the fourth kind

[LeeC]

So the movie theatre on campus is having a free screening of this movie tonight at 7:30.  Im not sure if I want to go or not.  I have always had a fear and curiosity of alien abductions since I was 4 or 5 years old when I saw the movie communion staring Michael Keaton.

[Liz]

Man it looks so friggin' good. I saw a preview for it when I was at the theater on Saturday and practically shat myself with excitement. Go for me!

[scarred]

It's only PG-13, meaning Milla doesn't get nude. Interest: lost.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

I believe PG-13 movies are allowed one boob shot nowadays, so there's still hope!. They're also allowed one instance of the word "fuck" if i'm not mistaken (i might be).

the times, they are a-changin'



anyway...i'll probably see this movie. Aliens? Good. Milla Jovavich? Super good. Uh...anything I missed?

[RallyMonkey]

You can get two uses of the word "Fuck" as long as it's not used sexually, as in "Motherfucker".

[scarred]

Also, Ultraviolet was rated R and all we saw was her boot-ay. Just sayin'

god that was an awful movie

[Inlander]

What does R mean in the U.S.? In Australia an "R" rating means that the movie is restricted to people aged 18 years and over (18 being the legal age of adulthood here).

[LeeC]

What does R mean in the U.S.? In Australia an "R" rating means that the movie is restricted to people aged 18 years and over (18 being the legal age of adulthood here).

pretty much the same.  R= Restricted.

[Inlander]

To adults? Underworld? You're shitting me, right?

[KvP]

Sort of. In the US, minors can be accepted into R rated movies if they are accompanied by someone who is eligible for entry. NC-17 or old X designated films are the only ones that are barred for minors outright.

[Joseph]

Also, R is 17 and up as apposed to 18 and up, I believe.

[Zombiedude]

I've never seen an NC-17 movie, nor an ad or commercial. They are pretty rare/nonexistent

[Bastardous Bassist]

They are very rare.  A number of movies have gotten an NC-17 initially, but that really hurts at the box office, so they usually try to re-edit the movie to get that rating down.  "Showgirls" was the first movie I remember with an NC-17 rating.  Here is a list of movies that have been rated NC-17 on wikipedia.

[KvP]

These days movies have an R cut (or even a PG-13 cut) for theaters and then an "unrated" cut that gets released on DVD. In most cases they're just the R cuts with some negligible deleted scenes added but a few of them would actually be released as NC-17 films.

[scarred]

This Film Is Not Yet Rated is a pretty good documentary look at the inner workings of the U.S.'s MPAA rating system (a phantom board that holds itself to no regulations or standards).

[Zombiedude]

Plus it may all be up on Youtube still

[RallyMonkey]

Also, if a movie gets an NC-17 rating, and the filmmakers don't want to edit it, they just don't accept the rating and release the movie as an unrated feature, like Requiem for a Dream.

[Surgoshan]

To adults? Underworld? You're shitting me, right?

Jeanne Tripplehorn shows her hiney.

[ackblom12]

Robocop was one of the movies that got an X rating initially, which was replaced with the NC-17 label. Of course if you've seen Robocop that should come as no surprise, especially for it's time.

[a pack of wolves]

These days movies have an R cut (or even a PG-13 cut) for theaters and then an "unrated" cut that gets released on DVD. In most cases they're just the R cuts with some negligible deleted scenes added but a few of them would actually be released as NC-17 films.

Does that mean video recordings don't have age classifications in the US?

[Bastardous Bassist]

I think "unrated" things technically have the same restriction on sales as NC-17 movies (which I believe is the same as R movies), or MA games, but they are much more poorly enforced.

[a pack of wolves]

But you can't really have enforcement of a voluntary ratings system in the same way it's done in the UK where it's illegal to sell a film classified as 18 by the BBFC to someone below that age. Well, sort of. They found out the ratings aren't legally enforceable in August, but they will be again once they put in new legislation. But I digress. So videos do generally have ratings on them then, and most shops follow them?

[RallyMonkey]

The American rating system has no legal binding. The reason it is so well-enforced is due to major theater chain's agreements with the MPAA. They agree to card for R rated movies, and not to show unrated movies, which in turn causes all major studios to get their movies rated, which costs money, and creates the business. As the MPAA is a private business, any legal enforcement of the ratings would be severely breaking anti-trust laws, I believe. This is why independent movie theaters, and many video rental places do not card at all, because they have no obligation to.

[Bastardous Bassist]

Yeah.  Some shops do, but it is their choice.  Larger stores find that it is more beneficial to their business when they card (because of parental groups getting pissed off when they find the store isn't carding), but aside from consumer pressure, there is no reason to follow the ratings.

[Liz]

Resurrecting this thread for an update.

Verdict: torrent only. Not worth your money. The story is good but the execution is vile, they cut between the "archived footage" and the movie shots constantly and there is a ton of split screen stuff and all the good parts are intentionally "blurred out." I jumped in my seat once, and there was one part that was legit creepy.

That is all.