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PG-13 Rating Turns 20

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the microwaved-green-monsters dept.

Ant writes "CNN has a story about the 20 year anniversary of PG-13 and how it was created/born from two of Steven Spielberg's movies. (Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom and Gremlins)" Oh, Mola Ram and your heart-removing antics, little did you know the profound impact you would have.

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  1. FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OH YES, I AM A FISH!

    1. Re:FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dusted by a karma-whoring subscriber. How will you go on?

  2. hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post?

  3. heartwarming antics... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehehe

  4. first post! by mepperpint · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I claim the first post! That means I get free copies of the first PG-13 movies, right? Yay! Temple of DOOOOMMM!! (worst Indiana Jones movie ever....)

  5. Mola Ram's answer to this by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mola Ram: MOuuahahahahhaah
    *roll over in a rock and dissapears*

  6. PG-13 are worse than R's sometimes by ddod · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am suprised sometime at how much worse some PG-13's appear to be than some R's. It seems that many the the producer want to pack in as much crap as they can an still get the PG-13 rating. The maximum nudity, the maximum swearing, the maximum explicative, etc. Whereas most R's seem to get their rating simply from the content of telling there stories. I am abbout to swear off movies all together.

    It's no hoax. I normally don't go for these things but...Free ipods (click here to get yours) .

  7. Shouldn't.... by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why is that funny? Shouldn't it be insightful?

  8. Lost in Translation? by MorePower · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could somebody please tell me what I was enjoy/be entertained/learn from Lost in Translation? Personnally I want to sue the film makers to get those hours of my life back.

    Summary: Two people in unhappy marriages are bored to tears in Tokoyo. We know they're lives are boring because the director bores us to tears watching them do nothing. The fall in love (but never consumate it) and are dreading going back to their normal lives. Suddenly at the last second, the guy wispers something (inaudible) to the girl and they both go magically smiley happy back to thier normal lives.

    Other than a few tame chuckles at the Japanese and their trouble with English, it was the most boring, pointless movie ever.

    1. Re:Lost in Translation? by vegetasaiyajin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Summary: Two people in unhappy marriages are bored to tears in Tokoyo. We know they're lives are boring because the director bores us to tears watching them do nothing. The fall in love (but never consumate it) and are dreading going back to their normal lives. Suddenly at the last second, the guy wispers something (inaudible) to the girl and they both go magically smiley happy back to thier normal lives.

      Man, you actually watched that crap until the end!
      It's one of the most boring movies I have ever seen.
      You must be very strong to stay awake all that time.
      I rented a pirated version of it (the usual way to rent current movies in my country) and after about 30 or 40 minutes I fell asleep.
      Nevertheless, I don't complain about it. I only spent $1 to rent it and it helped me sleep earlier that day.
      IIRC, this atrocity was nominated for the Oscars. I don't know what criteria they use these days....

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