QOTW: Movie Ratings & Rules

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QOTW: Movie Ratings & Rules
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Mon, 10-30-2006 - 7:21am

Our Question of the Week for this week is the following:
(submitted by a board member--thanks)


What about the rating of movies & shows, do you limit what rating is watched and what guidelines do you go by?


Movies have gotten so different with content then they used to be---things that are rated PG & PG-13 are a lot different than they used to be!


So share with us what your rules


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Registered: 05-27-1998
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 7:10pm

I used to have a strict rule: only G and PG movies. But as my kids have gotten older, I allow a little more freedom, but I don't really have a rule that says they can watch *all* PG-13 movies. Instead, I look at the reviews of whatever they want to see--in particular, I use a couple of Christian websites that review movies--and we decide together whether the movie is worth seeing.

The ratings are good for telling you about the violence, sex, swearing, drinking, but they're not so good at telling you whether the movie will be edifying in any way or have any redeeming qualities to offset the bad ones. My concerns have more to do with the world view of the movie than how many f-words there are, although a lot of those are certainly indicative of a messed up world view.

I've found that a lot of the PG movies from the late 70s and early 80s are absolutely full of bad language and general rudeness, and I'd rather my kids watch a more contemporary PG-13 movie with a better message.

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Registered: 12-28-2004
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 7:16pm
we go by ratings. there have been movies that the kids were permitted to see AFTER dh and I viewed it and deemed it ok. Nothing over PG-13, that I can recall.






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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 11:42am
My son has seen some movies he should not see. He has older siblings and when they have been left home, he watches what they watch. But generally, we stick to the rule that if we have not seen it, no. One exception, all Star Trek movies have been on his list of yes movies, they generally are not rated more than pg 13 and we know what to expect from them. My older teens got me good when I refused to let them watch Pulp fiction in my house. the friend brought in a movie called The Boondock Saints. I came home to find them watching this*, they were taking turns covering my son's eyes or ears. I think he enjoyed that more than anything else. I watched it and it is a very violent, naughty, movie for adults, I loved it. My hubby and I disagree on this, he lets our son watch stuff that I don't want him to and I'll walk into the room and start the interogation. what is rated? etc. why does he need to see this? what's he gonna get out of it? Mostly, the two of them love to hang out and watch the history channel and sports though.
*the punishment was swift and painful, not physical of course, but painful none the less. The friends went home and were angry at me, but they came back to play DDR another day, I made them food like I always do and all was fine. I miss those days as my girls are college age now and we no longer have "the gang" hanging out.

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