MPAA in database?

[IndyMLVC]

MPAA is Motion Picture Association of America.
So why are there options for rating systems for other countries available under that option?

Shouldn't there be one rating option for country of origin as opposed to the rating in that particular country for an American film?

It's frustrating looking at your Rating statistics that include releases from other countries (UK/Germany/France) and ends up being inaccurate.

[L'armée des ombres]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

MPAA is Motion Picture Association of America.
So why are there options for rating systems for other countries available under that option?

Shouldn't there be one rating option for country of origin as opposed to the rating in that particular country for an American film?

It's frustrating looking at your Rating statistics that include releases from other countries (UK/Germany/France) and ends up being inaccurate.

What do you mean?
An american film gets different rating over the world...so you think that this diverse database of releases from all over the world should be US only
What about french, spanish, german releases in the US...should the country's rating be the one for the US release of the same film?

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by L'armée des ombres

What do you mean?
An american film gets different rating over the world...so you think that this diverse database of releases from all over the world should be US only
What about french, spanish, german releases in the US...should the country's rating be the one for the US release of the same film?

The MPAA is just that: America. It doesn't make sense to have "other" ratings mixed in with that.
If anything, there should be two separate sections.

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

The MPAA is just that: America. It doesn't make sense to have "other" ratings mixed in with that.
If anything, there should be two separate sections.

you mean in the submit movie to the DB

there listing for MPAA and that list opens a list of all the age rating for all countries in the DB, instead of just the MPAA ratings, and that should only contain MPAA listing and use a separate listing for other countries ratings.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by josuv22

you mean in the submit movie to the DB

there listing for MPAA and that list opens a list of all the age rating for all countries in the DB, instead of just the MPAA ratings, and that should only contain MPAA listing and use a separate listing for other countries ratings.

Correct!

[Jasonic]

Why do you care?


It's only when adding to the database. It's not like it lists it along side the actual listing for a movie. If you are that picky about it, it would make more sense to want to rename it something like "Rating", instead of having a mess of different slots for each country's ratings.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

Why do you care?


It's only when adding to the database. It's not like it lists it along side the actual listing for a movie. If you are that picky about it, it would make more sense to want to rename it something like "Rating", instead of having a mess of different slots for each country's ratings.

I care because when I look at the stats for all the films I own, I have all these other ratings in there that screw up the %ages. I'm not buying British (or German or French) films. I'm only buying American films. They just happen to be imports.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

I care because when I look at the stats for all the films I own, I have all these other ratings in there that screw up the %ages. I'm not buying British (or German or French) films. I'm only buying American films. They just happen to be imports.

So if you buy a US edition of a foreign film it should have the original countries rating?

[Jasonic]

I get you now. But I certainly don't agree. Sorting things out that way would be an even bigger mess. For one, people would have to go through and edit thousands upon thousands of entries in the database to change each and every foreign film's US release to the rating of it's country of origin. And then every other region would change their releases for US films and other countries. Ridiculous.
And I'm sure there are other OCDs here that only own US released blu rays, but have foreign films amongst them, and then that would through their statistics off.


This is a blu-ray site in which accuracy of the database in very important. And it's accuracy is of each and every blu ray release. If I have the US release of Ip Man, and it says on the back that it is Rated R, and yet this site's entry of it said IIB(Hong Kong rating, since it's a Hong Kong film), then that wouldn't be very accurate to my blu ray copy.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

This is a blu-ray site in which accuracy of the database in very important. And it's accuracy is of each and every blu ray release. If I have the US release of Ip Man, and it says on the back that it is Rated R, and yet this site's entry of it said IIB(Hong Kong rating, since it's a Hong Kong film), then that wouldn't be very accurate to my blu ray copy.

However, if I have a UK copy of Scent of a Woman and it says 15, that's not entirely accurate either. It's an American film. Same thing.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

However, if I have a UK copy of Scent of a Woman and it says 15, that's not entirely accurate either. It's an American film. Same thing.

The MPAA doesn't own American movies. They simply give a rating to whatever movie is released within the US theatrically, whether it's an American film, Italian, Chinese, Korean, French, or whatever. Doesn't matter. No one country's rating is the definitive rating of a movie.

More importantly, we are talking about logging in blu rays on this site, not the actual movies. So each listing should be accurate to what the blu ray copy says.

If it matters that much to you, then go buy a US copy of Scent of a Woman.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

However, if I have a UK copy of Scent of a Woman and it says 15, that's not entirely accurate either. It's an American film. Same thing.

I couldn't find one foreign film in oyur collection... but I saw quite a few that haven't been released, nor announced yet...

[L'armée des ombres]

Buy domestic releases only...problem solved

[Rixx]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

I care because when I look at the stats for all the films I own, I have all these other ratings in there that screw up the %ages. I'm not buying British (or German or French) films. I'm only buying American films. They just happen to be imports.

If you only want American films, you need to remove "28 Days Later" from your Blu-ray collection

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

I couldn't find one foreign film in oyur collection... but I saw quite a few that haven't been released, nor announced yet...

You're correct. However I do have a TON of imports. :P

Originally Posted by Jasonic

If it matters that much to you, then go buy a US copy of Scent of a Woman.

Originally Posted by L'armée des ombres

Buy domestic releases only...problem solved

If the domestic releases were the best releases out there, I would. Tell the studios.

Originally Posted by Rixx

If you only want American films, you need to remove "28 Days Later" from your Blu-ray collection

Hahaha....Yeah. Those are few and far between. I have no problems with non-American films having their original rating there. That would reduce my issue severely.

[L'armée des ombres]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

If the domestic releases were the best releases out there, I would. Tell the studios.

No i'm telling you....you started this thread wining about ratings.
Then it comes out you import alot, it's given and should be clear to anyone that the MPAA is for domestic releases only

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by L'armée des ombres

No i'm telling you....you started this thread wining about ratings.
Then it comes out you import alot, it's given and should be clear to anyone that the MPAA is for domestic releases only

Not according to the database. Hence, my point.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Not according to the database. Hence, my point.

Each theatrical entry is given it's original MPAA rating if the film is from the USA. It would be madness to have only have that rating on DVDs or BDs that don't originate from the US. What if the film is a different cut, technically that film may not have been released in the US should it be labelled Not Rated? Even that would be inaccurate as Not Rated means it has been released just not rated!

[Cevolution]

The field is only titled MPAA because there is a higher demographic of U.S members, but the fields purpose is obviously meant to be for all countries, this is just common sense. If it's going to cause such ridiculous complaints as this, if I was a site developer I would simply rename the field 'rating' or 'classification', instead of MPAA.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

The field is only titled MPAA because there is a higher demographic of U.S members, but the fields purpose is obviously meant to be for all countries, this is just common sense. If it's going to cause such ridiculous complaints as this, if I was a site developer I would simply rename the field 'rating' or 'classification', instead of MPAA.

We have Original Aspect Ratio on DVD and BD listings maybe we could have Original Theatrical Rating too? That way members inclined to list their titles in such a manner would have the option to do so.

But I'm not sure how many members would choose to do that?