(04-17-2015, 05:37 PM)jammi Wrote: Generally speaking, R rating is granted for explicit gore or sexuality. You don't need either for a good film, which is more reliant on the aspects HL mentioned above. It's also funny when people think that PG-13 would be the film's downfall when the original films were positively quaint PGs.
Exactly! Go back and watch any late 70's and early 80's movies and you'll discover that PG in the 80's would be PG-13 or more in today's ratings.
Heck...E.T. was directly marketed as a family film and it has the words "sh*t," "d*mn" "b**ch" and "penis breath" in it. Great decade to grow up in!
