A P.g.?!!!!!!

Starbreeze · 01-19-2002, 04:17 PM

How did Fellowship of the Ring ever become a PG? I am 16 and I was terrified (please note this does not leave me open for ridicule about my cowardice!

) Several children in the audience all three times I went were really afraid. I mean, all that kiling, and stuff... I ask myself ...HOW?

How does everyone else feel about this "too low" rating?

Starr Polish · 01-19-2002, 06:28 PM

Where I live it is PG-13.

***HOBBIT*** · 01-19-2002, 07:21 PM

In the U.K. its PG I believe.......

AngieBaggins · 01-20-2002, 03:14 AM

Here in Cali, and i think the rest of the U.S., it's PG-13. That movie is so not PG material. I had nightmare's the first time i saw it, but i got over them after the 2, 3, and 4th viewing.

Luthien Tinuviel · 01-20-2002, 12:48 PM

Its PG-13 here. I personally wasn't afraid during the movie, altho i did jump whenever i got surprise, like when the cave troll lunged at Frodo. It was sooooo set up for, and i knew it was gonna happen, but i still jump every single time! I think its cuz my nerves get all keyed up for it.

bropous · 01-20-2002, 01:44 PM

Well, it was PG-13 here as well, and I bloody well wish some parents would pay attention to the ratings. Wish it had gotten a "PG-13-WSSEU-NWB" rating [no one under 13 admitted without a parent wielding a switch to shut 'em up and no whining babies allowed].

Then again, a couple of cave-trolls with a chain-whip in hand would have been needed to quieten some audience members I encountered...

Renille · 01-20-2002, 05:46 PM

You like acronyms, don't you, Bropous??

I approve of the PG-13 rating. Not only the violence, but the subject material goes way over kids' heads. My friend's little sister (7) saw it with us, and I felt really sorry for her...you could tell she was petrified through the whole thing.

FrodoFriend · 01-20-2002, 08:26 PM

Personally I wasn't afraid either, except when Bilbo had his little evil-fit, and that was more surprise. I didn't think it was too bloody or violent . . . but then, I've been watching the X-Files for years, and that show is worse than many an action movie (violence-wise).

LOL, Yeah, bropous, but some people could really benefit from a bit of a scare! I was tempted several times to whisper "My precioussssss . . . " in some one's ear right during the tensest parts and watch them jump. Maybe it should have a PG-13-PTBPBRTF rating! (no one under 13 admitted unless they're prepared to be picked on by REAL Tolkien fans!)

ladyisme · 01-20-2002, 08:36 PM

Do I sense the slightest mean streak in you FrodoFriend?

FrodoFriend · 01-20-2002, 08:50 PM

*straightfaced* I am as innocent as a hobbit.

Quazar · 01-20-2002, 10:20 PM

Hey people, most of these kids have probally killed thousands of their friends playing video games more gruesome than FOTR. Which one was it that you could pull the skeleton out of your defeated opponent?

FRODO LIVES!!!!!

Gerbil · 01-20-2002, 10:39 PM

Careful Quazar or I'll down down up up high punch toasty you!

As for FrodoFriend being as innocent as a Hobbit, somehow I doubt it. Just you try and get between her and Elijah and you'll encounter the meaning of 'excrutiating agony' very quickly.

Apart from that though she's sweet as pie

FrodoFriend · 01-20-2002, 11:29 PM

Awwwwww . . . Gerbil, my heart is melting.

OUTTA THE WAY!!! *shoves three old ladies over to get to Elijah*

Laurelyn · 01-21-2002, 10:08 PM

Lol, Gerbil, Bropous, and FrodoFriend.
It was indeed PG-13 where I live. How it got to be PG in any place is beyond me, thogh.
Maybe it should have been PG-13-TFWAPTSUAWTMOUYHADW
PG-13, Tolkien Fans (Who Are Prepared To Shut Up And Watch The Movie)Only, Unless You Have A Death Wish.
~Laurelyn

Gerbil · 01-21-2002, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Awwwwww . . . Gerbil, my heart is melting.

OUTTA THE WAY!!! *shoves three old ladies over to get to Elijah*

Errm can someone give me a hand? I appear to be stuck to the bottom of FrodoFriend's shoe. A spatula should do the trick. Not that it's not fun, looking up her skirt, but I'd trade that for being more than half a centimeter thick any day of the week.

*flat squeak*

Luthien Tinuviel · 01-21-2002, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gerbil
Careful Quazar or I'll down down up up high punch toasty you!

As for FrodoFriend being as innocent as a Hobbit, somehow I doubt it. Just you try and get between her and Elijah and you'll encounter the meaning of 'excrutiating agony' very quickly.

Apart from that though she's sweet as pie

Oh no, Frodofriend, i guess i just won't mention that I am in love w/ Elijah/Frodo...

bropous · 01-21-2002, 10:26 PM

Here's a spatula for ya, Gerbil....and avert your eyes, young rodent!!!!

Gerbil · 01-21-2002, 10:40 PM

Cheers bro. Don't worry, I'll avert my eyes. I don't want to see some stupid spatula when I can look up FF's skirt.

Oh and Luthien? Go to the back of the queue please.
3 Frodos have already been made, but more are on the way. Probably.

