Movie ratings

[Shooter]

My wife is super duper low maintence. However if she wants tickets to Harry Potter on opening night, she will have em. No tickets is not an option. So we went, I get there late, (coming from the local of course), it "IS" Friday. So I race there and she texts me, what size popcorn and drink to bring her. I sit down and settle in for the previews. After a few, this pops up, (the regular green screen):

This preview appproved for PG-13 audiences (blah blah blah)
then in the bottom it says

Fantasy violence and some smoking.


I did a double take. What the fuck I asked her. Did I see that right, parental guidence for a movie that has smoking. She was grinning cause she knew it would set me off. UN-FUCKIN-BELIEVEABLE!!!!!

What is the world coming to?

I believe the movie was called "The Waterhorse"

I am still blown away. I knew 007 cut out cigar smoking but for it to contribute to a movie rating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sack]

Ah yes, we're all going to be children, don't you just love PC world?

 

[jfields]

Hey Shane, if you have the most recent CA, read the Editors comments. They are going on about this subject and critizing the man who championed for this movie rating thing.

 

[ThankYouForNotSmoking]

There's a big push to get all movies with smoking in them, even satirical smoking (think a kid's movie with a guy in a comically large top hat and a 3 foot long cigar), all rated R.

It's ridiculous. The entire rating system is ridiculous - if people can't tell what's appropriate for their kids and what's not, some PC nut counting the number of guns in each scene isn't going to be able to either.

 

[tsmckenney]

Yes well, smoking a cigar is right up there with slicing someone in half with a fantasy sword. People in this country are a bunch of babies.