MPAA Modification

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by cvm

This comes around to my original question. These sites have been created since the rating system is broken. It can not longer be used effective source to judge content.

Yes and no, if it was as simple as “it is broken” there would only be one site. The reason there are so many is why I don’t think your idea can work. People that tried the existing sites decided that those sites “do not represent what I think” and started a new one.

I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but a zealous Muslim might not want their kids watching films where people are enjoying a drink or are sitting in a bar, a Hindu/Vegan might not feel they want their kid watching a film where someone is eating meat, an Atheist might decide they don’t like something with religious overtones, and a Christian a film that makes fun of Christian beliefs. Disney released song of the south on DVD in Europe, but decided some African Americans might see it as racist and so they did not release it here and don’t have plans to ever do so. I am sure an African/Amazonian tribe and people used to topless beaches might feel different about a boob on the screen than people that grew up surrounded by Burkas or Niqabs. There is this guy on an other site that won’t watch any film with a remote “environmental” theme because it is all a massive conspiracy.

They should not be allowed to vote and change the rating. You and me and everyone on this site probable has different views. These people on the board, can allow their personal views to change a rating system by voting. Since it is not always the same group who do every movie, it is quite conceivable that, with a different group, Kings Speech (a great movie I might add), could have voted to change it to PG-13, despite guidelines. I don't care what the system is, I just want clarity and consistency.

Agree, except that I think rating something is extremely difficult and society changes. So ratings have to evolve with the times. I would not expect a woman bathing in something other than to be judged harshly because that was as much flesh as a respectable woman could shown in public when film began, or for all bedroom scenes to have separated twin beds because some time ago it was considered too suggestive to show parents in the same bed together in a TV show/film.

You also missed one important thing in your quote

the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG-13 rating is appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous

Plus my understanding, from the way that it is written, is that it needs a 67% of the rating board to agree that it is PG-13 and not just the raters of that film.