Is an "R" Rating Really Better?

[dark_b]

i think R really made a difference with robocop.

 

[bestever23]

If It was rated R before it should stay rated R, that goes for Sequels and reboots but If you're a Horror movie, you better be R or I won't watch it, I hate prom night and other teen crap that just gets a pg-13 for the "kids" BULL CRAP! I WANT MORE rated R movies

 

[vanson]

it totally depends on what kind of movie you lookin at.

 

[terry78]

Drag Me to Hell is on 100% rating at RT, and that's PG-13, so I think Raimi succeeded in making a seriously well done horror at that rating.

 

[CelticPredator]

It will be the first.

But most horror should be R. You cant be scary if you cant show anything.

Look at Alien, you have ONE scene with gore, and the rest of the movie, it's non existant. But that one scene made such an impact, that you believe the rest of the film is gory as hell. TCM did the same thing.

 

[danoyse]

I don't think an R-rating automatically makes a movie better. That all depends on the quality of the film as a whole.

I would love to see what someone like Zack Snyder would do with a PG-13 rating. He uses that R-rating like a rich kid let loose in the mall with his parents' credit cards and I think he gets carried away with it. I would love to see what kind of a movie he could make with a lesser rating.

 

[War Party]

I don't think an R-rating automatically makes a movie better. That all depends on the quality of the film as a whole.

I would love to see what someone like Zack Snyder would do with a PG-13 rating. He uses that R-rating like a rich kid let loose in the mall with his parents' credit cards and I think he gets carried away with it. I would love to see what kind of a movie he could make with a lesser rating.

Probably will never happen. He said he has no intention of ever making anything less than a "R."

 

[Max J Power]

Things should be rated R if they either have mature subject matter, or are the kind of movie where a lack of restraint is part of the appeal (like "Commando" or "Shoot 'Em Up").

But the R rating doesn't really make most movies better. It seems to be a fairly common practice to make a drama film (probably one that will get award nominations) R-rated to make sure that it is viewed primarily by its target audience. "Frost/Nixon," for example, was only rated R because it had a few uses of the f-word. That sprinkle of swearing probably kept younger people who wouldn't really appreciate the movie from watching it, but it didn't really make the movie better.

 

[Octoberist]

it just depends on the story. I can't image a Rated R Total Recall being PG, but I can live with a Pg-13 Batman movie just fine.

 

[<(o_o)>]

An R Rating wouldn't have made the Ghost Rider movie we got any better but if given a second chance I would love to see a Ghost Rider remake with a hard R Rating from the start.

 

[dark_b]

it just depends on the story. I can't image a Rated R Total Recall being PG, but I can live with a Pg-13 Batman movie just fine.

i agree.

but i think a R rated fighting scene in the garage would maybe change my mind.

 

[TheVileOne]

Just FYI, the PG-13 made no significant difference according to reports on T4's box office. The movie was seen LARGELY BY ADULTS and the 18+ crowd.

So that whole strategy was a pitiful plan that ended up being a pitiful failure.

Terminator is an R franchise and it should've stayed that way.

 

[dude stannis]

Probably will never happen. He said he has no intention of ever making anything less than a "R."

Guardians of Ga'Hoole will be less than R. Oh well, bless his heart, at least he has principals.

Just FYI, the PG-13 made no significant difference according to reports on T4's box office. The movie was seen LARGELY BY ADULTS and the 18+ crowd.

So that whole strategy was a pitiful plan that ended up being a pitiful failure.

Terminator is an R franchise and it should've stayed that way.

I'd much rather they made a Terminator with gritty street battles a la Black Hawk Down and Heat. Children of Men cost about $70 mill with a great dilapidated future. Give them another $40 mill for robot effects and you've got a gritty war movie with a strong budget.

 

[returntovoid]

An R Rating wouldn't have made the Ghost Rider movie we got any better but if given a second chance I would love to see a Ghost Rider remake with a hard R Rating from the start.

I recently read Ghost Rider comics such as Marvel Spotlight #5-#12, Ghost Rider #1-#25 and I don't see what's R rated about them, maybe, I don't much about the rating system, so, I don't know what they didn't use from the comics due to the PG-13 rating but I think the movie was a disappointment due the script, acting and direction.

 

[dark_b]

i dont think big budget movie will ever be R rated again.

 

[matrix_ghost]

i dont think big budget movie will ever be R rated again.

Eh depends on just how big the budget is.

Without starpower , the budget can go up to 100 million.
With star power , the budget can go up to 140 million .

Of course it depends on just what kind of movie we're talking about but IMO anything above 140 million , you can pretty much forget it.

Edit :
However i think alot of movies can be R rated withoutnthe budget going sky high if they were shot the movie against a green screen.

 

[MadVillainy]

Wolverine wouldnt have been made better with the R rating. I dont get ho blood gore and cursing makes a movie better. The only time ive seen that make a movie better was with Die Hard 4.0

THe flaws in Wolverine was the writing not the lack of gore.

Another example Max Payne unrated was just as bad as Max Payne PG13

 

[baerrtt]

All the R-rated genre films back in the 80s appealed to kids moreso than the supposed 'adult' audience (back then my parents sure as hell didn't find unlimited gore, **** and Arnie one-liners mature).

I've always jokily wondered if the studios, so not to attract anymore heat, decided to ensure that the real audience (in terms of age) for these films could actually get into the theatres legally by pushing for PG-13 sequels to Die Hard and Terminator.

Heck I live in the UK where some 18-rated films have actually had their original certificate dropped (THE TERMINATOR is now a 15 for example).

 

[dark_b]

Wolverine wouldnt have been made better with the R rating. I dont get ho blood gore and cursing makes a movie better. The only time ive seen that make a movie better was with Die Hard 4.0

THe flaws in Wolverine was the writing not the lack of gore.

Another example Max Payne unrated was just as bad as Max Payne PG13

die hard and wolverine should be R. and both movies IMO should be low budget. and i dont think 10 millions. but low budget compared to todays blockbusters.

 

[BlackLantern]

There are great films at every rating

the problem is the MPAA and their system

 

[MadVillainy]

Kind of OT but what ticks me off is when a studio blames a rating on the underperformance of a film

Watchmen didnt do spectacular because it was marketed wrong. Made the film seem like an action film

I mean 300 did big money, Wanted did well, and they were R. Its all in the marketing.

 

[BATZARRO WWD]

Certain stories need it. Other's not so much.

For example, I felt the excessive cursing in Bad Boys 2 crossed that line where it becomes contrived and anti-fun.

 

[byte19]

There are great films at every rating

the problem is the MPAA and their system

bingo!!!