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Post by rip12568 on Oct 23, 2010 1:55:29 GMT -5
As you may all know, the film "9" was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "violence and scary images". To be honest, the film wasn't all that violent, except a few dead bodies. It wasn't all that scary, either (of course, I really "studied" the film hard in the months of waiting for it to come out, so by then I was quite used to the dark, original, disturbing shots and content that the film was obviously going to offer, so "horror" and "violence" didn't stick out as the most mind-numbing memories of watching the film). I think PG would have been very reasonable. Any thoughts on this little stub of a topic?
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Post by Prophet on Oct 25, 2010 19:21:00 GMT -5
Well, I think it's PG-13 for a few reasons.
1. The film has scenes that are too much for younger children. Most, if not all PG movies are slighty appropriate for younger children, and they are taken to see these movies.
2. Technically, 8's magnet scene is a use of drugs, and I heard that was what got the rating bumped to PG-13 in the first place.
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Post by Pazam on Oct 25, 2010 19:37:00 GMT -5
Um, well...
For one thing, it takes place where the world's destroyed and humanity's exctinct; that there could be very unerving and quite disturbing to younger audiences, and the sheer fact that ALL humans were killed and no longer exist is, quite disturbing if I say so myself.
The next thing is the soul sucking scenes. Imagine if a second grader saw a ragdoll getting penitrated with this green energy, going through their eyes and mouth, getting it ripped out of their bodies and seeing a really cold stare with smoke coming out of their eyes and mouth when their bodies fall limp. Now if I was that second grader, that wouldn't be my cup of tea.
The third thing, is that the machines that hunt down the ragdolls look really disturbing and unerving to a point where you can't get them out of your mind. They also make really psychodic animal noises, combining with nails on a chalk board, which can make a younger audience really uncomfortable and scared. Even some of the ragdolls look unerving themselves.
Take 6 for example; (raided by fangirls) would you ever expect a ragdoll with mismatched optics, unruly hair, and sharp looking pen nib fingers for hands and who's constantly telling 9 about the Source in a very creepy way? And 5's eyepatch could also make kids unerved to the sheer fact that they saw the flashback scene and saw an empty eyesocket. Now, that's disturbing.
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Post by Socky The Bold on Oct 25, 2010 19:47:01 GMT -5
I think it was partly due to the magnet scene and partly an attempt to keep little kids away and invite older animation fans in because of all the disturbing stuff like dead bodies and really cute characters being murdered.
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Post by Autobot Prime on Oct 25, 2010 19:52:14 GMT -5
It was rated PG in Canada.
I'm just as confused as you are on that one.
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Post by Harry Potter on Oct 25, 2010 21:22:16 GMT -5
Hey. It's rated M down here. C:
M for Menacing Scenes. hehehe
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Post by Annadesu on Oct 25, 2010 21:23:57 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure a drug reference, various human corpses (including a child), giant explosions, monsters, scare moments, and half the cast being killed violently probably didn't help the rating stay low. XD
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Post by BazookaNeon on Oct 26, 2010 20:40:30 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure a drug reference, various human corpses (including a child), giant explosions, monsters, scare moments, and half the cast being killed violently probably didn't help the rating stay low. XD What Anna said XD I was pretty happy that the film was rated PG-13, cuz I saw it as a real breakthrough, but to be honest, first couple days after seeing it I did suffer from a few nightmares XD Seamstress...she gave me nightmares. |
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Post by Mokyn on Oct 27, 2010 14:58:25 GMT -5
It was rated PG in Canada. I'm just as confused as you are on that one. Can't be weirder than Coraline being PG-13 in America, PG in most of Canada, and then G in Quebec. In my opinion, the PG-13 isn't a very hard one, like the movie only just hit the marks to get it. It isn't very violent in a gory sense, but I've heard of many adults saying that the movie is scary, and that younger kids have gotten very freaked out by some scenes (the Seamstress being an an example that comes up a lot). The rating always sort of made sense to me. The MPAA is weird, anyway. |
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Post by Bane on Oct 28, 2010 16:18:16 GMT -5
Uh... Mokyn? Coraline was PG in America. I'm looking at my DVD right now.
I think it was PG-13 because it IS made for teenagers and adults, not children. Had it been PG, so many children would have gone to see it and had nightmares for the rest of their lives. It deals with a LOT of stuff that you wouldn't expect in a children's movie in a manner not appropriate for a children's movie.
Now, I'm not saying PG movies are all hugs and rainbows, look at The Secret of NIHM, Coraline, Watership Down (though that also had a PG-13 rating in some countries). This kind of stuff CAN be in a movie for kids. Not not this extreme.
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Post by Azvolrien on Oct 28, 2010 16:22:38 GMT -5
It was a 12A over here, for... *checks DVD box* "Moderate sustained threat". At least they didn't say 'mild peril'...
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Post by -WereZibby- on Oct 28, 2010 19:39:12 GMT -5
I think this TV spot sums up why the movie is rated PG-13.
Alot of PG rated movies nowadays are targeted towards children. Now imagine if 9 was rated PG and their mommies brought them to see it, I'm pretty sure there will be alot of comotion. They might've boycotted the movie if they wanted to.
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on Oct 28, 2010 22:17:34 GMT -5
The rating for 9 has always seemed to make sense to me. It is a very creepy film ((yes, even for some older people >>)) and I know that if it was rated PG, problems might have risen. Moms would see a new animated movie out rated PG about some dolls running around and probably wouldn't hesitate if their kids asked to go see it... and then they see it.
PG-13, to me, is the right rating for this movie. There are creepy sequences of action ((*coughSEAMSTRESScough*)), a drug reference, giant monster machines killing these cute innocent ragdolls, dead corpses... basically, everything Anna said above. Now, I don't know about you guys, but that's not really what I would like MY children seeing.
When I saw 9 in theaters, there was 5-year-old boy with his mom sitting behind me and my boyfriend, and the 5-year-old seemed perfectly at ease while the previews were rolling and while the movie was getting into its opening scenes and stuff. But when we got to the Winged Beast scene ((which, to me, isn't even a very creepy scene)), the 5-year-old started bawling and he and his mom had to leave the theater. They never came back, so... yeah. Not a movie for kids, at all. And if it had been rated PG, more kids than adults would have come to see it, probably, and that's the opposite of what Shane Acker probably intended. *shrug* [/center] |
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Post by 6&7/MLP Fan on Oct 29, 2010 13:18:24 GMT -5
Let's see here... Rated PG-13 for: Violence:      (ok, that last one was for the lulz  ) So, Violence: CHECK Scary Images:     (the last two, 'nuff said XD ) So, scary images: CHECK ^^ I believe the rating is well-deserved |
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Post by girthedoggy on Oct 30, 2010 1:13:09 GMT -5
Besides from the dead bodies in random places & 8's magnet high, the subject of souls, the continuation of life, & hope would go over most children's heads. I'm not saying children are dumb, it's just that it's not, well, programmed into their heads until 4th grade that when people die, they are gone from the face of the Earth forever.
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