The Movie Rating System

Have you ever wondered why a guts and gore movie is sometimes rated lower than a sex scene in a love story movie? I most definitely have thought about this, and it makes no sense to me. 

Going to the movies can be an exciting evening out. Being seated in a dark theater and hearing the surround sound while watching the enormous screen in front of you is a ton of fun. I remember how excited I would get when my parents would take me to the movies when I was younger. Watching the previews was always one of my favorite parts of going, and it still is. Watching the previews gave me a reason to ask my parents to come back to the movie theater to see new movies. My parents always used the movie rating system to judge whether or not it would be appropriate for them to take my brother and I to see certain movies.

Now a days thinking back to the way my mom and dad judged movies, I wonder how a sex scene in a movie can be rated higher than a violence movie. I don't agree with the current movie rating system. I don't agree with it because many PG-13 movies have a tremendous amount of violence, guts, and gore in them. How do you expect a 13 year old to handle a movie like that? Movies, like Saw for example, should be at least rated NC-17 or even R. I believe that 13 year old's are still learning about the world around them are just beginning to develop who they are. How can their minds be well informed and educated about the world around them if they are allowed to see people being blown up and cut open? The answer is to this is simple: they aren't. They aren't being well educated with being allowed to see movies such as these and I personally don't believe that many 13 year old's can distinguish reality from fiction.

On the other hand, movies with love scenes in them are a bit more realistic and should not be rated higher than violent movies. Love scenes in movies are a part of life. I don't have any factual evidence of this, but don't most all people fall in love? And won't most all people have a similar situation as a love scene in a movie happen in their life? I believe so. What I don't believe is that people in their everyday life will see someone's body being torn to shreds or blown up. The movie rating system should most definitely be reevaluated.