Frozen 2 should be rated R 0 ▲ Interconnected 45 minutes ago · 5 min read1012 words · Writing · hide · 0 comments I watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off which was as great as I remember. It has an age rating of PG-13 in the US and 15 in the UK for bad language and some kissing. (There is also lying to parents but apparently that doesn’t count.) This seems absurd. I have way less problem with some light cursing/petting than films that are ostensibly for kids like cartoons and superhero movies that treat mass existential threat as an incident plot point in the hero’s journey. Like: Frozen 2 in which the entire city is almost destroyed by a tidal wave the recent Superman movie in which the city actually is destroyed, and although it is reconstructed we never hear about the people crushed by debris etc. Superman is rated PG-13 in the US, 12A in the UK. There’s off-screen loss of life but on-screen is widespread in movies: death with barely any emotional weight. (a) I’m sure this lack of emotional weight in existential jeopardy is harmful to us. (b) I’m sure that existential jeopardy in movies is getting… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.