AVP movie rating

crossfire · 07-26-2004, 06:30 PM

I don't know if anyone has heard the rumors of a PG-13 movie rating, but unfortunately, they are true. It will be rated pg-13 for violence, language, horrible images, and slime and gore, as said by the avp movie website Hopefully, it will still be action packed, but it is stupid for a few reasons. First, every movie in both series was r, it won't be as intense or scary because more kids will be able to see it, and usually, a rating with a description of its description usually is rated r. Yes usually a rated r movie would have like pervasive whatever, but what about Mystic River that was rated r for violence and language. Anyway, I will still be glad to see it, though the rating sucks.

SteveDallas · 07-26-2004, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by crossfire

Anyway, I will still be glad to see it, though the rating sucks.

I'm glad to hear you're not going to let the putrid rating overshadow your objective enjoyment of the film!

crossfire · 07-26-2004, 08:17 PM

I've been waiting a long time to see this movie and I will not let anything stop me.

Happy Monkey · 07-26-2004, 08:50 PM

The PC game is pretty cool. I liked playing as the Alien the best.

wolf · 07-27-2004, 12:32 AM

I saw a preview of AVP when I went to see I, Robot.

The trailer was way cool good ... don't know if the movie will live up to it, though.

crossfire · 07-27-2004, 09:57 AM

I hope it does

crossfire · 07-27-2004, 10:00 AM

I also forgot to mention that ever since Airplane, which was pg and had a naked woman bounce her breasts along the screen, I've never understood the MPAA ratings system.

Undertoad · 07-27-2004, 10:08 AM

It turns out all women have them.

lumberjim · 07-27-2004, 10:18 AM

what a stupid concept. freddy vs. jason, anyone?

how ridiculous. this kind of movie dilutes the scariness of the monsters to the point where they are not at all scary anymore. predator2 already ruined the image of the predators, and the aliens haven't been scary since the 2nd installment of that series. maybe a cool video game, but this is an obvious cashing in on two precanned sequels that have lost their appeal.

what's next? Forest Gump meets Rain man?

wolf · 07-27-2004, 11:05 AM

Well, this was inevitable ... since there was that scene in Predator 2 where the guy ends up on the Predator's ship, right ... and he sees all the spines hanging on the wall ... and there's one trophy from an Alien alien.

So they killed at least one ...

And then there was the damn comic book, right? I think that's what really is at fault here. Comic book writers with no imagination throwing two established characters into a steel cage and seeing who comes out?

Hmmm. Movie based on comic book. Rulebook says ... "will suck."

I'll wait for cable.

Radar · 07-27-2004, 11:11 AM

The MPAA rating system is strange and arbitrary to say the least. Long ago, violence got a strong rating while sexually explicit things like bouncing naked breasts weren't such a big deal. During the late 80's and 90's those roles were reversed.

In 1996 the MPAA reviewed one of the best westerns of all time, "The Wild Bunch" and gave it an X rating for violence so it switched back. Then we get Southpark and the MPAA allwed them to have incredibly violent scenes but were very upset about so-called dirty words.

I'd get rid of the MPAA all together and let parents decide.

crossfire · 07-27-2004, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

what's next? Forest Gump meets Rain man?

while this is funny, its also in some ways true and in someways false. its true that the idea of AVP is synonomous with FVJ. its false because what other movies have truely had this idea, besides FVJ? I mean there hasn't been any other two movies that have ran for a prolonged amount of time with a similar hero/villian period, let but also will become a movie. If you can name some, go for it. I'm not talking about similar movie ideas like Forrest Gump and Rain Man, I'm talking about like if they created another I, Robot and they pitted Terminator against the robot. Basically, while it may be just an excuse to continue the series, not many ideas are like it. I just hope, if not AVP, that one will turn out actually good.

wolf · 07-27-2004, 01:10 PM

Alien is a series that went on two movies longer than it should have.

Predator is a movie with a sequel.

Neither of them really cry out for more.

