Is an "R" Rating Really Better?

[livrule]

R rating (18 cert, in the UK) ..... Does not a great movie make.

Would Die hard 4 have been better with more gore and f-bombs? ....... No. The script / acting / casting / direction ... were the problem.

Making good movies is 'better' .....

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I see it like this:

A Batman movie: PG-13
The Batman Sequels: R
Punisher: R
Hulk: R
Spider-Man: PG
Spider-Man Sequels: PG-13
X-Men: PG-13
Wolverine: R
Daredevil: R
Deadpool: R
Superman (With Luthor as the Villain): PG
Superman with any other villain: PG-13
Superman Vs Doomsday: R
The Avengers: PG-13
Justice League: PG or PG-13
The Flash: PG
Wonder Woman: PG-13
Green Arrow: PG-13
Green Lantern: PG-13
Iron Man: R (why? the sex and alcohol)
Star Wars Episode 3: R so we can see him killing those kids and jedis so we actually learn to HATE him and not just pitty him

 

[terry78]

IF you're doing an adaptation or remake of an already established property, you already know if the material is PG, PG-13, R or whatever. Making something that's always been for ages 7-77 R rated to be more realistic and gritty is stupid.

 

[Ghostvirus]

As most peope have stated it depends on the movie.

Shrek doesn't need to be rated R.

Action I think should always e rated R. They always seem so held back these days. Things that wouldn't logically happen for the sake of a PG 13 rating.

 

[terry78]

^As far as action, it's still fantasy. Tv shows and cartoons and comics that are fantasy based, if you create live action versions you kinda have to tow the line.

 

[Yurka]

Obviously it depends on the movie, and if the movie has mature themes then yes, its better to be R-rated.

 

[bullets]

Yeah , it depends on the movie . You can be good and not need an R rating . I don't think more gratuity or language makes a movie any better unless the movie is so bad that it's only redeeming quality is boobies and heads blowing up.

 

[Bat-Mite]

Depends on the movie, yeah. I wouldn't have even gone to see Watchmen if it'd been PG-13, because there's no way a PG-13 movie ever could have done the comic justice. In most cases, though, it doesn't matter too much. You can get away with a lot in a PG-13 movie if you know how to. LOTR and TDK are good examples.

 

[xwolverine2]

R to me means the director had alot more creative freedom

 

[thejon93]

I think I prefer R over PG-13, because PG-13 is basically used as a marketing tool to reel in teenagers. However, I do hate the R-rated films that do their absolute best to go overboard. One good R-rated movie that I can always say could've worked in either case as a PG-13 or R-rated film is 'Terminator 2'. Same as how 'Titanic' could've either been PG-13 or R due to the subject-matter.

 

[terry78]

Some directors need to be reined in, and PG-13 is the way to do it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It all depends on the story and where it goes in the script. You shouldn't think about it when you're making a movie. Once it passes through the officials, it's in their hands to decide.

 

[Nirvana]

I don't think the rating has anything to do with the plot. Unless it has to be heavily trimmed to meet a rating, then that's a problem.

 

[GregComicFan]

I agree Live Free or Die Hard was better as the Unrated R version. Terminator Salvation was fine being PG-13. Some movies need an R rating, others dont.

I always find it hilarious when people say they want an R rated Batman movie. Batman DOES NOT need to be R rated, folks.

 

[Nirvana]

I see it like this:

A Batman movie: PG-13
The Batman Sequels: R
Punisher: R
Hulk: R
Spider-Man: PG
Spider-Man Sequels: PG-13
X-Men: PG-13
Wolverine: R
Daredevil: R
Deadpool: R
Superman (With Luthor as the Villain): PG
Superman with any other villain: PG-13
Superman Vs Doomsday: R
The Avengers: PG-13
Justice League: PG or PG-13
The Flash: PG
Wonder Woman: PG-13
Green Arrow: PG-13
Green Lantern: PG-13
Iron Man: R (why? the sex and alcohol)
Star Wars Episode 3: R so we can see him killing those kids and jedis so we actually learn to HATE him and not just pitty him

 

[CFE]

Well the other thing to consider is that PG-13 these days is certainly not what it used to be and people can push the envelope in that rating, to be sure.

