Post #155313 by mrs. pineapple on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 4:20 PM

They already do cut versions for TV & airplanes. It's just bizarre to me that someone would think it's appropriate to edit, say, 'Rosemary's Baby' of all the violence, so a 12 year could watch it? I mean, why not just tell your kid, that movie is NOT appropriate for you to watch, forget it. Then they can do what we did as kids, sneak watching it at a friends house, and suffer through the nightmares for 3 weeks!

A few years ago we took my nephews to see Jaws at the Paramount in Oakland, Jaws is one of my all time favorite movies, but it's kind of scary, and we told my nephew, who was 10 at the time, if he got scared, we'd leave. Towards the end after Quint got chomped, he wanted to go, so I took him to the lobby and we hung out until the movie ended. (I saw Jaws at the Drive In in Cape May when I was 9, and I didn't go into the water for a year!) What's the point of seeing a 'Jaws' if you edit out all the shark attacks? Why can't parents just pay attention?

If a movie has gratuitous violence and language, maybe you should reconsider letting your 12 year old watch it on another set of principles? I really think this is a case of 'controlling Hollywood'

The ironic part is the amount of sex and violence on TV every day, unflitered! And who is behind this, making assloads of money! (FOX, GE, Viacom)
Anyway - yes, this pisses me of!