Content Ratings

After our last lecture I decided to put content focus to the test. In a previous post I talked about my distaste for rated R movies, but that I had one I kind of really wanted to see: the movie Once. So I looked it up and tried to see what Common Sense Media thought of it. For being a rated R movie it got surprisingly a lower age recommendation than most pg 13 movies. So I broke down and I watched it. And in reality it seriously felt more like a pg movie than anything. It was a pretty positive film about chasing dreams, building friendships, and trying to make hard relationships work. It was about doing what's right despite what you might want. The only thing that made this movie rated R was that these Irish characters dropped the f bomb a few more times than than the rating system likes. But even that seemed pretty mild... maybe it was the main actor's beautiful Irish accent, but it just didn't feel as harsh to me. The swearing seemed more casual than deliberate. I seriously believe if you took that away though what you would have is a pg movie. So in this case content wins. However on my next blog post I want to talk negative repercussions of this content method, so stay tuned.