Films with surprising age ratings

[Capt. Crankypants]

Commando, with Arnold Schwarzenne, Shwar, sch- fuck it, you know the guy. That film was as tame as anything, but it somehow managed an R rating here in Oz.

likewise, Robocop, R-rated. That movie would be a fierce PG-13 these days.

 

[Llil]

likewise, Robocop, R-rated. That movie would be a fierce PG-13 these days.

Really? This scene is pretty graphic in my opinion:
Same thing with the scene where the main character gets shot.

I could be wrong, maybe blood and gore don't get an R anymore, you might need bare buttocks for that.

 

[tomtom94]

The Dark Knight was a 12A in England. I don't really know how that worked, I mean sure there wasn't any on-screen gore but... it was heavily-implied! Heavily!

Anyway, I'm just playing the part of the oversensitive religious American housewife [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rN6Wc1JejzU/S37U6c5OZuI/AAAAAAAAA7o/A1JMTrVZpIA/s1600/thinkofthechildren.jpg] here. I saw it when I was about 13 or 14 and I thought it was fantastic. Gets better every time, too.

I remember there being a debate on the radio about that. I completely agree with the people that say it should have been a 15 at least, it's definitely not a kids' movie.
[small]Of course, the best thing would be to convince parents to check out a 12A/PG-13 movie themselves first rather than assume it was a family rating but what are the chances of that happening[/small]

Such is the power of marketing and Hollywood money...

 

[cyber95]

The back of my Office Space DVD claims it's rated PG. Yep.

 

[genericusername64]

Do tv shows count? The walking dead got tv 14

 

[EHKOS]

It was rated appropriatly but I was still appalled to find there is a movie called "Forgive me for Raping you".

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

In the US, at least, some of the weirdness with older movies can be explained by the fact that PG-13 didn't exist until 1984 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG-13#Adoption_of_PG-13_rating]. Before that, everything had to be crammed into either PG or R, so there's a bunch of stuff that doesn't make a whole lot of sense not knowing that.

 

[Iwata]

"A Serbian Movie". It shouldn't exist, let alone have a rating. There's no rating strong enough for that... thing.

no dont mention it, ever. doesnt exist and frankly the less people know about it the better.

ive watched things like canibal halocaust while eating popcorn and im not fazed one bit, but that i never finished watching it

Good for you, because they saved the worst for last.

 

[Auninteligentname]

"A Serbian Movie". It shouldn't exist, let alone have a rating. There's no rating strong enough for that... thing.

If I'm not wrong, that movie was banned in Norway. And from what I've hear, it's understandable...

 

[Dracowrath]

I don't know if this counts, but I read an article about how some anti-smoking group was trying to get that johnny depp movie Rango changed to an R rating due to all the smoking. I'm all for the anti smoking thing, but making a kids movie have an R rating over smoking is just retarded.

 

[Berethond]

In the US, at least, some of the weirdness with older movies can be explained by the fact that PG-13 didn't exist until 1984 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG-13#Adoption_of_PG-13_rating]. Before that, everything had to be crammed into either PG or R, so there's a bunch of stuff that doesn't make a whole lot of sense not knowing that.

Like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Rated PG, but a dude rips somebody's heart out their chest.

 

[StorytellingIsAMust]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is PG. lmao.

 

[wethead77]

Thor being PG-13.
Should've been PG, nothing really "bad" about it (unless someone can tell me something I missed)

 

[shadyh8er]

"A Serbian Movie". It shouldn't exist, let alone have a rating. There's no rating strong enough for that... thing.

Oh you poor soul! I feel for you. I wouldn't wish that filth even on my worst enemy.

OT: All those PG movies that existed before PG-13 was invented:

First two Indiana Jones movies in which people get shot in the face, cut up by a propeller, eaten by crocodiles, and get their hearts ripped out.

Big, Sixteen Candles, and Spaceballs, all of which had an F-bomb dropped.

Then there was Titanic which got a PG-13 despite Kate Winslet's full-frontal nude scene, and I thought Captain America was pretty bloody for a PG-13. (I was under the impression that "blood = automatic R").

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

The Dark Knight is PG-13, for some reason.

It was for violent action sequences and disturbing images...like two-face.

 

[CthulhuMessiah]

The Dark Knight is PG-13, for some reason.

It was for violent action sequences and disturbing images...like two-face.

By some reason, I meant that for some reason, it wasn't rated R, but instead was rated PG-13.

 

[Mudze]

Pretty much anything rated 12 in france, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?certificates=fr:_12

Most notable titles are; Requiem for a Dream, Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Watchmen, Halloween, Final Destination 1-4, Friday the 13th (2009) and Machete.

Um... None of those films are unsuitable for 12 year olds. Some of the points might fly over their heads (I can see a 12 year old hating Watchmen), but it's not gonna shock/frighten/scar them at all.

 

[roguetrooper96]

Pretty much anything rated 12 in france, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?certificates=fr:_12

Most notable titles are; Requiem for a Dream, Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Watchmen, Halloween, Final Destination 1-4, Friday the 13th (2009) and Machete.

Um... None of those films are unsuitable for 12 year olds. Some of the points might fly over their heads (I can see a 12 year old hating Watchmen), but it's not gonna shock/frighten/scar them at all.

In all honesty I haven't seen these films myself, so all I have to go off is the british media's reaction to the films and their reputations... Which, in Britain, is usually entirely wrong anyway.