Message Forum: Re: Movie Ratings

Re: Movie Ratings

Posted By: Adam Bomb, on host 24.124.95.13
Date: Friday, July 9, 2004, at 17:15:43
In Reply To: Re: Movie Ratings posted by Ferrick on Friday, July 9, 2004, at 08:58:08:

> Without a doubt, The Sting would be PG-13 today, a rating that didn't come into being until 1984 after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a movie with some fairly dark scenes, was given a PG rating. Red Dawn was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating. And what a thrill it was for me as a 12 year old to see it with my friend, also 12, with his parents in the movie next door.
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> Fer"They let us in!"rick

Two movies from 1984--"Temple of Doom" and "Gremlins"--were said to have scenes that were not for a PG-rated movie, but weren't quite up to an R rating. And Steven Spielberg wanted children to see both movies.

Adam "Film class pays off" Bomb

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Message:	> > Without a doubt, The Sting would be PG-13 today, a rating that didn't come into being until 1984 after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a movie with some fairly dark scenes, was given a PG rating. Red Dawn was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating. And what a thrill it was for me as a 12 year old to see it with my friend, also 12, with his parents in the movie next door. > > > > Fer"They let us in!"rick > > Two movies from 1984--"Temple of Doom" and "Gremlins"--were said to have scenes that were not for a PG-rated movie, but weren't quite up to an R rating. And Steven Spielberg wanted children to see both movies. > > Adam "Film class pays off" Bomb
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