Our society would not be the same with out movies because of the revenue it brings into the box office. People of all ages and from different surroundings all have one thing in common, they like to purchase and rent movies daily. Renting movies is a hobby far from being expensive to do, the average cost to rent a movie is five dollars. Buying movies is a little more expensive but is usually no more then twenty dollars. Movies are not all the same, they come in many different categories such as Comedy, Horror, Action, Drama, Suspense and even Romance. The one thing that all these different types of movies do have in common are their ratings.
The purpose for having movie ratings is to show the movie-goer if it may or may not be appropriate for them to watch. What determines the ratings of the movie are a few things. The first determining factor is the level of violence. Violence is movies will most likely take place in action and suspense movies. The movie may have too much violence and could be too inappropriate for a child to view. A BIG reason in what determines how well or poorly a movie may be rated is based on the language used in the film. Cursing and inappropriate language can be found in ANY type of movie and this would make the rating not suitable for children to watch. Another major factor would be the sexual conduct that occurs during the movie. If there is any sexual profanity, nudity or anything close to that, this would make it harder to bring one’s children to watch this movie.
I believe that the movie ratings system is perfectly fine where it is currently. I think the ratings are very fair and fitting for the movies. Parents should be the ones that make the decision on whether they allow or do not allow their children to watch the movie. The ratings should not determine whether or not a child can see a specific movie, but whether the parent who makes that decision.
Not many people may agree with the movie ratings system but with how it is already set up, I believe it does a fine job of helping a parent make the decision on whether their child should or should not attend the viewing of the movie.