It's an interesting question. I already thought about movie rating some time ago. I don't know who decides how a movie is rated. Also every movie is rated different from country to country.
I have a good example for you.
This is a picture of the DVD of Bonnie and Clyde. I took this DVD as an example because there are so many ratings of different countries on it (usually there is only the German one on it). I don't know from which countries all these are. But let's have a look:
The top one (maybe Spain) recommend it to 13 up!
Two more for 18 (don't know the country)
and Greek says 17.
Isn't it strange?
How can one country say that people under 18 shouldn't watch this movie and the other one recommend it to 13 year olds?
My opinion is, that you can't always trust these things.
I think it's much more better to read reviews and aks people who have already seen the movie. Of course it's a good thing too, because you can of course say, that you wouldn't let a 6 year old kid watch a movie which is recommended to 16 year old people ;)
That's why I don't include the rating in my reviews, because it's different everywhere and I only know the German rating. If you want to know how it is rated in Germany/Austria I can include it next time. Just let me know!
I could also tell you how I would rate it.
Check out my last review! :)
I find it very strange how they rate movies. In the US we have G, PG, PG-13, and R. G is for all ages, PG, is for older kids, Pg-13 is for 13 and up, and R is for 17 and up. Do they do it like that in Austria?
ReplyDeleteWe have for all ages, 6 and up, 12 and up, 16 and up and 18 and up. They look like the blue thing over the hole and have different colours. white, yellow, green, blue and red...
ReplyDeleteWow, that's interesting! I've always wondered about movie raters, since I was little. I used to imagine a committee of four people, sitting in a special room at the cinema's, watching a movie a ticking and marking what they'd rate it!:P
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