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Did your parents care about movie ratings?

My parents didnt care about violence. I saw many many many R rated films with my father in movie theaters prior to me turning age 17 (Robocop, Die Hard, etc.)...

My parents did care about sex scenes though and female nudity. I had to close my eyes.

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Similar for me. I was allowed to watch almost anything minus anything with sex/nudity in it, and if those ever came up, I recall either looking away or having my eyes covered.
 
They never cared. Unless it was something completely hardcore, they trusted me enough to know what was happening was on the screen was fake.
 
nope... my dad allowed me to watch Eraser when i was 7.
 
Nope, by the time I was 10, I had seen stand by me, the shining, revenge of the nerds, jaws, and many other films like that.

Porn, however....yeah couldn't see that.
 
Not really. My pops watched stuff like Halloween and Die Hard with me. :up:
 
My parents weren't all that strict hell they took me to see Scarface at age 7!! and with the advent of VCR's we'd rent all the R-rated flicks like Police Academy, Porky's, Die Hard.
 
While living in Ecuador in the mid-80's the theater owners really enforced the viewing policy even if a parent was there present.

For example at age 8 the theater patrons wouldn't let us in to see Indiana Jones TOD even with my uncle present.

But when Robocop came out when I turned 11 they freely let us in, go figure!
 
Damn you all, I couldn't go see Superman 2 because Clark and Lois slept together.
 
I've been watching horror movies since I was young. I used to rent the Freddy movies back when I was 8. First one I saw was Freddy's Dead as I thought if I see one later in the series it should be better. My parents knew I wasn't the type of kid who would go on murdering sprees when I watched movies like that so all they tended to do was make sure the ones I rented weren't explicit with nudity in some scenes.
 
My parents cared about ratings, however they used their own good judgment above all else, which is what a parent should do. If they were concerned that a film might have content inappropriate for the maturity level of me and my brothers, they would watch it first and then decide.
 
My mom didn't really care about ratings. I remember I was like 11-12 when I first watched The Exorcist. By myself. She ordered it on pay-per-view for me and went out. I was scared outta my mind that night!

What's also awesome is that my mom used to take me outta school to go to the movies. I miss those days. We went to go see Freddy VS. Jason. The Hills Have Eyes. The Matrix movies.
 
When I was young we didn`t even have ratings here. Some movies had suggestions like "Not recommended for persons under 18" (Because of nude scenes). Never saw anyone turned away because of that tho.
And parents let me watch everything but porn.
 
Always the nudity it seems. It's acceptable to watch people dying, yet we can't see breasts.

Our society is all contorted.
 
Absolutely they did, and when I'm a parent I will too. But it isn't just about the ratings themselves, it's about the content. The ratings are there as a guideline, you can't really judge a movie solely based on them. You have to look at the content in the movie itself and decide whether it's appropriate for whatever age kid you have.
 
Always the nudity it seems. It's acceptable to watch people dying, yet we can't see breasts.

Our society is all contorted.

my thoughts exactly and why I was interested in asking about the topic.
 
Growing up, I've always had the following guidelines for movies:

1) Swearing. It has to have context and purpose. Too much unnecessary swearing can be tasteless and wear off its novelty really, really quickly. Almost no swearing in a movie is a bonus. Bada** swearing is just awesome. :woot:

2) Sex/nude scenes. I know, I'm going to sound like a prude, but pretty much any of these types of scenes don't really add anything and just takes me out of the film. You can have love scenes without turning them into scenes from an upscale porno flick. :oldrazz:

3) Scary movies. Call me a wuss, but I just can't handle having a heart attack every 10-15 minutes. :shock

4) No extreme gore/blood/guts. I have this thing with gore, where, if I dwell on it too long, it can make me feel really, really queasy. I nearly passed out once for having my own blood drawn, for goodness sake! :csad:


Anything else for me is pretty much fair game.
 
My parents didnt care at all. I watched Robocop when I was a kid and loved it (I still do love it). The only thing was when Murphey was getting blown to hell kind of freaked me out, especially when his hand gets blown off.

Also, Pet Cemetary. I thought was awesome. But when the kid stabs that dude in the back of the foot freaked me out so bad, I still can't watch scenes of people getting that part sliced, and I'm freaked out by stairs that don't have back parts.

BUt yeah, they didnt care at all.
 
Hmm, I think Jeepers Creepers was off limits but yet ANOES wasn't :S
 
I watched several Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies BEFORE I was 10.
 
My parents let me watch whatever I wanted. It was awesome, and I think helped me grow as a person more cause I was challenged.
 
I didn't see my first R-rated movie in a theater until high school. I technically wasn't allowed to watch them at home, but I had Starz and HBO in my room so I was like "**** that". Whenever I have kids I'm going to let them see anything they please.
 
Damn you all, I couldn't go see Superman 2 because Clark and Lois slept together.

I saw it in theater twice. I think I was about 7. The only part that bothered me was when Superman went into that chamber and lost his powers, and then when that guy beat him up in the diner. I doubt I even realized that they slept together.

What's weird was that I was allowed to see Gremlins in the theater, but not Ghostbusters.
 

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