01-19-2002, 04:17 PM	#1
Starbreeze Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 12	A P.g.?!!!!!! How did Fellowship of the Ring ever become a PG? I am 16 and I was terrified (please note this does not leave me open for ridicule about my cowardice! ) Several children in the audience all three times I went were really afraid. I mean, all that kiling, and stuff... I ask myself ...HOW? How does everyone else feel about this "too low" rating? __________________ Ai! Aniron! "Well sir, if I could grow apples like that I would call myself a gardener!" The Spoons ARE coming ~~ Plum coloured pixie of death ~~

01-19-2002, 06:28 PM	#2
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Where I live it is PG-13. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

01-19-2002, 07:21 PM	#3
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01-20-2002, 03:14 AM	#4
AngieBaggins Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cali Posts: 36	Here in Cali, and i think the rest of the U.S., it's PG-13. That movie is so not PG material. I had nightmare's the first time i saw it, but i got over them after the 2, 3, and 4th viewing. __________________ Loverly, just loverly. She looked over the hall way doors, and noticed him there. It was odd, for she had never met anyone like him. And she never expected she would again.

01-20-2002, 12:48 PM	#5
Luthien Tinuviel Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 38	Its PG-13 here. I personally wasn't afraid during the movie, altho i did jump whenever i got surprise, like when the cave troll lunged at Frodo. It was sooooo set up for, and i knew it was gonna happen, but i still jump every single time! I think its cuz my nerves get all keyed up for it. __________________ The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hamlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen, Of stars in shadow shimmering. Tinúviel was dancing there To music of a pipe unseen, And light of starts was in her hair, And in her raiment glimmering There Beren came from mountains cold, And lost he wandered under leaves, And where the Elven-river rolled. He walked alone and sorrowing. He peered between the hemlock-leaves And saw in wonder flowers of gold Upon her mantle and her sleeves, And her hair like shadow following. He sought her ever, wandering far Where leaves or years were thickly strewn, By light of moon and ray of star In frosty heavens shivering. Her mantle glinted in the moon. And on a hill-top high and far She danced, and at her feet was strewn A mist of silver quivering.

01-20-2002, 01:44 PM	#6
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Well, it was PG-13 here as well, and I bloody well wish some parents would pay attention to the ratings. Wish it had gotten a "PG-13-WSSEU-NWB" rating [no one under 13 admitted without a parent wielding a switch to shut 'em up and no whining babies allowed]. Then again, a couple of cave-trolls with a chain-whip in hand would have been needed to quieten some audience members I encountered... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-20-2002, 05:46 PM	#7
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	You like acronyms, don't you, Bropous?? I approve of the PG-13 rating. Not only the violence, but the subject material goes way over kids' heads. My friend's little sister (7) saw it with us, and I felt really sorry for her...you could tell she was petrified through the whole thing. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

01-20-2002, 08:26 PM	#8
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Personally I wasn't afraid either, except when Bilbo had his little evil-fit, and that was more surprise. I didn't think it was too bloody or violent . . . but then, I've been watching the X-Files for years, and that show is worse than many an action movie (violence-wise). LOL, Yeah, bropous, but some people could really benefit from a bit of a scare! I was tempted several times to whisper "My precioussssss . . . " in some one's ear right during the tensest parts and watch them jump. Maybe it should have a PG-13-PTBPBRTF rating! (no one under 13 admitted unless they're prepared to be picked on by REAL Tolkien fans!) __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-20-2002, 08:36 PM	#9
ladyisme Enting Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 92	Do I sense the slightest mean streak in you FrodoFriend?

01-20-2002, 08:50 PM	#10
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	straightfaced I am as innocent as a hobbit. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-20-2002, 10:20 PM	#11
Quazar Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Piedmont North Carolina Posts: 33	Hey people, most of these kids have probally killed thousands of their friends playing video games more gruesome than FOTR. Which one was it that you could pull the skeleton out of your defeated opponent? FRODO LIVES!!!!!

01-20-2002, 10:39 PM	#12
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	Careful Quazar or I'll down down up up high punch toasty you! As for FrodoFriend being as innocent as a Hobbit, somehow I doubt it. Just you try and get between her and Elijah and you'll encounter the meaning of 'excrutiating agony' very quickly. Apart from that though she's sweet as pie __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

01-20-2002, 11:29 PM	#13
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Awwwwww . . . Gerbil, my heart is melting. OUTTA THE WAY!!! shoves three old ladies over to get to Elijah __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-21-2002, 10:08 PM	#14
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Lol, Gerbil, Bropous, and FrodoFriend. It was indeed PG-13 where I live. How it got to be PG in any place is beyond me, thogh. Maybe it should have been PG-13-TFWAPTSUAWTMOUYHADW PG-13, Tolkien Fans (Who Are Prepared To Shut Up And Watch The Movie)Only, Unless You Have A Death Wish. ~Laurelyn __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

01-21-2002, 10:26 PM	#17
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Here's a spatula for ya, Gerbil....and avert your eyes, young rodent!!!! __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-21-2002, 10:40 PM	#18
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	Cheers bro. Don't worry, I'll avert my eyes. I don't want to see some stupid spatula when I can look up FF's skirt. Oh and Luthien? Go to the back of the queue please. 3 Frodos have already been made, but more are on the way. Probably. __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk