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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
I watched Paranormal Activity on Saturday with Jolyn. Awesome movie. I wouldn't call it the scariest movie ever like some of the reviews because I didn't find the movie scary - I found it creepy. Very creepy. You guys should go watch it, that is if you're above 16, which brings me to my title to the post.
Paranormal Activity was rated NC16 because it contains and I quote, "Disturbing Scenes & Coarse Language." I personally did not find any disturbing scenes but maybe it's just me. 2012 is rated PG13 for "Intense Sequences & Disturbing Scenes." So I'm guessing Paranormal Activity's NC16 rating was largely because of the 'coarse language.' Which is very amusing because the only vulgarities or vulgarity used in the movie was 'fuck,' unless you consider 'shit' a vulgarity. I've seen and heard 10 year olds use the word and I'm pretty sure they know the meaning of it too. So really, it's almost ridiculous, the rating. It's not just this one movie. If you were a movie buff like me at the tender age of 14, you would know how annoying it is not being able to watch movies you know you'd love but you can't because of some rodiculous rating.
If you think about it, laxing the rating system would help reduce the rate of piracy. Let's face it, if you can't watch it in the theatre, you're going to download it or watch it online or get a RM5 pirated dvd. MDA should really try and revise the rating system.
Revethi
