FRESH OUTTA THE KNUCKLEHEAD DEPARTMENT: Well, Disney is griping again – this time it’s about something that would have been so painfully obvious, some flashy executive has no right to complain. Here comes my Disney rant, ready? GO!
Okay, now: let’s play along here for a second:
Are You:
– a bizillionaire fat-cat that sits behind a desk and tells the public what movies to watch?
Did someone bring to the table a movie called “Bad Santa”?
Did You Say “okay”?
Did it get made?
And are you ticked off that the movie made Santa look… oh poopsie, what’s that word.. ah, yes…. BAD?!?!
If you answered yes to all of these, then: You Are a Mental Fart. — Or you work for Disney. Or both.
According to Ananova.com, Disney finds the notion of a “drinking, f*cking Santa Claus” (ie: BAD) as bad. (see? Am I not making fantastic sense here? how is this a shock?)
Here’s the thing: the film is made by Miramax (owned by Disney) – who also released Kill Bill and the Scary Movie series! Scary Movie?? I’m sorry, what was that “appropriate” nonsense you were babbling about? Sure, the argument: “But this is bastardizing Santa! An icon of childhood joy!!” is valid, but to that I say this: IT’S CALLED “BAD SANTA”, WHAT IN BA-HOOBIES WERE YOU EXPECTING?? Bad-SMELLING Santa!?!? Geez!! Give me your uber-cash salary, and I’ll do your blasted job FOR you.
But even still, look at the big picture Mr. Freud: The movie’s trailer says: “And now, a hopeless kid, and a Santa nobody liked, are teaching each other a lesson… The naughtiest guy in town, just might discover, how to be nice.” You’ll have to excuse the filmmakers for assuming that you’d catch onto the bigger picture and THE FLIPPING TITLE!!
“Nothing appears sacred, anymore, this is just not in the spirit of Walt Disney,” is what a ‘source’, is reported as saying. And to THAT, I say this:
— Where was your sacredness when you kept bastardizing my childhood stories? Remember the Little Mermaid? the Hunchback of Notre Dame? Yeah, they all DIED! They lost!! Whatever happened to teaching kids that life can sometimes be a bucket of piss? I spent days and months dwelling on the fate of the Little Mermaid, and wondering “what if she’d done this?” — but Disney makes everything all fluffy and forgettable. Sigh. But I digress.
Lastly, I say two quick points: 1) the movie is rated R anyway!!!, – So was Scary Movie!! It’s not FOR kids, so WHO FLIPPING CARES?!?! (Maybe the studio knows that kids get into Rated R movies anyway, but perish the thought they do something about that — too much revenue to lose)
And 2) as final proof: Go HERE AND WATCH THE TRAILER and try not to laugh.
“Our” sh**
The American R allows kids under “17”(not 18 you idiots!) to attend if they have a parent/guardian with them. I should know I live in the f****** country. Are rating system is retarded! There are some R movies out there that kids shouldn’t see, even if the are with a parent. I think R should be changed to mean “No one under 18 admitted”. If that isn’t Restricted than I don’t know what is. Some R movies are no different than watching a porno and you have to be 18 to see that sh**. America can be so stupid! I hate you F****** Democrats! You’ve run this country into the ground!!!!!!!!!! F*** YOU!!!!!!!!
In a bizarre turn of events, I thought the movie was indeed a ‘feel good’ movie. It was very touching. In a very vulgar sort of way, but touching nonetheless.
Yeah I know – dat’s whuut I said: American R is like our 18A (not to be confused with our “R”) – Those under the stated age can still get in with an adult. I’m all genius. Mostly. Sort of. Well, sometimes. Okay, not often. Shut up.
Mistake in your ratings thing Dave … the American R allows kids under 18 to attend if they are accompanied by an adult. No such provision in the Canadian R … our R is equivalent to the American NC-17. Part of why the MPAA flips out is because they don’t have any rating to say that something is meant purely for adults without also implying that it’s porn (the NC-17 replaced the X rating and carried all of the X rated stigma with it, most film chains won’t screen NC-17 films as a result, heance nobody makes them)
Canadian ratings aren’t looser IMO they more accurately reflect the reality of the different age brackets and, hence, we get a wider range of things screened here than in the US.
