When you go to the movies, do you check the ratings? What was the first R-rated movie you saw? I have to think back, and I remember seeing Black Hawk Down in theaters in 8th grade. And I think The Terminator in 6th grade on VHS. Now, those are not too provocative of films, but they did come with my Dad explaining things to me after. I don't know which was more awkward: the stuff about war crime and violence or the stuff about traveling in time and making love to your best friend's mom and becoming his father. But we talked. Now, I'm a semi-well-adjusted adult. The point is, both those movies were rated R, meaning, as someone under 17 years old, I could not get in without a parent. They were movies made for adults. Entering those movies, I knew there would be things I had not encountered in the world that I would have to reflect on. That's what great art does. It challenges us and causes us to deal with things to greater understand the human experience. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 1 June, 2023