MPAA gives "PG" rating to film for being too Christian

crazy

Rocket River

 

about damn time.

 

gwayneco i just noticed your signature is from rumi. you do realize he was muslim right? in fact a muslim scholar.

 

all the rating suggests is that parents should take a look at it before taking their kids in. if they don't want their kid exposed to evangelism, then that might prove helpful.

i don't wanna offend or step on toes. evangelism is a relational thing for me. it's earning the right to be heard. it starts first and foremost with respecting and loving people. not throwing something on someone unexpectedly.

i'm not sure the MPAA had this concern at heart or if there's a more sinister/discriminatory reason for this. there are lots of movies with Christian imagery mixed with a plot line of redemption. "Man on Fire' earned its R rating with violence, but there was tons of Christian theme and symbolism there. is that sort of stuff now amping up the rating?

i haven't seen or heard of this movie, so i'm a bit ignorant.

 

I understand
but . . . I think alot of movies promote an Ideal that is not G PG or PG 13
I mean PG -13 can suggest sex .. . drugs etc. . .

I would have to see the movie to see why it gets this PG
but If it is push Christian THEMES
like love thy neighbor etc. . . I don't see the harm

I may soften on the PG if it is a YOU GOING TO HELL type of thing

Rocket River

 

If they are simply pushing a "theme" then the rating seems silly. But if the movie regularly references the bible in specific ways then perhaps I can see their point that people of other religious backgrounds would at least appreciate knowing the subject matter before sending their kid.

 

Hey, a loincloth is still considered full-frontal nudity in some states.

 

what's next? a movie that mentions the big bang getting a PG b/c it contradicts the age of the earth?

 

Given that PG stands for Parental Guidance I don't think this is necessarily bad. I would assume that most rational parents would like to provide guidance on the overt religious messages being presented to their children. The PG rating is supposed to mean that parents should make sure that they know what the movie is about before they approve of sending their kids. That's all.

 

I have this theory that gwayneco is actually someone very smart and very open-minded and is either muslim or someone who is against anti-islamism. By creating this identity of someone who is an extremist in anti-islam and pro-christian, he is actually helping in dissuading those in the middle from joining the side of the extremists.

 

who cares?

 

"Facing the Giants" is too evangelistic.

And if it was not Christian and was say Musilim instead, any bets on "R"?

 

And the MPAA hands yet another victory to the jihadists...

 

whoopty frickin doo?

 

Couldn't agree more! We have a 10 year old girl, and a son who just turned 15. They are perfectly capable, now, to handle being exposed to different religious ideas, but a G movie implies that anyone from a 3 year old, to someone my daughter's age, can see the flick without a problem. Getting a lot of religious messages at a very early age, outside of parental guidance, is not, "free from possibly causing harm." Movies can have a powerful effect. That's something a parent needs to be able to control. A PG rating implies that the parents should do a little research about the film.



Keep D&D Civil.

 

I think there is a thin line on a G rating and a PG...In one respect, I can see or understand the rating to religion in the movie. For some reason as a Christian, it doesn't bother me too much....

However, I think about G types such as Finding Nemo, and Bambi,...which blatantly depict immediate family loss from death...Wouldn't a parent feel just as uneasy?

 

Yes, they might. Bambi has some very powerful scenes in it, from a little kid's point of view. Perhaps a caution would be appropriate for that as well. It's hard to rate these things, which is why parents should do as much research as is practical before taking the child to the theatre. As busy as parental units are these days, the rating system, while far from perfect, helps a lot.

ROXRAN, you embarrassed me with your "tier" post. I'm not worthy!



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Honestly, when was the last time any of the parents of older kids (my oldest is two and a half, so I haven't had this experience yet) been concerned about a PG rated flick? I would see myself being concerned about making sure I saw a PG-13 movie before exposing my kids to it if they were 10 or 11, but I just don't see myself being concerned at all over a PG rated movie.

For me, if it causes my child to ask questions and think about spiritualism, I would welcome that conversation. However, there are people out there who would prefer to start that conversation with their children in their own way and they should at least be made aware of the theme of this movie through the PG rating.

G is for movies that have no controversy at all. Religion is one of the most controversial and contentious topics out there.

 

Yeah, I would take that bet. There's no way they'd given a children's movie an R just because it was Muslim. PG would be appropriate there, just as it is appropriate here.