Much to my, frankly, shock, Reprise opened in my area yesterday. I guess I should give Buffalo more credit, LOL. I really want to see it, especially after some people whom I respect and admire loved it enough to ruthlessly pimp it. But there is one rather substantial problem.
It sucks being a teenager, I tells ya. So, how's your life goin'?
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Lucky! I want to see it so bad...I hope you love it when you see it.
... on DVD. That was the jist of the post.
Do they really ID people at the movies? When I was 15 we used to breeze right in to R movies and no one said a word. At the theater in the very small town I lived in while I was in High School you could get any R rated movie if you brought a written note from your parents. (We also used to walk to school barefoot in the snow, 15 miles, uphill both directions.)
Oh, right...well, in that case, snap :)
I hear you, kid. I hear you loud and clear...
Sneak in. You HAVE to see it, damnit!
Um, have a parental unit accompany you when they're free?
I've read somewhere that it's not "against the law" if someone under 17 watches an R rated movie in theaters. Doesn't the MPAA just tell folks what's "appropriate" and it's completely voluntary? I might be wrong, though.
It's against the law here, but North Carolina is a stupid Bible Belt state.
There, I said it.
Anyway, I hope you love it J.D., and hope you get to see it soon. It's one of my favorites of 2008 so far.
A lot of people get this wrong, but in fact the rating system is completely voluntary and in no way has the force of law. Even in North Carolina. In fact, the reason the MPAA came up with the ratings system in the first place was to prevent various states from passing a bunch of conflicting censorship laws. No government body has the right to tell you what you can or cannot watch, except for that which is deemed to be pornographic. However, theater owners have the perfect right to keep you out of their establishments if they see fit. It's not right, it's not fair, but it's a fact that if j.d. wants to see this movie in a theater he will probably have to have a parent accompany him.
I probably should've clarified, there are three problems: the R rating (15), the distance (I can't drive), and it's Norwegian. My mom only loves me so much - after Paranoid Park finished, she basically grounded me indefinitely and hit me with her purse. Generally, the movies I want to see aren't the movies she'll like. She also hasn't learned the concept of "dropping me off at movies" for movies I CAN see alone - no matter how much she'll hate me for it, she almost always sees them with me. It's frustrating, but I can deal.
In fact, I put aside my frustration towards Reprise the second I heard of it. I thought, "No way in hell am I seeing this in theatres!" and I was okay with that because it happens a lot. But then it opened here, and because she didn't realize what the hell she was talking about, she said we'd see it Thursday. Then I explained to her that it was an R-rated, Norwegian art house movie, and she went (and I quote) "Oh. Nevermind."
So.
Also, it's at a 3-screen theater in a mall 25 miles away that I've only been to twice, and we're in a recession (or something) and she doesn't want to spend $15 in gas to get there.
And movie theater suck - I've tried to get by them before, but I always get a "No, kid, you're not old enough."
*grumbles*
Vera, according to NC state law, you must be 18 to see an R-rated film alone.
Well...17...but many theaters take it upon themselves to require you to be 18.
That doesn't make sense, because then it would be easier to get into an NC-17 film, I think. Which is weird.
Go New York State! :D
Since even getting a rating for your film is voluntary and many films are released whitout MPAA ratings, what does North Carolina do about unrated films?
Most theaters won't play unrated films - but some arthouse theaters do. There isn't really a law for them, it's up to the individual theater based on the content, as far as I know.
I know, it's weird. But hey, what can you do?
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