hooray internets

[jaina]

I've discovered my new favorite feature on imdb-- the content advisory for parents. Basically it's a list of everything in the movie that could be considered objectionable: sex, violence, profanity, what have you. It's supposed to be for parents to decide whether they can take their kids to a particular movie, but it's great for me, because I'm a complete fraidy-cat who can't handle violence/gore/scary stuff. So for example, here's the page for 3:10 to Yuma (could be considered spoilery), which I now know I won't be seeing. I mean, mostly I can figure it out just by knowing the rating and the subject matter, but this is really helpful. It's all user-submitted, though, so lots of movies don't have anything there (like Shoot 'Em Up, but I mean, that one's a no-brainer). But still! Yay!

Comments

[ferdalump.livejournal.com]

LOL!! I am the most ginormous fraidy cat of them all. I really never met another adult as scared as I am of 'scary movies' and literally I am about the biggest baby I know when it comes to any kind of violence on screen.

Most times I have Chad screen things for me, and the parentall warnings often come in handy.

However, for Bale, I think I might be willing to make an exception. :p ;)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

I may challenge you for the title of Biggest Grown-up Fraidy Cat! The sad thing is I love action movies, but I can't handle anything bloody, so there's a very narrow range of movies I can comfortably see! sirrogue screens stuff for me too-- that's how I watched Gladiator, and Sin City, and other stuff like that. I do want to see 3:10 to Yuma actually, but only if I go with someone who's been before.

[raykel.livejournal.com]

How did I not know about this????? I'm always trying to figure out if a given PG-13 movie is okay for the kids or not. (Some are, some aren't.) This will be most helpful! Thanks!!

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I was most pleased to learn of its existence!

[jedihealer.livejournal.com]

Since my kids are pretty grown up, this doesn't apply to me, except for screening things I don't want to deal with. I will pass this info on to others whose kids are younger though. Thanks.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[anirt.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! We once rented a German-language drama about some farmers that looked interesting. It had a very unexpected rape scene, and I just can't watch those. It turned me off of renting unknown movies, especially foreign ones. This web page will help me personally quite a lot.

And yeah, that movie you linked to looks like one I won't be watching either.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Oh, yikes! That sounds not cool at all. :( This seems like a pretty new feature on imdb, so lots of movies don't have entries yet, but hopefully it will become more widespread!