (General Audiences), and family films get rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) instead. That being said, I realized we have another problem: many movies that were rated G or PG probably need to be re-rated, including movies that released before July 1, 1984 because that date is the day PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) was introduced.

Anyway, sound off in the comments whether or not you all are as concerned as I am about the declining G-rated movie market. For those that live outside of the United States, feel free to ask about the equivalents to the ratings your country uses.

I did not care for G rated movies too much when I was a kid, although there were a few exceptions. The biggest cause of G movies not bring made is people don't want to see them. It is boring. If you're taking kids it costs a fortune. This is why we have the Disney channel. A lot of old G rated films would be PG or PG-13 now. Remember "Old Yeller" - (spoiler alert) the boy has to kill the dog that saved everyone's life. Wow! G rated fun for the whole family. I wonder hw many mass shooters saw that film growing up? "Gone With The Wind" anyone? The story of a slaveholding family continuing to exploit slaves who must love their white masters despite verbal abuse and slapping on a steady basis and a woman who plots adultery with an unobtainable man while marrying any one in pants that suits her greedy agenda. Classic!!

Life is rarely G rated and kids learn this pretty young. Escapism is nice but reality intrudes. All the made for the movie "true stories" usually are more fiction than fact for that reason. Well made entertainment should just be that - well made entertainment - the rating should not be the goal, the quality of the production should be.
 
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Shit, from where I'm standing I can't avoid fucking G rated crap. Personally I prefer things not meant for unmentionables to the site, I just get upset and depressed with "family friendly" content. But everywhere you go, "families" are catered to. People who don't have a heard of unmentionables constantly have to accommodate those who do. Trust me. It's a personal hell I live in every fucking day.

You just see it differently because your experiences are completely different from mine.
 

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A lot of old G rated films would be PG or PG-13 now.

Did you forget to read the part of my original post that said the family films of yesterday need to be re-rated? I already mentioned the films from before July 1984, and two of the films you mentioned released before November 1968 (when the film ratings were first introduced). I’m sure those productions were rated once re-released.

By the way, you mentioned Gone with the Wind, and now I wonder if Warner Bros. will submit the film to be re-rated in 3 years for the 100th anniversary of the studio.
 

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Did you forget to read the part of my original post that said the family films of yesterday need to be re-rated? I already mentioned the films from before July 1984, and two of the films you mentioned released before November 1968 (when the film ratings were first introduced). I’m sure those productions were rated once re-released.

By the way, you mentioned Gone with the Wind, and now I wonder if Warner Bros. will submit the film to be re-rated in 3 years for the 100th anniversary of the studio.

I did read what you said about re-rating, but it slipped my mind when writing my reply. I am sorry about that. Still, my Point stands I think.