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Guys do you think making PG or G movies is quite pointless?

posted 5 years ago by Sarmoviefan26 (1368)
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Last Friday I was talking with my little cousins who are 8 years old and told me about Frozen 2 that they loved etc. When i asked them if they liked this one or the first better they told they didn’t pay much attention to the first.

And then came this Dr Dolittle which sadly has been a flop and RDJ said it’s a movie made for the kids.

And all this me wonder if PG and G movies are pointless to exist since kids don’t start to pay Attention to films until they are 8

I could be wrong but I feel like in general the most watched movies are PG 13. Honestly being an adult I feel like PG-13 is the best rating.
There are films which genuinely need an R like Joker but there are other made R just for shock value and could have been made with a PG-13 rating like Red Sparrow.

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

Of course it isn't pointless, it's extremely lucrative! Filmmakers now cut films to avoid PG-13 or R ratings, because the real money is getting parents to bring the whole family to see their film, and break down after listening to the little ones whine that they want to see Elsa and Anna ten more times, and take the little pests back again and buy the DVD.

Aren't all the Marvel films rated PG? Because they're the biggest moneymaker on the planet.

[–] Sarmoviefan26 (1368) 5 years ago

I think the marvel films are PG-13.
Adults still bring their kids to those movies a lot and obviously nothing wrong with it.

The great thing about Marvel is that they can be enjoyed literally by people of all ages but I could be wrong on the rating I but I think all the MCU films are PG-13

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

They are PG-13 but soft PG-13, except maybe Thor: Ragnarok which was quite violent (ironic considering it's one of the most comedic.)

Death by pew-pews are not violent. Usually that's the case in every Marvel films. But Thor: Ragnarok has a quite few of death by stabbing and impaling scenes which were gruesome enough for me to not show it to my kid.

[–] Sarmoviefan26 (1368) 5 years ago

Yeah probably Ragnarock is the least kid friendly film of the MCU and maybe Iron Man in second place.

Since there is a sex scene in it and there is Obadiah almost killing Tony by ripping his arc reactor off him and that seems a little harsh for kids but maybe still not that bad.

I wouldn’t probably bring a five year old to watch the first Iron Man but I would let a kid who is 10 to watch it.

[–] TheAdlerian (2092) 5 years ago

I have been watching a lot of old shows from the 70s and 80s because the characters have good values. The plots are about good people trying to do good things and it's not all back stabbing and gross content like today.

I think it's good it quality stories are made that don't have so much negative content.

[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

Ideally films should be made with no regard for what the MPAA will decide. There are many ideas that have no reason not to be suitable for all ages, and G and PG ratings don't have to mean that a film is for kids, or not mature or serious. The ratings jockeying that's unfortunately a huge speculative concern of producers for reasons of capitalism above art has ruined many a project with good potential.

Also, personally, some of my most formative viewing experiences happened before I was 8.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 5 years ago

I don't know what rating WALL-E has but I wouldn't call that pointless. I don't even have kids and I've seen about ten times

[–] StoneKeeper (28419) 5 years ago

And all this me wonder if PG and G movies are pointless to exist since kids don’t start to pay Attention to films until they are 8:

Sorry but that’s WRONG!

[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 5 years ago

There are an awful lot of under-8s who are very into movies, and with all the merchandising that follows kids' movies, well...there you go, right?

I happen to think that the ratings still have a point. Sometimes adults are just looking for lighter fare, or maybe something that can be watched and enjoyed by the whole family, regardless of whether someone is five or 85.

[–] Sarmoviefan26 (1368) 5 years ago

Really?

It’s just the most people I know including me started to really appreciate a movie till We were probably that age (8 years old)

But yeah maybe there are younger kids that they really do pay attention to a movie at a younger age but I think most kids start to really watch a film till 8 maybe 6 stretching it.

So okay let’s keep the PG rating maybe leave out G.

Now I’m not completely biased for ratings to choose the movies I watch. I’ve realized that most of the films I watch are PG-13 though I do watch a few PG and some R rated.

But I’m not obsessed for superhero films to be R so I can be proud to enjoy them I think some films are fine being PG-13.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Do cinemas even stop kids from seeing PG films alone anyway? If they sell the ticket regardless than it is pointless.

Growing up I watched a lot of films which I was too young for. Some of them were even shown in class!

My dad took me to see M rated films or whatever the rating was for films like Rambo II and Beverley Hills Cop. So I do think it's all pointless.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

You mean your dad took you to R rated films? R rating means exactly that, children under 17 can go as long as accompanied by an adult guardian. NC-17 is the rating that No Children under 17 yo is allowed at all.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I'm Aussie we had a different rating system but yeah I would see "M" for mature rated films all the time that was what Rambo 2 was rated at the time. Mature being over 15 which I wasn't.

In Primary (Grade school) we watched Poltergeist so I don't think the ratings system was ever taken seriously down here.

For us "R" was for over 18 only. We also have "X" which is also over 18 only but is more for porn than normal films.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

I used to watch Robocop when I was a kid on VHS. It was super violent lol.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15141) 5 years ago

No, G-rated movies are the most watched because they include viewer demographics of all ages, not just one specific age group like Rated R movies do. That's one reason Walt Disney Studios got so rich over the decades. G-rated movies [most of the time] have the highest number of people watching, good or bad.

All the other ratings have differing percentages of viewers, based on the age groups they shoot for. PG-rated movies have slightly less viewers than G-rated, because not all PG movies are made for kids, but they're not dirty enough to keep the kids away either. PG-13 is kinda pushing it. In fact, the MPA has really been pushing the envelope over the past 20 years as to what's acceptable as a PG-13 rating, and what's not. It used to be that movies we see as having a PG-13 rating today could possibly have had an R rating if they had been made in the 80s/90s. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a good example. "Titanic" might have also gotten an R-rating, had it come out a decade earlier than it did.

R- and X-rated movies have the "smallest" demographics, because only people over 18 can watch them (or are allowed by American societal standards today). Chances are very high that grandma, little Billy, and teenage Brianna are not invited.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Nope ;)
Pretty much all the Disney movies and "animated features" I love are G and... well, that's damn near exclusive. But I love 'em all the same.