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Film Gets PG Rating For Being Too Religious
(June 11, 2006)--A church-produced film about a school whose losing football team is turned around after the coach turns to God has been slapped with a "PG" rating for being too religious.
The Rev. Alex Kendrick, who directed and stars in "Facing the Giants," says it was produced for only $100,000 by using members of his Georgia church for both cast and crew.
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But after the Motion Picture Association of America rated the film, Kendrick says he was told that it got the 'Parental Guidance' rating for being so openly religious.
Kendrick says he's never heard of that criteria before and suggests it shows how much times have changed.
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LoL - how does it feel, suckers? I can't see romantic/sexual adult themes explored in network TV or the radio without paying out the wazoo - finally the censorship monster that the christians so successfully cultivated has started turning on it's master.
 
It's funny how vindictive you are. Sometimes. ;)

Also, I'm not sure if you're devoid of this, or intentionally ignoring it, but in terms of politi-morality, both sides have their own agendas when it comes to censorship.

I'd also like to make note that the rating system isn't censorship.
 
[quote name='Brak']I'd also like to make note that the rating system isn't censorship.[/quote]

Sure it is - a certain segment of the population is forbidden by law from experiencing a specified piece of art or being taught a specific group of facts.
 
[quote name='camoor']Sure it is - a certain segment of the population is forbidden by law from experiencing a specified piece of art or being taught a specific group of facts.[/QUOTE]
I saw many rated R movies before I was 17. If it were true censorship, I would have never been able to see them, as they'd be incinerated, never created, or hidden inside a mildly-crazed man's television set (Fahrenheit 451 reference).

I'm not so sure that the Motion Picture Association of America has an ulterior motive to censor films from the public -- especially with their rating system.

Besides, PG -- if you're a child, you need a parent with you. I hardly consider that censorship, in that regard.
 
[quote name='Brak']I saw many rated R movies before I was 17. If it were true censorship, I would have never been able to see them, as they'd be incinerated, never created, or hidden inside a mildly-crazed man's television set (Fahrenheit 451 reference).

I'm not so sure that the Motion Picture Association of America has an ulterior motive to censor films from the public -- especially with their rating system.

Besides, PG -- if you're a child, you need a parent with you. I hardly consider that censorship, in that regard.[/quote]

Censorship is not necessarily bad - I think any reasonable person can agree that theaters should not open up a day showing of SAW 2 for kindergarteners, it just takes on a negative connotation in our society because it is used so widely.

There are plenty of innocuous things being censored - I just found this one to be the most humorous.
 
[quote name='Brak']I'd rate any religious film B for Boring.[/quote]

The Ten Commandments is actually a pretty awesome movie. But anything set in modern times (beyond occult movies) I pretty much agree.
 
[quote name='camoor']Sure it is - a certain segment of the population is forbidden by law from experiencing a specified piece of art or being taught a specific group of facts.[/QUOTE]

It's not a law and it's not imposed by the government, it's more like a set of rules put out by an organization (the MPAA) for it's members. Something like a say a worker's union may do. While I do agree it's kind of a backdoor version of censorship, it's not censorship in the traditionally bad way most people think of it (being imposed by a government and so forth).
 
[quote name='camoor']http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/3012011.html

LoL - how does it feel, suckers? I can't see romantic/sexual adult themes explored in network TV or the radio without paying out the wazoo - finally the censorship monster that the christians so successfully cultivated has started turning on it's master.[/quote]

So you support making movies with sex given pg ratings so parents have no idea what they're taking their kids to see?
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']So you support making movies with sex given pg ratings so parents have no idea what they're taking their kids to see?[/quote]

No - I think movies with sex should be labeled appropriately, and I think it's actually a good idea to have an appropriate age limit for unaccompanied minors tacked on. However for the record I want to state that I don't include things like "two women kissing", "using a cuss word", or a "half-second female nip slip" as sex.
 
[quote name='camoor']The Ten Commandments is actually a pretty awesome movie. But anything set in modern times (beyond occult movies) I pretty much agree.[/QUOTE]
The Ten Commandments is one of the greatest films ever created. As far as lame religious movies go, I don't like the preachy ones.

Even though it's cool to hate it, I enjoyed The Passion of the Christ. I thought it was very well done.
 
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