Posted on 03/18/2008 10:27:51 AM PDT by Between the Lines
Such people are idiots. Anyone with intelligence and a love for film enjoys seeing anything excellent, regardless of its rating.
Silliness (on WND’s part). There are probably far more “R” movies than “G” with many being small arthouse indie releases that pull down the average revenue. Compare the top five “G”’s with the top 5 “R”’s and see what you get.
I only think this because I graduated with a kid who is now a “producer”. He is how I described above. It's easier to create a fantasy than to deal with reality.
That’s why boycotts never work.
Just saw “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”
Fun movie.
They aren’t idiots, they have their taste in movies. A lot of G-rated movies stink, recently the quality has gone up but I grew up in the time when G-rated meant Apple Dumpling Gang and other simply atrocious Disney (and others, but usually Disney) movies. It took a few really great movies like Toy Story to retrain my instinct, and even then there’s still some pretty serious crud that comes out in G, stuff with talking animals.
I went with a bunch of friends to see 300. Of the group, two (including me) were vets. Myself and the other vet hated the movie and everyone else loved it.
Boycotts of the movie industry have problems because it’s a huge industry. Nearly $10 billion domestically at the box office last year, hard to put a serious dent in that.
However, if the “family” films are about hip hop culture or are filled with poopy-farty jokes, we don’t want to take our kids to those, either.
I don't go see movies myself, but I've heard that 300 got rave reviews. Why did you vets not like it? Too radically different of a style of warfare?
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Rather be dipped in acid then watch brain-dead films.... I like my Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Sin City, etc. movies....
I am not buying any of this.
1- huge accounting problems
a- foreign distribution is not included
b-dvd sells are not included.
c-costs are not included.
2-Markets are efficient- why hasn’t some buy bought a film studio fore the purpose of producing high rated g films?
there is no entry problem. Anyone can make and distrubte films.
3- theaters just want more customers and will put anything in the theaters.
Mr. Bean’s Holiday: Rated G in DVD. It is a riot for all ages. Very clean. Very silly. Family entertainment.
Transformers and Spiderman 3 were not G-rated, they were PG-13.
I hated Spiderman 3 because the characters were slef absorbed crybabies,
I loved Transformers for its positove message and attitude towards our military.
“No sacrifice, no victory.”
They didn’t humanize the villian, it was classic good guy vs bad guy.
Only an idiot would despise excellence in film, regardless of rating.
Maybe you should read past the first sentence.
They’re going to ruin GI Joe.
The article is comparing dollars to dollars. The fact that more R movies were made yet they grossed less shows that the R rated movies are not as good as an investment.
Shrek, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Ratatouille were intended for a specific audience also.
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