Rise of the Silver Surfer PG Rating: DISCUSSION

[lloevs]

Ehhh - This should be the PG- 13 graded.

 

[terry78]

Granted, I was itching for the PG-13 label, but if you're a grown ass man getting angry over a PG rating...I don't know what to tell you. Teenagers and young'uns I can understand as they want everything hip and edgy and gritty.

 

[Kelly]

Worried over what? Lmaol.

Dude, there is no point in this. All that matter is how well a script is brought to the screen.

Someone brought up Eragon? Well, there were fans of the book that said that the film butchered it. And sorry to tell you, the film itself wasn't that great- and do you want to know the obvious key reason behind that? They didn't translate the script (which was just okay) to screen that good. It's not that the film was PG, lol.

Time length matters, because there is a chance that they took out important character evolving scenes that are needed to tell the story the way it has to be told. This fits into adapting the page to screen. If scenes that are meant to be in the film are cut, then- that's bad.

Sending a film into the MPAA does not reflect the movie, all it does is say whether a film is PG or PG-13. Which, these days, there isn't really a difference between at all.

The only scene that we may lose is Doom killing that one security guard, that's it. But, we wouldn't even lose that entirely- it would be set up more Hitchcockian, editing around that- "what you don't see is sometimes more disturbing than what you see." Have the guard and Doom in the room, show start of action- cut out- have FF arrive and see the effects of what Doom just did, easy as that and story wise you don't lose anything.

They could definitely do that......look at Jaws.....you didn't see the shark until 1/2 way through the movie.....but it scared the crapola out of this diver. Once I saw the shark, it wasn't a big deal....(well it was in the first movie).....but not the others......

A shadow shot of Doom's killing would be awesome....BTW...

Spoiler

its not a security guard that he kills, it's someone else.....

 

[Symbiotic]

Granted, I was itching for the PG-13 label, but if you're a grown ass man getting angry over a PG rating...I don't know what to tell you. Teenagers and young'uns I can understand as they want everything hip and edgy and gritty.

Oh good. Than I have an excuse.

 

[Tempest19]

I can see people getting upset over a film like 'Live Free and Die Hard', because there is a significant difference between a PG-13 and rated R.

But, the first FF film could have EASILY been PG. And those things that people were mentioning pages back about why that might have got PG-13: shirtlessness, sugestive jokes, etc. All in the film- check the new clips, so there goes that theory only thing we have left to see is the 'naked' Jessica Alba (similar to first film) which I'm sure is in there, easily.

Action wise? FF2 has WAY more action sequences than FF1, I'm not going to spoil what they are- but they're HUGE. For those saying heavy punches- what would you call a car crashing into the Thing, knocking him against the wall and flattening Reed in the process? Now that is hard "punch" type action- just as hard, if not harder than anything in FF1.

And as I said, the ONLY scene that might have held it back isn't that important anyways due to how it can be cut around and STILL have the SAME IMPACT. You see the start of Doom killing someone, you see the grotesque corpse- you kinda got the picture.

 

[terry78]

Like I said before, except for a couple gruesome scenes, all three Spider flicks could have been PG. The action sequences weren't that intense, and neither was Superman.

 

[NQ-B]

Granted, I was itching for the PG-13 label, but if you're a grown ass man getting angry over a PG rating...I don't know what to tell you. Teenagers and young'uns I can understand as they want everything hip and edgy and gritty.

LOL

 

[TheShadowCat]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

*sung to the Pink Panther theme song*

Dead ant
Dead ant
Dead ant Dead ant Dead ant Dead ant
Dead aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaad ant

Ok, so it works better if you actually hear it...

>^^<

 

[Spider-Fan]

*sung to the Pink Panther theme song*

Dead ant
Dead ant
Dead ant Dead ant Dead ant Dead ant
Dead aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaad ant

Ok, so it works better if you actually hear it...

>^^<

LOL

No it was good enough. I could picture the music as I was reading it.

 

[Cristo]

Just wait and see.

We're in for one hell of a children's movie.

 

[Tempest19]

LMAOL at those who obviously rush to conclusions.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Just wait and see.

We're in for one hell of a children's movie.

At least you can go without worrying your parent. Just don't kick the back of my seat mofo.

 

[LostSon88]

Thats because some people think PG is a turnoff because there's not many curse words in it or nude scenes or something. Fantastic Four doesn't need to be PG-13. It never needed to be. Hell Raiders of the Lost Ark was PG.

For me its a bother because in my mind it suggests that the movie is going to be 'toned down' in some capacity.

I'm not saying it will happen, but that's what's in my mind.

And wasn't the only reason RotLA was PG was because PG-13 wasn't invented yet? And isn't the Indiana Jones series responsible for the creation of PG-13?

 

[The Apatow Crew]

For me its a bother because in my mind it suggests that the movie is going to be 'toned down' in some capacity.

I'm not saying it will happen, but that's what's in my mind.

