The PG 13 Discussion

[pakman]

Honestly, if we talk about being jaded, we will eventually have to bring video games into the discussion. I agree with you that there is a maturity level of appropriate viewing. I can usually tell if a movie is going to be graphic. SPR was one of them, but I saw it when I was 15, I think. It was a great movie. I saw Gladiator...that was a great movie too, graphic, but good. I like Veggie Tales too, Larry the Cucumber is my favorite :). I remeber seeing Aliens, I couldn't sleep for weeks. I just couldn't get the image of the half droid leaking milk and the alien ripping someone's face off with the inner mouth thing. I still cannot watch those films. I laughed at Starship Troopers. I will not go see Freddie vs. Jason.

Sometimes I think that people forget that war movies have gore and that it is more realistic than what they think.

I think that video games play a role in being jaded. I was playing DoD last semester, and saw a grenade kill a guy. The guy went flying against against the wall and the helmet went the other way. If I start having flashbacks from playing a video game, I think I'm gonna stop, that's a bit too realistic.