And yes, Disney is largely staffed by a group of incredible dumb-asses.
When I worked at the Charlottetown Cinemas box ffice we used to make kids cry by turning them away if they couldn’t prove their age. Good times. We also used to warn parents when they took their 8 year olds to see things like South Park. Some of them told us off for it but most of them appreciated it, especially the parents of kids who had lied to trick them into taking them to see the movie.
No, I don’t think they can trust them — I’m not for censorship – I mean, I think people have the right to make whatever movie they want to make, but as for AVAILABILITY, I have a huge problem with.
I really think that movie ratings allowance should be strict and fierce. If you’re too young, you’re too young. Go Away. Come back when you’re older. Same with Music – but I won’t go there. Taking a look at our culture, there’s obviously a LOT of people who can’t handle themselves properly and yet our culture will foster just about anything with anything.
(I’m not BLAMING media for the antics of idiots, so don’t go there either), but if you’re going to restrict stuff, RESTRICT it.
I know this is kinda getting off topic from the original thread… but I’d just like to mention that the ratings seem awfully general. I’m 22, so I really don’t pay much attention to ratings… but I’ll have kids eventually, and the ratings will be much more important to me. I hate the thought of Scary Movie 3 (PG13) being almost in the same rating category as The Cat in the Hat (PG). Can parents really trust these ratings?
Regional/provincial breakdowns can be found here:
http://www.movie-ratings.net/movieratings_can.shtml
Well, yes you are both right on that account, but since Disney was freaking over the American rated “Bad Santa”, I was maintaining the comparison by using the American Scary Movie Rating.
But since you brought it up, this is basically where the American and Canadian ratings (besides slight variations in Quebec and the Maritimes) differ:
American G Rating:
– Same as Canada
American PG Rating:
– Same as Canada
American PG-13 Rating:
– We don’t have an equivalent to this, simply because Canada’s “PG” rating is general enough. Our Next Rating is exclusive to Canada, but is more strict than PG-13, but much more relaxed than the American ‘R’ rating.
Canada’s 14A:
– Children Under 14 aren’t allowed without an adult. – Many movies Rated “r” in the states are Rated 14A here. – Only because our rated “R” is more strict – and looser morals maybe? hehehe.
American R Rating:
– Very similar to our 18A rating with the exception that ours is for those aged 18, and theirs, 17.
American NC-17
– Our Rated R: no gets in unless they are of age – only differing, like above, in that Canada’s applies to 18 year olds instead of 17. Hardly ANY mainstream movies in the States are ranked this high.
**In short, American Rated R movies can, and more often than not, get a lower rating here: The Matrix Movies, for example: U.S.-‘R’, Canada-14A. The only time Canada’s rating is “stricter” is in the event that a movie is Rated R in the States AND in Canada (like Kill Bill for example). Usually, they will be ranked 18A instead.
Basically, Half of American ‘R’ movies are easier to see in Canada, and the other half (usually really violent suckers) are harder to see. I’m out of breath.
Yah.. I noticed that Canadian ratings tend to be lower than American ones. Kind of odd.. I would have figured it would be the other way around..
Of course the MPAA only rates movies for American markets, while here in Canada we have regional rating entities. If memory serves me correctly the Maritimes were the only jurisdiction in North America that rated the South Park movie anything lower than R. I was working at Charlottetown Cinemas at the time and it was most definately rated Adult (14 and up or any age with an adult).
I don’t know if that was an “if you say so” or if it was a sarcastic “if you say so”, but just in case, I do in fact, say so:
You could’ve looked this up yourself. Here’s Scary Movie’s entire release details:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0175142/combined
— The MPAA rating is listed after the entire cast and crew listing, in the release info.
And this is the listing for Scary Movie 3:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0306047/combined
— Ibid on the rating location.
There. I continue to say so.
OK Day-vuhl…if you say so…..
Yes I know Scary Movie 3 was PG-13, pretty odd huh? I guess picture ratings would make a good complaint-post. Scary Movie, the first one, was Rated R though.
Actually, Scary Movie 3 was rated PG-13. That tells you something about how stupid these rating systems are…