movies/tv Should we keep trusting the MPAA?

[FirePuppy 621]

Since more than 40 years after the MPAA launched its rating system, some of the movies appeared to look nothing like what the MPAA suggested. For example, let's take a look carefully at two movies, both released in late 2010: The King's Speech and True Grit.

• True Grit is rated PG12 in Japan, 14A in Canada, and "15" in the UK and South Korea, while here, it got a PG-13 for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images.
• The King's Speech, however, is for general audiences in Japan, PG in Canada, and is rated "12" in the UK and South Korea, but in the US, it got an R only for "some language".

Is the MPAA crazy these days or what? If so, should we ignore the ratings and follow our own instincts?

[Will Guide 21,325]

I feel compelled to bring this video up again. Maybe it will provide some insight. Maybe.

 

[Denim&Venöm 16,453]

I recomend watching the documentary "this film is not yet rated" to understand how asinine the MPAA is.  Granted, the doc itself was rated NC-17. By the MPAA. 

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

It's funny how the Nostalgia Critic brought up the MPAA Rating System, and how violence is accepted, but not sex or nudity.  The sad thing is this: We treat Nudty as it were taboo, but we glorify violence like it was the best thing ever.  I may bring up a topic in the Debate pit about why Violence is accepted, but not nudity.

[CherryAcorn 101]

I always follow my instincts soo i bet its better you do it 

Cause, well, yeah. I dont know the MPAA but fanfics exist  (even if i do hate and i hate)

[EpicEnergy 22,064]

I would probably just use their ratings as guidelines, but not take them too strictly.