When it comes to pure and unadulterated hatred, the MPAA ranks pretty high on my list (right next to the RIAA). Most of the time my ire is quirked by their dealings with DRM, permissions, and distribution. But this time, I’m sitting right next to John Moore, director of the upcoming Max Payne movie, in my hatred concerning their lack of consistency with movie ratings.
Moore has expressed his derision for the MPAA’s decision to give Max Payne an adults-only R-rating in a recent interview with Das Gamer. Describing their decision as being part of what he calls “Batman blowback,” Moore says that the MPAA “gave The Dark Knight a PG-13 rating and basically sucked Warner Bros. cock.”
“The MPAA changes their rules willy-nilly and it depends on who’s seeing your actual movie at the time. It’s very difficult to get a hold on what’s acceptable. The only thing you can use is current standards. So I go and see The Dark Knight and I say, “Gee, that’s pretty gnarly for PG-13,” but I felt good about Max Payne after coming out of the theater. I thought Max wasn’t going to have a problem. And that’s not the case. They’re coming down on us pretty hard.”
The full interview is available at Das Gamer and definitely worth a read. But this is nothing short of just another notch on the belt of wrongdoing being carved by the MPAA. They’re total inability to actually step up to the plate, and acknowledge that not only have times changed, but that they have not changed with the times, is not only frustrating for movie makers like Moore, but to fans like you and me.
[via Kotaku]
As far as I understand it, the MPAA merely acts as a tool for the major 6 film companies, once like the Comics Code Authority did. In essense, a self-regulating industry machine, that if no one used, would by a slow twisted death. Isn’t it time to just cut the head off of this beast? The comic book industry did it and they’ve flurished. Go to studio imposed guidlines (rating system) and stop the MPAA from infringing on a form of protected expression.
Andby the way GeeksOfDoom, when ever you click on the headline of the post, a full page ad pops up that doesn’t go away. Do away with this or find your meeger comments go down even farther. Just my opinion as a reader mind you.
I think they should delay the release of the film, if it’s going to be rated R, then it better be MADE to be an R rated film. What I’m saying is, it’s going to be R either way, so why not go back into the editing room and add all the things that were cut to make it an acceptable pg-13.