Movie Rating

“Movie Rating”

            The author of the article, “Do We Really Need Movie Rating?” describes how he feels about movie ratings in today’s society. His main idea throughout the whole article is how movie rating truly affects society and if they truly are working. Are the ratings that movies receive really appropriate for them? The author also states each category of ratings that a movie may receive and when the “X” rated category changed to “NC-17” rated. Today, the author explains how no movie producers or movie cinemas will either make or play movies that are rated “NC-17”, because they would rather not lose money or get a bad name for playing movies that are considered pornographic.

 In the article, the author begins to try and compare the rating of movies and the protesting and banding of books, because of their excessive material that they contain. Personally, I do not feel that you can compare movie ratings to how books are written and protested. The only thing that is similar between the two is that many movies have been made from the idea of a book. I do feel that authors of books should be able to express their selves more excessively, because of the simple fact that people today are more visual, than imagery. Therefore, I do believe that movies shouldn’t be allowed to use as much excessive material being that they are visual. Plus you can make just as good quality movie as a book and still stay in the limits of the rating system that is in place.

            Even though this article is more informative than argumentative article, I do believe that this author was not trying to inform people of my age but rather those individuals who are more educated, and willing to take a stand against this issue. I personally feel at times that movies receive the wrong ratings. However, I do feel ratings are useful, because I know the type of material it may contain. I would also know, whether or not I would allow my child or someone else’s child to watch a particular movie.