The Controversy Of The Movie Rating System
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The movie rating system in the United States was created in 1968, however it is questionable that system does a good job of protecting children from violence and other contents in movies. The movie “She’s all that” not only contains sexual themes and profanity, it leads 13 year olds to have a preconceived idea of high school life.
The movie starts as Zack Siler, the most popular guy in school gets dumped by his girl friend Taylor, who is the most popular girl in school. He bets his friend Dean that he can turn ugliest "duck" into a prom queen, so he can save his image and popularity. Dean happens to choose Laney as the “least likely to be succeed”, who is an art geek and likes to paint in her basement all the time. Laney refuses to date Zack, but he persists and they become friends and falling for each other. Although this movie is about a typical “Ugly Duckling Story” that children …show more content…
Although private parts are not shown, it is surprising to see the scene where two high school kids make out on the bed with only bra and underwear on. Moreover, the girl licks guy’s body as she goes down to his abdominal area from his chest. It can lead 13 year olds to think that it is normal and okay to do so. It seems like what the industry had done it to cynically put teen R-rated movies into the PG-13 rating. (Kahlenberg C10). This movie should not be rated PG-13 because of violent languages and adult consents. “F words” are frequently used by high school kids throughout the movie and as well other abusive languages. Joanne Cantor who is Ph.D. has reported that “Seeing is believing for children” (Grossman, Dave, & Degatano, 1999). It is possible to conclude that when children see sexual or violence scenes, they begin to believe that those are the ways they should believe. Many scenes in this movie are not appropriate for children and they should not be allowed to watch
The movie rating system in the United States was created in 1968, however it is questionable that system does a good job of protecting children from violence and other contents in movies. The movie “She’s all that” not only contains sexual themes and profanity, it leads 13 year olds to have a preconceived idea of high school life.
The movie starts as Zack Siler, the most popular guy in school gets dumped by his girl friend Taylor, who is the most popular girl in school. He bets his friend Dean that he can turn ugliest "duck" into a prom queen, so he can save his image and popularity. Dean happens to choose Laney as the “least likely to be succeed”, who is an art geek and likes to paint in her basement all the time. Laney refuses to date Zack, but he persists and they become friends and falling for each other. Although this movie is about a typical “Ugly Duckling Story” that children …show more content…
Although private parts are not shown, it is surprising to see the scene where two high school kids make out on the bed with only bra and underwear on. Moreover, the girl licks guy’s body as she goes down to his abdominal area from his chest. It can lead 13 year olds to think that it is normal and okay to do so. It seems like what the industry had done it to cynically put teen R-rated movies into the PG-13 rating. (Kahlenberg C10). This movie should not be rated PG-13 because of violent languages and adult consents. “F words” are frequently used by high school kids throughout the movie and as well other abusive languages. Joanne Cantor who is Ph.D. has reported that “Seeing is believing for children” (Grossman, Dave, & Degatano, 1999). It is possible to conclude that when children see sexual or violence scenes, they begin to believe that those are the ways they should believe. Many scenes in this movie are not appropriate for children and they should not be allowed to watch