Tuesday, May 21, 2019
The movie industry
The movie industry has already found its roots in this lifetime, and probably compensate in the next. Hollywood itself is a historical entity it has its deal got life, its own people, and its own followers and worshippers. It is like a cult that creates a huge amount of money both single day. It has invaded non only the queen-sized screen, scarce our televisions and music players as well. In circumstance, the three categories of fun take in often intertwined and ex metamorphosed characters. We obsess over the movies that we feel like we can relate to. mayhap its because of the theme, or the ending of the story that has re eachy touched our lives.Or it was a favorite book that we have read a million times that can now live outside our imaginations and can visually please us on the big screen. Or we watch a movie simply because we love the actors in it, so much so that we know what they ate for breakfast for the whole week. We have been by-line the movie industry for a lon g time now. We praise and worship those who get ahead the biggest money on its opening week and almost non mention those who do not even make it to the big screen and directly to DVDs. Money is the ultimate cause and end of this industry. And it is said that money is also the primer coat why the ratings live on.Almost all movies have a rating by the MPAA. heretofore, the accuracy and the legitimacy of these ratings argon being questioned not only by the film industry players, but mostly by the people the MPAA swore to exist for, the American p bents and their innocent fryren. The fruit that exists now is not whether or not parents should allow their children to watch movies that have been labeled as restricted for them, but the integrity of the ratings itself is questionable. The controversies surrounding the ratings of Hollywood movies cloud over the fact that the principal reason for the existence of the ratings is responsibility and sensibility.Their goal as an associati on is to be of assistance to the American parents to help them guide their children in restricting and choosing which movies to watch. As it was stated by Jack Valenti, former MPAA president, in an article that he wrote, To offer to parents some advance information about movies so that parents can steady down what movies they want their children to see or not to see (Valenti). besides several critiques and hullabaloos have been shed in lieu of the existence of this ratings organization.Some formulate that the mature members are biased towards the producers and directors that they have come to love. Some say that the members of this board abhor movies that targets issues that they are light-sensitive about. It seems that the existence of much(prenominal)(prenominal) an organization cannot really protect anybody, if that is what they are really for. If I was a parent, and I was asked if I should allow my children to watch movies that were labeled unsuitable for them by a group of people that have questionable goals and motives, I would say yes, I depart unimpeachably allow them.I would advocate allowing children to watch restricted stamped movies because I know that even if the ratings do not exist, the parents leave alone be responsible enough to discuss issues with their children firsthand. The parents have the discretion when it comes to watching these movies with their children. Parents exist for guidance and support, for story and for realization. Some parents are willing to be open and discuss important life changing issue with their children and do not encounter any problems with it.Some parents shy away from the issue because they think their children would not understand. But this is not true. School-aged children are old and mature enough to try to understand issues. According to Erik Eriksons surmisal of developmental tasks, school-aged children are already curious as to how and why things operate the way they do. Their intense curiosities may be able to teach them a lot already, especially if someone they trust, like their parents, will be delivering the information to them firsthand (Kaplan). thither is nothing wrong with a child knowing some sensitive topics at such a young age.In fact, children today are very aware of global issues and how these things take them. The MPAA can stamp their ratings on movies as long as they want and they could, but they really could not stop any parent from allowing their children to watch movies. Secondly, I deem it unnecessary for a ratings board such as the MPAA to exist. Ratings are arbitrary and subjective the people who stamp these ratings on movies are people unless like us, human beings that can be subjected to persuasions and influences. Some filmmakers are devising their case against the MPAA heard.According to Scoot Bowles of the States Today, Harvey Weinsteins movie Grindhouse was in the brink of being rated NC-17, a rating that cannot only lower your sales, but can t otally cross out your movie from existence. So Weinsteins game plan was to make Quentin Tarantino, infamous creator the Kill Bill series, which also happens to be the director of Grindhouse, face the debate with the MPAA (Bowles). Apparently, the board loves Tarantino, and instead of giving the Grindhouse an NC-17 rating, they got an R with little trimming in the horror exploitation film. Also, rating is even voluntary (The Classification and Rating Administration).Film makers can opt not to get their movies rated, this is a freedom of choice. However if this is the case, why is it that almost all films are getting ratings when it isnt really a requirement? There are issues surrounding this statement. Some are saying that it is a taboo when a film is not rated, or unrated, mostly because unrated films are foreign films, obscure independent films, direct-to-video films, pornographic films, made-for-TV films, large format (IMAX) films, or documentaries that are not expected to play ou tside the art house market, films that are not departure to hit the top ten box office sales any time soon (Medved).In profit to that, when a film is unrated, some cinemas of DVD stores do not sell them any more, which is equal to lesser revenues (Bowles). Films rated NC-17 are also almost unable to sell, hence when a film gets this rating, the makers usually plea for a change in rating. The film makers and the MPAA members agree on a new rating, with a compromise. There would be more cuts and whatever else the MPAA board decides to do. This in itself is questionable. When a rating is made, the rating should stick.How can the organization prove to the parents their commendable is they accept negotiations? Ratings should be travel byn and they should be final. The NC-17 rating is most dreaded because not only will this cut your market in half, but will also make an impression already sooner it can be given the chance to be seen and heard. There are currently five categories of M PAA ratings. first gear is the G rating, which means General Audiences-All Ages Admitted, the PG rating, Parental Guidance Suggested.Some Material May non Be fit For Children, PG-13 is Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13, next is the R rating, or Restricted, Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian and finally the NC-17 or No One 17 And Under Admitted rating (Valenti). Regardless of rating, children should be allowed to see works of art. Movie making is creativity at its best, for a targeted audience. I believe that movie makers should be given this freedom to let loose their art and their visions, how they see the world.And as their audience, people should be given the chance to see it and appreciate it, give the applause it deserves. Unfortunately, movie making has become a money making industry. Some independent films are really worthy of the exposure, but because they are being crushed by the bigger movie moguls , they cannot contest with it. The MPAA is even said to be biased towards the movie moguls in the industry (Medved). Eventually it will all boil down to choice. It is the movie makers choice to heed the advice of the MPAA and accept their ratings.It is the MPAA boards choice to give a rating to the movie. Most importantly, it is the audiences choice whether or not to see the film, whether or not to allow their children to watch it. Restrictions are just guidance, a reminder that in that respect may be some issue or graphic scenes that the MPAA deem not suitable for such an audience, but it is still up to the parents to assert their final decision. Responsible parenthood can immediately and mechanically turn down the tables for the MPAA or the movie industry itself.Nobody really has to be told about their morals, for it is subjective, it depends on the individual. The outline at how movies are rated is questionable, no doubt, but the way parents discipline their children is not. T hey can opt to allow their child to see R rated movies, and the consequences of such an act, may it be good or bad, is theirs for the taking. Works Cited Kaplan. The Basics. New York Kaplan Publishing, 2007. Medved, Michael. R-Rated Movies Not A Good Investment For Hollywood. 2000. Texas A&M University. 10 celestial latitude 2008 . Questions & Answers Everything You Always Wanted To greet About The Movie Rating System. 2000. The Classification and Rating Administration. 10 December 2008 . Bowles, Scott. Debating the MPAAs mission. 2007. USA Today. 10 December 2008 . Valenti, Jack. How it all began. 2000. MPA. 10 December 2008 .
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