| Is the 17 rating the same as a PG 13 rating here in usa? I never saw that rating on moveis here.
Whatever - if the movie industry wants to inform parents and viewers about the contents of their films they should be allowed to do so as they please. Some DVDs I get remain unrated.
About cigarette companies promoting products this is not true unless you acturally see a "name brand" being used. Most movies do not promote name brand products for a number of reasons and it would be stupid to pay to advertise if the name of your product is not visable.
I think that is just a myth being spread around by anti-smoking people who get rich off of pushing such falsehoods for the purpose of demonizing certain social behavorisms. More grant money for them is the bottom line for such passion.
Kids should not be sat down in front of a baby-sitting TV set anyway, let them play doing fun stuff. Teenagers who are allowed freedoms outside of partental supervision must be trusted to think wisely or else hire them a real Nanny to follow them around. |