Today in class we watched a film about rating movies that are about to be released for public viewing. First of all i never knew that there was a board of people who rated the movies. I just thought that the director of the movie rated it. Second i never knew they were just people who were hired and some had children while others did not. Third i never knew that these people who rated movies that are barely coming out, never exposed themselves or other raters. This came very surprising to me because honestly i never knew about any of these things happening with rating films. I mean why can't films be rated by a major of people in all different age ranges and just like everyone: people who have kids, people who don't, single and couples, i don't know just everyone but not really little kids.
And then when it got to the part about some films being rated NC-17, i was surprised at how the directors were either angry or confused about why their film was rated NC-17. They really didn't have a saying in the rating and i thought that this was kinda of unfair. Because they are the directors of the film and they should have the right to face the board and argue their side. But they weren't given a chance until the film was rated and then they could file an appeal. But almost always they didn't even win the case too.
So i decided the look at more films that were rated with NC-17 and surprisingly i never heard of most of the films but i did see a couple of them.
Well here is the link to more of the films. NC-17
i liked some of the films like saw, devil rejects, and Texas chainsaw massacre.
2 comments:
I agree that it is kinda unfair when it comes to rating movies NC-17. There is a huge downside for movies with this rating because way fewer people end up watching them. For instance i dont recall ever having seen a movie, where i buy or rent movies at least, that had this rating. Their just not as widely released. Thats a huge downside for the makers of those movies and a more fair system to rate them could help.
I feel like the movie industry is taking this rating system way to seriously. I think the ratings should be more of a guideline for parents and viewers so they know what kind of movie they are getting into. Not letting the film makers really convey their vision seems to be fairly dictator-ish. Esspecially when they don't tell them what to do to get an R rating. I also think film companies and distributers should release NC-17 movies.
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