Speaking of not crying out for more ... I saw a trailer for The Exorcist: The Beginning this weekend.

crossfire · 07-27-2004, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

I'd get rid of the MPAA all together and let parents decide.

I agree whole heartedly. As proven in The Matrixes, it seems like the MPAA will sometimes put r ratings on movies, not because they deserve them, but because an r rating may make the movies more popular. Face it, as also proven in Eminem's CD's, people like controversy or things out of the ordinary or whatever, which is exactly what is presented in many r rated movies

Troubleshooter · 07-27-2004, 01:27 PM

I don't like the rating system because it makes theaters think that they are better able to judge what is best for my child.

The theater here won't let me bring my own child to an NC-17 movie. Now, I dont' really have any such desire, but that isn't the point.

07-26-2004, 06:30 PM	#1
crossfire The White Rapper Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 233	AVP movie rating I don't know if anyone has heard the rumors of a PG-13 movie rating, but unfortunately, they are true. It will be rated pg-13 for violence, language, horrible images, and slime and gore, as said by the avp movie website Hopefully, it will still be action packed, but it is stupid for a few reasons. First, every movie in both series was r, it won't be as intense or scary because more kids will be able to see it, and usually, a rating with a description of its description usually is rated r. Yes usually a rated r movie would have like pervasive whatever, but what about Mystic River that was rated r for violence and language. Anyway, I will still be glad to see it, though the rating sucks.

07-26-2004, 08:50 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The PC game is pretty cool. I liked playing as the Alien the best. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-27-2004, 12:32 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I saw a preview of AVP when I went to see I, Robot. The trailer was way cool good ... don't know if the movie will live up to it, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-27-2004, 10:18 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what a stupid concept. freddy vs. jason, anyone? how ridiculous. this kind of movie dilutes the scariness of the monsters to the point where they are not at all scary anymore. predator2 already ruined the image of the predators, and the aliens haven't been scary since the 2nd installment of that series. maybe a cool video game, but this is an obvious cashing in on two precanned sequels that have lost their appeal. what's next? Forest Gump meets Rain man? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-27-2004, 11:05 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well, this was inevitable ... since there was that scene in Predator 2 where the guy ends up on the Predator's ship, right ... and he sees all the spines hanging on the wall ... and there's one trophy from an Alien alien. So they killed at least one ... And then there was the damn comic book, right? I think that's what really is at fault here. Comic book writers with no imagination throwing two established characters into a steel cage and seeing who comes out? Hmmm. Movie based on comic book. Rulebook says ... "will suck." I'll wait for cable. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-26-2004, 08:17 PM	#3
crossfire The White Rapper Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 233	I've been waiting a long time to see this movie and I will not let anything stop me.

07-27-2004, 09:57 AM	#6
crossfire The White Rapper Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 233	I hope it does

07-27-2004, 10:00 AM	#7
crossfire The White Rapper Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 233	I also forgot to mention that ever since Airplane, which was pg and had a naked woman bounce her breasts along the screen, I've never understood the MPAA ratings system.

07-27-2004, 10:08 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It turns out all women have them.

07-27-2004, 11:11 AM	#11
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	The MPAA rating system is strange and arbitrary to say the least. Long ago, violence got a strong rating while sexually explicit things like bouncing naked breasts weren't such a big deal. During the late 80's and 90's those roles were reversed. In 1996 the MPAA reviewed one of the best westerns of all time, "The Wild Bunch" and gave it an X rating for violence so it switched back. Then we get Southpark and the MPAA allwed them to have incredibly violent scenes but were very upset about so-called dirty words. I'd get rid of the MPAA all together and let parents decide. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

07-27-2004, 01:10 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Alien is a series that went on two movies longer than it should have. Predator is a movie with a sequel. Neither of them really cry out for more. Speaking of not crying out for more ... I saw a trailer for The Exorcist: The Beginning this weekend. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-27-2004, 01:27 PM	#15
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I don't like the rating system because it makes theaters think that they are better able to judge what is best for my child. The theater here won't let me bring my own child to an NC-17 movie. Now, I dont' really have any such desire, but that isn't the point. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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