tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58335242011-04-21T20:18:36.748+01:00Very mild perilYou have been warned - pondering the warnings issued with new film releases Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1128255014377270122005-10-02T13:06:00.000+01:002005-10-02T13:18:04.580+01:00What's Eating Gilbert Grape is rated PG-13 for elements of mature subject matter.This sounds like a 'must try harder' school report.Paul is beginning to engage with elements of mature subject matter; however he continues to show too much interest in the zippers of his peers.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1082607545461352572004-04-22T05:15:00.001+01:002004-08-10T00:56:44.686+01:00Ever After: A Cinderella Story is rated PG-13 for momentary strong language, embarrassment and serious injury So had the language been more than momentary, would this movie have got a more restrictive rating? Like if someone had said 'Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit'? Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1080837480698138242004-04-01T17:35:00.000+01:002004-08-10T01:00:43.020+01:00A Pig's Tale is rated PG for language and juvenile mischief Whereas Cocoon is rated PG-13 - presumably for its septuagenarian mischief Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1077732494495716842004-02-25T18:08:00.000Z2005-10-02T19:33:18.963+01:00Celebrity Biography Special!The censors are never more judgmental than when rating the life stories of the stars. Their warnings provide neat pointers on where to think twice when deciding to devote oneself to a particular celebrity. Here are some examples, one of which I just made up:The Tiger Woods Story is rated PG-13 for some crude language.In His Life: The John Lennon Story is rated PG-13 Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1077552895514984512004-02-23T16:14:00.000Z2004-02-29T19:05:32.950ZToday's post comes courtesy of loyal friend to Verymildperil, Mr. Marzipan: Ladder 49 is rated PG-13 for intense fire and rescue situations, and for language. It's nice to see that the censors have finally got it right. We all know that when a fire is intense, the rescue situations need to reflect this. It would be much worse for everyone if a group of children were trapped in a burning Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1076068169312014402004-02-06T11:49:00.000Z2004-06-13T20:02:36.366+01:00 Boobgate: The Movie will be rated R for outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury Outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury are the complaints registered by one viewer of the Superbowl strip-tacular, who is suing the makers of the show. The nature of the injury is unspecified, but I think it sets an excellent precedent. I am planning to sue Christina Aguilera, Peter Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1074983301902641422004-01-24T22:28:00.000Z2005-10-02T19:37:47.930+01:00 Finding Nemo contains mild perilI am adamant that the peril depicted in this film is not mild. It is far, far away from mild. I would venture to say that Finding Nemo contains maximum peril. Here are some examples:Can anyone suggest peril of a worse nature than in the situations above?Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1073644756924543742004-01-09T10:39:00.000Z2004-01-24T22:29:18.000Z A very special history lesson! The story of how ratings were introduced to films in November 1968 is suitably silly. Jack Valenti, President of the Motion Picture Association of America from the mid-60s, recently recounted the controversy surrounding questionable language used in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, leading to a new era of regulation. "In company with the MPAA's general Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1073333925686724452004-01-05T20:18:00.000Z2004-01-05T20:30:02.030Z Godzilla vs. Biollante is rated PG for traditional Godzilla violence They have a point. If Godzilla would make some attempt to get with the times, people would not hate him so much. It's his traditional Godzilla violence that's so abhorrent to mothers.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1071660183847793672003-12-17T11:23:00.000Z2004-06-13T19:56:39.976+01:00The Powerpuff Girls Movie is rated PG for non-stop frenetic animated action There's a lot of words in there, but do they really mean anything? I have to tell you that all of the 4 words are stupid: 1) "NON-STOP" The fact that a movie - particularly a cartoon - is non-stop should go without saying. It's like they're warning parents: "If you're planning to put your kid down for a little nap in Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1070987901330123112003-12-09T16:38:00.000Z2004-06-13T19:59:48.896+01:00Teenage Space Vampires is rated PG for mild alien vampire violence Something about that gives the impression that this would have been okay: Whie this is definitely not okay: Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1066087676472254382003-10-14T00:27:00.000+01:002003-12-17T10:36:27.170ZEight Crazy Nights contains moderate comic sex and drug references We are talking about Eight Crazy Nights. In which the following does not happen: The action takes place in a Massachussets mental asylum. The local authority is threatening to shut the place down because there are so few inmates and they're only a little bit crazy. So the staff decide to swap places with the inmates and to fake Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833524.post-1063968754700221972003-09-19T11:52:00.000+01:002003-12-17T10:42:46.336ZLe Divorce contains moderate language and brief injury Let's imagine it's about an American girl, Debbie, marrying a French guy, Maxim, to get him a green card. They don't speak each others' languages so there's only very moderate language - I'd even call it limited. They bumble around their New York apartment, doing DIY at cross-purposes, and each receiving advice from their bilingual neighbourLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832848929002024865noreply@blogger.com