I mean 'Cloverfield' was PG-13, but in my opinion that's a pretty hard PG-13 (most definately with the scene where Marlena 'explodes')...almost to the point where I'd be inclined to say that it should've been R.

Gary Kogel actually did a small expose about a year ago about how a lot films that are given the PG-13 rating just on the basis of a small amount of language or what have you actually deal with content or material that's harder than you'd think PG-13 would be.

 

[blueblazer2]

I know one thing I felt that PG: 13 rating in Die Hard 4...that and the crappy direction and screenplay.

I thought Die Hard 4 was the second best one the franchise . The Direction was not that bad

 

[TheVileOne]

Terminator Salvation was a neutered and boring movie, if ever a Terminator movie needed to be an R rating it was this one.

It also made Moon Bloodgood's casting pointless.

 

[blueblazer2]

i like also that comedys are again R. some movies that were PG13 worked.

look for exampel the Farrelly brothers. There's Something About Mary was R. Me, Myself & Irene was R. both movies IMO great. then they make Stuck on You. PG13 of course. some funny moments but i always got a feeling that they were holding back. and then they both go back to R with The Heartbreak Kid.

My myself and Irene was terrible

 

[dude stannis]

If your action movie is gun fight oriented then it must be R. That's pretty much it for me.

 

[hippie_hunter]

It really depends. In some instances like in Alien vs. Predator, Live Free or Die Hard, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Night at the Museum, an R-rating would have been incredibly beneficial to the movie.

However in some instances like in Watchmen (granted that it needed the R-rating), the director goes a little too far with it than he/she should.

And in others like in Terminator Salvation, it really isn't a big deal.

 

[Crook]

It's better in the sense that when it comes to mature-oriented stories, the R-rating gives you great leeway in whatever you want to put on screen. Barring some truly excessive imagery, you pretty much have free reign. Creatively speaking, that's a major relief.

Whereas with PG-13, you will have to cut corners and be a bit more creative.

 

[terry78]

Uwe Boll negates every positive aspect of the R rating. Every movie of his has been R.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I see it like this:

A Batman movie: PG-13
The Batman Sequels: R
Punisher: R
Hulk: R
Spider-Man: PG
Spider-Man Sequels: PG-13
X-Men: PG-13
Wolverine: R
Daredevil: R
Deadpool: R
Superman (With Luthor as the Villain): PG
Superman with any other villain: PG-13
Superman Vs Doomsday: R
The Avengers: PG-13
Justice League: PG or PG-13
The Flash: PG
Wonder Woman: PG-13
Green Arrow: PG-13
Green Lantern: PG-13
Iron Man: R (why? the sex and alcohol)
Star Wars Episode 3: R so we can see him killing those kids and jedis so we actually learn to HATE him and not just pitty him

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[Sentinel X]

I see it like this:

A Batman movie: PG-13
The Batman Sequels: R
Punisher: R
Hulk: R
Spider-Man: PG
Spider-Man Sequels: PG-13
X-Men: PG-13
Wolverine: R
Daredevil: R
Deadpool: R
Superman (With Luthor as the Villain): PG
Superman with any other villain: PG-13
Superman Vs Doomsday: R
The Avengers: PG-13
Justice League: PG or PG-13
The Flash: PG
Wonder Woman: PG-13
Green Arrow: PG-13
Green Lantern: PG-13
Iron Man: R (why? the sex and alcohol)
Star Wars Episode 3: R so we can see him killing those kids and jedis so we actually learn to HATE him and not just pitty him

Well I see it like this...

Rated R: Wolverine, Punisher.
I wouldn't care too much if it turned out to be R: Batman, Daredevil

The rest however are perfectly fine as PG-13 films.


To me, R doesn't mean better it depends on the film. However a lot of times its pretty obvious that studios will make a film PG-13 just to make money....so when I see that for a film it kind of makes me upset.