And wasn't the only reason RotLA was PG was because PG-13 wasn't invented yet? And isn't the Indiana Jones series responsible for the creation of PG-13?

I thought that was Gremlins that was responsible for that rating.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Toned down from what? It's a PG franchise. It's a lighthearted franchise that's meant to be lighter than the PG-13 X-Men franchise. It doesn't need to be scary, vulgar, or excessively violent. You can have awesome action sequene and killer F/X without rape, graphic muder, vulgarity, and nudity.

 

[Tempest19]

No, wasn't Gremlins. Was Indie.

 

[LostSon88]

According to wiki...both IJ: Temple of Doom AND Gremlins were responsible for the creation of PG-13.

 

[the a1ant]

I'm not going to jump to conclusions until I officially see the rating on the official site or MPAA.org

Either way, it is what it is...unless they edited the film down to get a PG (which I really don't think they would purposely do, but maybe that's just me. Like someone said, the PG-13 rating would just make the film 'cool' to some who feel 'above' PG movies, lol. If the film just unknowingly turned out being PG, then no problems.

 

[LostSon88]

^ Toned down from what? It's a PG franchise. It's a lighthearted franchise that's meant to be lighter than the PG-13 X-Men franchise. It doesn't need to be scary, vulgar, or excessively violent. You can have awesome action sequene and killer F/X without rape, graphic muder, vulgarity, and nudity.

Have you ever seen that documentary on the MMPA titled, "This film is not yet rated"? Its a fascinating investigation. I watched it during my course on media effects.

The MPAA is meticulous and analyze every little thing...explosions, a punch, blood, a line delivery...EVERYTHING.

The MPAA is incredibly anal about what's allowed on film...they're also very top secret about who reviews movies for the MPAA.

Seriously check out the documentary...its mind-boggling how the MPAA operates.

I'm not saying I want gore and stuff...i'm just saying I don't want the MPAA suggesting that they cut a single extra punch from a fight scene for the sake of a PG rating--believe me, check out the doc...they do s*** like this.

 

[coreymb16]

PG and PG-13 is not that different, it is that PG-13 is a little(I mean little) mature.

 

[Tempest19]

/\ Correctomundo, the only big difference is PG-13 and R.

 

[Kelly]

Have you ever seen that documentary on the MMPA titled, "This film is not yet rated"? Its a fascinating investigation. I watched it during my course on media effects.

The MPAA is meticulous and analyze every little thing...explosions, a punch, blood, a line delivery...EVERYTHING.

The MPAA is incredibly anal about what's allowed on film...they're also very top secret about who reviews movies for the MPAA.

Seriously check out the documentary...its mind-boggling how the MPAA operates.

I'm not saying I want gore and stuff...i'm just saying I don't want the MPAA suggesting that they cut a single extra punch from a fight scene for the sake of a PG rating--believe me, check out the doc...they do s*** like this.

Rodriguez had to go back and color some of the blood in Sin City from red to white in order to pull it down to an R from NC-17....

 

[stretchalicious]

i seen a t.v spot today on t.v and after the guy said the name of the film, he announced that it was rated PG. i Think it is official.

im glad in a way that it is PG, because when i think FF i don't think blood and gore, or ass kicking as i would with Batman.

Also i don't have to feel a complete nerd in the cinema as i can take my four year old, and look as though im being a good parent taking their kid out to see one of their favourite comic movies, when really its for my benefit lol

 

[the a1ant]

I just hope the parents don't leave their groups of kids in the theater alone when I'm watching this film. I can't stand a disruptive audience, lol. My friends and I will prob have to go to a late, late, late showing to avoid that crowd, lol.

Good for FF2 if it is indeed PG (which is looking pretty likely now). It may bring them even more money. I'm sure many parents (and their kids) will be happy.

 

[Kelly]

i seen a t.v spot today on t.v and after the guy said the name of the film, he announced that it was rated PG. i Think it is official.

im glad in a way that it is PG, because when i think FF i don't think blood and gore, or ass kicking as i would with Batman.

Also i don't have to feel a complete nerd in the cinema as i can take my four year old, and look as though im being a good parent taking their kid out to see one of their favourite comic movies, when really its for my benefit lol

PG Rating...
This is a film which clearly needs to be examined by parents before they let their children attend. The label PG plainly states parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children, but leaves the parent to make the decision. Parents are warned against sending their children, unseen and without inquiry, to PG-rated movies. The theme of a PG-rated film may itself call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence or brief nudity. However, these elements are not considered so intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use content in a PG-rated film. The PG rating, suggesting parental guidance, is thus an alert for examination of a film by parents before deciding on its viewing by their children. Obviously such a line is difficult to draw. In our pluralistic society it is not easy to make judgments without incurring some disagreement. As long as parents know they must exercise parental responsibility, the rating serves as a meaningful guide and as a warning.

http://www.mpaa.org/FlmRat_Ratings.asp