tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309941907510720230.post8063050104452710535..comments2022-08-25T20:47:14.170-07:00Comments on Emily's Stories: La La Land and the Dreaded PG Rating Emily Paxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219964022353172772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309941907510720230.post-71430564598465386192017-03-02T23:34:26.032-08:002017-03-02T23:34:26.032-08:00LOL! Great to see you catching up on the old artic...LOL! Great to see you catching up on the old articles, Dave!<br /><br />I don't talk about it a lot here, but I think the whole question of a scene's implications are part of why the rating system is so murky. I watch a lot of documentaries, and they sometimes may have R Rated content, but they don't tend to fall into the trap of glorifying violence or other questionable conduct, which can be remarkably common in PG-13 or even PG movies. But that's a whole other can of worms. ;)Emily Paxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219964022353172772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309941907510720230.post-30305578205058734932017-03-01T12:11:53.879-08:002017-03-01T12:11:53.879-08:00Hi, I'm catching up, reading backwards in time...Hi, I'm catching up, reading backwards in time 'til I get to where I left off.<br /><br />In general, my family followed the R-rating rule, but one or two still made it into our home video library. I don't know if there was reasoning behind these selections or not, but they were there and I watched them. I do remember my dad pointing out something in one of them and asking me a question that made me think about the implications of the scene. It's that short discussion with my dad that I remember most about the movie.<br /><br />While I still mostly employ the R-rating rule, maybe watching 2 or 3 films in the last 10 years, I think that a few R-rated films are worth watching and have important messages that will shape our understanding and opinions. Problem is, as you stated, some of the R-ratings are there because the producers wanted an R-rating and included a bunch of unnecessary content to push it into that realm, which is too bad in a lot of ways.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857340916954130084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309941907510720230.post-10698371465780073922017-02-01T23:56:26.624-08:002017-02-01T23:56:26.624-08:00Good point!
Netflix is such a wondrous thing.Good point!<br /><br />Netflix is such a wondrous thing.Emily Paxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219964022353172772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309941907510720230.post-49745421494636419872017-02-01T22:03:08.818-08:002017-02-01T22:03:08.818-08:00I think Netflix is trying to do this and somewhat ...I think Netflix is trying to do this and somewhat succeeding. The ratings are less meaningful than the content and their cataloging system is focusing more on genre and 'tastes' than ratings.<br />I hope this enlightens the industry a little bit to do the same :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305845840382485129noreply@blogger.com