Comments on: MPAA rates Bruno an NC-17 http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17 The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eli Nassau http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-193522 Eli Nassau Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:36:45 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-193522 Sacha Baron Cohen is able to surprise the audience again, except this time he did it with a gay character instead of an eastern European reporter. Interestingly enough, in Borat, the movie, there are plenty of homosexual remarks, not to mention the nude wrestling scene between Borat and his overweight manager. Why is it then that one movie gets rated NC-17 and the other R? It's the gay thing, I think. If it wasn't for Bruno being gay, I believe the MPAA would not have given this movie this rating. As long as the character is not openly gay (like Borat), then there is no problem but as soon as this character blatantly says he is gay, then the MPAA gets all worried. You can tell this movie has a "hidden brilliance" already by the way it is marketed. The executives will surely use this rating as a marketing tool, but this rating also proves the point that the movie is trying to make, which is similar to the one in Borat: America needs to reflect upon what it says about freedom, and see if it actually means what it says, particularly in conservative states like Texas (where the movie was shot). Sacha Baron Cohen is able to surprise the audience again, except this time he did it with a gay character instead of an eastern European reporter. Interestingly enough, in Borat, the movie, there are plenty of homosexual remarks, not to mention the nude wrestling scene between Borat and his overweight manager. Why is it then that one movie gets rated NC-17 and the other R? It’s the gay thing, I think. If it wasn’t for Bruno being gay, I believe the MPAA would not have given this movie this rating. As long as the character is not openly gay (like Borat), then there is no problem but as soon as this character blatantly says he is gay, then the MPAA gets all worried.

You can tell this movie has a “hidden brilliance” already by the way it is marketed. The executives will surely use this rating as a marketing tool, but this rating also proves the point that the movie is trying to make, which is similar to the one in Borat: America needs to reflect upon what it says about freedom, and see if it actually means what it says, particularly in conservative states like Texas (where the movie was shot).

]]> By: Dragonslayer http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192887 Dragonslayer Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:26:36 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192887 Watchmen falls under it was fucking awesome and Bruno will suck Watchmen falls under it was fucking awesome and Bruno will suck

]]> By: bernardg http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192881 bernardg Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:06:32 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192881 only in america, excessive violence is a-okay, sex and nudity is bad..... makes me wonder, where is the wathcmen fall into these? They do have both violence and nudity abound.... only in america, excessive violence is a-okay, sex and nudity is bad….. makes me wonder, where is the wathcmen fall into these? They do have both violence and nudity abound….

]]> By: Dragonslayer http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192660 Dragonslayer Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:03:55 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192660 I won't see it anyway. I won’t see it anyway.

]]> By: James http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192549 James Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:16:55 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192549 I don't see what the problem with NC-17 is, plenty of films in the UK are rated 18 meaning you have to be 18 and over, most of my favourite ones...for example: Training Day American Gangster Taxi Driver Pulp Fiction Eastern Promises Man on Fire The Departed Requiem for a Dream Magnolia The Big Lebowski ....i could write this list all day. Also it means the cinema wont be full of t**ts I don’t see what the problem with NC-17 is, plenty of films in the UK are rated 18 meaning you have to be 18 and over, most of my favourite ones…for example:

Training Day
American Gangster
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
Eastern Promises
Man on Fire
The Departed
Requiem for a Dream
Magnolia
The Big Lebowski

….i could write this list all day.

Also it means the cinema wont be full of t**ts

]]> By: AndyS http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192539 AndyS Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:37:24 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192539 Actually the MPAA is a joke. A movie like the HillsHaveEyes can get an R rating but if a movie has too much penis and sex scenes it gets an NC17. The fact that Zack and Miri went thru extended cuts while Hostel didn't is idiotic. Only America where Violence is okay but penis and vagina are horrible. Actually the MPAA is a joke. A movie like the HillsHaveEyes can get an R rating but if a movie has too much penis and sex scenes it gets an NC17. The fact that Zack and Miri went thru extended cuts while Hostel didn’t is idiotic. Only America where Violence is okay but penis and vagina are horrible.

]]> By: Devan Price http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192416 Devan Price Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:15:01 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192416 Watchmen? Watchmen?

]]> By: Rodney http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192335 Rodney Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:23:03 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192335 It doesn't FORCE anything. They could accept that with the content they have it qualifies them for a certain rating and live with it. They want to broaden their market and make it less restrictive, then they can make changes. They just use a rating system for informing people of what they might face if they attend the movie. They don't MAKE anyone do anything. If they wanted to keep the movie AS IS, they could release it NC-17. If anything the MPAA makes it better for the movie so that they can release an "unrated" dvd. So they can double dip on the version that they put out to appeal to the masses, and the version they sell you AGAIN with the content they left out that would have been inappropriate for the younger audiences. It doesn’t FORCE anything. They could accept that with the content they have it qualifies them for a certain rating and live with it.

They want to broaden their market and make it less restrictive, then they can make changes.

They just use a rating system for informing people of what they might face if they attend the movie. They don’t MAKE anyone do anything.

If they wanted to keep the movie AS IS, they could release it NC-17.

If anything the MPAA makes it better for the movie so that they can release an “unrated” dvd. So they can double dip on the version that they put out to appeal to the masses, and the version they sell you AGAIN with the content they left out that would have been inappropriate for the younger audiences.

]]> By: MEDavidson http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192333 MEDavidson Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:22:00 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192333 It's a MARKETING PLOY. Of course it wont be NC-17 when it comes out. Everyone knows that. It's months and months and months away and the studio leaks this shit just to raise awareness and get people talking. It’s a MARKETING PLOY. Of course it wont be NC-17 when it comes out. Everyone knows that. It’s months and months and months away and the studio leaks this shit just to raise awareness and get people talking.

]]> By: chris....the real one http://themovieblog.com/2009/03/mpaa-rates-bruno-an-nc-17#comment-192324 chris....the real one Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:15:19 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=18341#comment-192324 great movie...showed how much the mpaa is full of shit great movie…showed how much the mpaa is full of shit

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