The link here is to a New York Times article and blog about the soon-to-be-released documentary BULLY being given an R rating. I encourage you to go to the link and write something there, but I also ask that you cut-and-paste your thoughts into our blog so that it's shared locally, in case others don't want to read through the whole New York Times blog.
This link is to a page from National Public Radio, including interviews with Johnny Depp and a segment of All Things Considered with the movie's director.
This link is about the trial of a bullied, gay student who killed himself.
This link is to the movie's website.
I believe that the rating on the movie should be changed so children and teens can watch it. It would be important for kids to watch this because although bullying is not a problem in fox lane it is a problem in other schools. It should not be rated R just for the fact that there is cursing in the movie because it is heard everyday in school hallways probably more so than a couple hour movie.
ReplyDeleteThe rating to the movie "Bully" should be changed to PG-13, a rating where all teenagers and and kids can view the movie. As Adam said, bullying may not be a problem in Fox Lane or in our community, but it is an on going problem nationwide. If the movie rating was changed so that it was not rated R, people who may be bullied or witness bullying can make an effort to stop it, and become more educated with bullying. Also, bullies who may watch the film that what they are doing to other students is wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe rating for the movie "Bully" should be changed to PG-13 to allow all teenagers and kids to see it. It is important that everyone can see the effects bullying can have on several people, even though you may not be harmed by it yourself. If everyone can see the movie, then there is a chance it will lead to people coming together and trying to put an end to bullying.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I posted above is a link in relation to the nonexistent law of movie ratings. What I read is that there is not a federal law in relation to movie ratings, but they simply exist to please parents. Due to this I think that it is a true possibility to change the rating on the movie "Bully" to PG-13. I think that kids around the age of thirteen are the ones who are most bullied. I even think that parents would be supportive of their children seeing this movie just because of the message is portrays.
I think the "R" rating that has been given to this movie is appropriate because of what is being expressed in the film. Although some people may not see bullying as that bad is because they really havn't seen or been bullied to the extent of which the movie is portraying. However some may say that the rating is harsh, they don't see that what is being shown in the film is explicit to an extent where for some children parental supervision is best. Lastly the only reason the movie should stay rated "R" is because both the movie theater and the film productions think that if kids want to come and experience the movie they should be with a parent.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment the movie "Bully" has a rated R rating. I belive that many people would like this changed so it is viewable by a larger audience, but i think that it's not going to change much. Many attempts have been made to try and bring up this issue and none of them seem to work. My opinion is that bullys know what they're doing to other people as well as they have the knowledge to know that it's wrong. I don't think this movie is going to have much of an impact as they expect on our nation no matter what rating it has. Therefore it may be pointless to edit and make changes to suit the pg-13 standards.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Daniel and everyone else who believes the movie "Bully" should be changed to PG 13. there are no federal law regarding movie ratings Therefore, changing the rating wouldn't be such a difficult task. I feel that in order for this movie to make a statement and an impact on society and even more importantly, bullies this movie can't be rated R. The victims of bulling and bullies are usually middle and high schoolers. At this age most kids are reluctant to go to the movie theater with their parents. So if kid were able to go with friends or by themselves more young people would view "Bully". The producers should direct their viewers to all ages especially middle and high schoolers and by making this movie PG 13 more people would see it.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I feel that it does not make a difference that this movie is rated R for an obvious reason. Kids now a days will always find their way around anything, whether it be underage drinking or seeing an R rated movie. This ratting would befit this movie because of the publicity It would get. So therefore you might have more kids be interested in this movie. Many kids would also want to go see this movie with a parent.
ReplyDeleteBullying is a difficult topic to talk about, watch, be in, and everything else. But children go through it every day, it can be from the age of 7 to 18 but people do go through it. If these kids are experiencing what's in this movie already then should cursing and violent actions stop them from watching it? No, these kids hear curses and see violent things everyday, it's everyday life. I would of definitely signed Katy's petition. Adults tend to sugar-coat the topic bullying. When talking to their children they tell them to be the bigger person and ignore it. But to be honest, that's almost as impossible as someone telling me to not defend myself when getting beat up. Bullying victims cannot ignore a bully's comments/actions. This movie proves that, this movie allows people to see the straight out bold truth. This is why, not only bully victims but parents, and bully themselves should be able to watch this movie. This movie will bring about change. I went on Youtube and saw the Bully Project trailer. It was amazing, because it rips the veil that blinds the parents eyes. It demonstrated how some adults thought everything was ok until it was just to much.
ReplyDeleteThe rating on this movie should be changed from an R rating to PG-13. If the movie was a PG-13 rating then then all high school students would be able to go see it and learn about the problems that bullying can cause. Even though the movie contains curse words and people being bullied, it's high school students who are saying the words and doing the bullying in the movie, so it doesn't make sense that people of the same age wouldn't be allowed to go see the movie.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone who believes the movie should be given a PG-13 rating. One point of this movie is to show how bad bullying has become. The film is clearly trying to send a powerful message to society showing how out of hand bullying has gotten. Teenagers are definitely the main target group in which the bullies stand nowadays. With that said, high school students would not be able to view the film with an R rating. I think that it's most important for this age group to view a movie like this and see the effects it has had on people. By giving this film an R rating, that will restrict students from viewing the film and that will also block the ability for the movie to have an actual impact on society. How is the film going to have a strong impact on high school students if high school students can't even view the film itself? I agree with Nate, although the film does contain curse words and bullying, it's all coming from students to begin with so it wouldn't make sense that we (students) wouldn't be able to see the movie.
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