The PG 13 Discussion

[pakman]

Movie ratings are a poor way of recommending what movies to see. The real job lies with the parents. There are some things that children should not see. But I knew kids in 5th and 6th grade that were talking about violent movies. Personally, I was never allowed to go see R movies until I was 17. It was taboo for me, so once in a while I rented them. But I never rented movies like Strip Tease, I usually got a movie like Schindler's List, movies that had a point and was deeper than what was in it.

I find nudity in movies, usually, unnecessary. Take, for example, Enemy at the Gates. That scene among all those other people was completely uncalled for, it added nothing to the plot. But in Schindler's List, nudity was part of the concentration camps. But at one point in every teenage boys life, he goes over to the local adult shop, or has a friend with pornographic material does see those kinds of movies. Unless you're a paladin, I believe this hold true for a lot of people.

I do think we need more movies like A Beautiful Mind. Barely any violence, and the violence that was in there was in his head. All the recent movies that have come out in the past couple years (XXX, Bad Boys, etc.) are nothing but violence and explosions.