Comments on: THAT Was Rated “G”? http://www.tiffanyblitz.com/blog/archives/473 Home Business, Homeschool, and Cats! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:56:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rebecca http://www.tiffanyblitz.com/blog/archives/473#comment-1917 Rebecca Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:21:04 +0000 http://www.tiffanyblitz.com/blog/archives/473#comment-1917 Well let's face it, there is really no rating system that can make everyone happy. So any rating system can only be a guide. But the very reasons everyone has listed here are the reason I find websites like much more helpful than a "letter grade" from the ratings board -- there are actual reviews which include specifics on what others liked or found problematic, information I can use to make a decision for my family. But we still usually preview new films before letting our kids watch them. And our standards are probably very different than the rating board. Our 7 and 8 year old are allowed LOTR, but Lion King has never crossed our threshold. The violence in LOTR serves to support the theme of the struggle against and ultimate victory over evil, whereas the feel-good themes of LK do little to outweigh the scary scene in which the young Simba watches his evil uncle murder his father. I doubt any rating system could ever convey that. Well let’s face it, there is really no rating system that can make everyone happy. So any rating system can only be a guide. But the very reasons everyone has listed here are the reason I find websites like much more helpful than a “letter grade” from the ratings board — there are actual reviews which include specifics on what others liked or found problematic, information I can use to make a decision for my family. But we still usually preview new films before letting our kids watch them. And our standards are probably very different than the rating board. Our 7 and 8 year old are allowed LOTR, but Lion King has never crossed our threshold. The violence in LOTR serves to support the theme of the struggle against and ultimate victory over evil, whereas the feel-good themes of LK do little to outweigh the scary scene in which the young Simba watches his evil uncle murder his father. I doubt any rating system could ever convey that.

]]> By: Sunniemom http://www.tiffanyblitz.com/blog/archives/473#comment-1810 Sunniemom Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:11:52 +0000 http://www.tiffanyblitz.com/blog/archives/473#comment-1810 I have heard the same things about Ratatoille. We stopped going to movies because of the expense and the lack of a fast forward button, but there are several websites that I peruse when deciding what we are going to watch, and I have found the same kind of surprise at the ratings of kids' movies in those reviews. I am very curious, though, as to why the PG rating is so picky about drug use, but how many times characters in cartoons and G-rated movies get completely sloshed? It's like there is a mandatory saloon scene or alcoholic character in every children's flick, - why is that acceptable? Makes no sense to me. My kids have even asked why getting drunk is supposed to be funny, when they know how dangerous it is IRL. I have heard the same things about Ratatoille. We stopped going to movies because of the expense and the lack of a fast forward button, but there are several websites that I peruse when deciding what we are going to watch, and I have found the same kind of surprise at the ratings of kids’ movies in those reviews.

I am very curious, though, as to why the PG rating is so picky about drug use, but how many times characters in cartoons and G-rated movies get completely sloshed? It’s like there is a mandatory saloon scene or alcoholic character in every children’s flick, - why is that acceptable? Makes no sense to me. My kids have even asked why getting drunk is supposed to be funny, when they know how dangerous it is IRL.

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