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kids all see this stuff anyway. i'd guess 99% of kids 14 and over can handle just about any R rated movie. I just think it's stupid that people say this card is shirking parental responsibility, but any kid with responsible parents will know how to view and handle an R rated movie. If people want to complain about bad parenting they should be attacking the bad parents, not the movie industry. It's not like this card circumvents parents entirely.
My guess is that if a parent is willing to go to a movie theatre and spend two dollars to let their kid see any R rated movie they are probably good parents. If they were not good parents the kids would be messed up by that age anyway so I dont see why it would matter.
I myself have been going to R movies since I was a young teen. Granted, Ive always been the extreme for maturity level at my age, so how should I know...
I've been to a lot of R movies, with my father or with a friend and their parents. I've never attempted to sneak in, but it's not the most complicated thing in the world as far as I've heard.
The card could work for some, but I see it failing for others. There are some really gritty R movies that don't compare to the swearing and one sex-scene movies out there. Parents would end up complaining that they didn't want their child to see that movie.
A movie-by-movie basis would be fine with me, or just reverting back to the having a parent buy the ticket method. Obviously, they think their kid's mature enough to handle the content, so why the hell should they sit through a movie with them? Their kid doesn't need his hand held at that point.
Honestly, I don't see it causing much good. DVDs come out a few mere months after a film leaves the theater, so I don't even care for the R restrictions anymore. The card's an unneeded addition.
I think its a good idea only if the theaters that currently don't sell R rated tickets to people under 17 use this card system.
From what I understand, its not the MPAA's fault that NC17 movies are fucked at the box office. The reason they are fucked is because TV stations and stuff won't advertise NC17 movies. Sorta like how the Catholic church was the reason for the hollywood code back in the 50's. In both instances it was outside forces that prevented the movie industry from backing films that were more explicit than the norm.
I can only dream of the type of movies that would be acceptable today if religion didn't make so many people such uptight pricks.
I've recently heard that there are a bunch of NC-17 movies coming out. The movie makers are starting to take advantage of the freedom the rating gives them. And some of these movies actually have actors we have heard of before.
As far as TV not advertising NC-17 movies, do they really need to? Word spreads like wildfire thanks to the internet these days. I would imagine that the target audience for NC-17 movies is the highest demographic of internet users.
NC-17 is going to be used for all types of subject matter, including no-hardcore frontal nudity, explicit drug use, extreme violence, and other issues the general public in America have problems with.
For now, you may have to go to smaller independent movie houses to see NC-17 movies. But as more big name directors and actors start making these movies, they will become more mainstream.
They wouldnt go let me see Dawn of the Dead on opening day, I went back two days after, and they let me in.
Just sneak in. It's not too hard.
I've found that I can easily get R tickets by buying them online with my check card.
It does'nt take a rocket scientist, to figure out how to get into an R-rated film. All a person has to do, is buy a ticket for another movie showing at the same time, then they walk into the R-rated movie.
This sort of move, just takes some of the pressure off of the theaters. They are'nt held responsible, for letting under age patrons into movies, that they can't regulate.
it's really hard to sneak in around here. they cracked down big time including sometimes at the door of the theater the movie is playing in if they suspect its a movie kids will really want to see.