Could a R rated Batman movie work?

[Mr 9.8]

I remember when the Dark Knight came out that some critics felt the movie would have been better if not toned down in order to achieve the PG-13.

What do you think?

Personally I don't think it would have made as much as it did in the States, but I could be wrong.

[DiceX]

I wonder what was cut that made it rated R.

It might have kept a few kids out, but in the grand scheme of things probably wouldn't have hurt the bottom line too much. I mean it did make a jillion dollars or something, right?

 

 

[sakaridis]

Well, Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ was R-rated and it did almost 400m in the States and 600m worldwide.

 

I'm pretty sure ol' Bats is way more popular than an this "Christ" fella.

[DrWatson]

I wonder what was cut that made it rated R.

It might have kept a few kids out, but in the grand scheme of things probably wouldn't have hurt the bottom line too much. I mean it did make a jillion dollars or something, right?

What movie did an R rating ever keep you from seeing in the theater?

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

Almost every top US movie is a movie that kid's see as well. SpiderMan, Shrek, Star Wars, lord of the Rings, etc. I dint know what the top rated R movie of all time is but I'm guessing it's not in the Top 10 or 15.

 

OK I looke dit up. It is that Christ fellow and it's #15. The top grossing Rated R movie not containing a few thousand year old superhero is Matrix Reloaded at #45.

[DiceX]

I wonder what was cut that made it rated R.

It might have kept a few kids out, but in the grand scheme of things probably wouldn't have hurt the bottom line too much. I mean it did make a jillion dollars or something, right?

What movie did an R rating ever keep you from seeing in the theater?

 

I can't say I pay attention to ratings.

 

 

[DrWatson]

Almost every top US movie is a movie that kid's see as well. SpiderMan, Shrek, Star Wars, lord of the Rings, etc. I dint know what the top rated R movie of all time is but I'm guessing it's not in the Top 10 or 15.

It's The Passion of the Christ and it is number 15 with $370,782,930.

[PokerKid]

R ratings have a huge effect on attendance for this type of movie. While most feel the movie sucked, the studios blamed the R rating for much of the horrible box office for Judge Dredd. The lack of R films in the top 100 is a good indicator of how much it can limit an audience. Unless it is essential to the story telling, studios would be very unlikely to take an R.

 

 

[devilsrain]

If there was ever a movie that shouldve been rated R, it was Wolverine.

[rodan57]

How much violence and sex is needed to tell a good story?

 

Before CGI became king, sex and violence always took the place of character, plot, cinematography and score.

[Mr 9.8]

How much violence and sex is needed to tell a good story?

 

Before CGI became king, sex and violence always took the place of character, plot, cinematography and score.

TRUE.

[Mr 9.8]

If there was ever a movie that shouldve been rated R, it was Wolverine.

What I don't understand is how come they didn't just shoot an R movie cut it down to PG-13 for the theater and release a special unrated BLOOD N GUTS edition for the DVD? would have satisfied both parties.

[Logan510]

It's kind of sad that a character that at the very least was created to be all ages is even considered to be in an R rated movie.

[paperheart]

won't ever happen. it's all about the $$$$

[Mr 9.8]

won't ever happen. it's all about the $$$$

So you think a R rating would be good for a batman movie? Do you think it would have helped the Dark Knight story wise?

[Logan510]

won't ever happen. it's all about the $$$$

So you think a R rating would be good for a batman movie? Do you think it would have helped the Dark Knight story wise?

 

 

A new -script and director would've helped that movie more than an R rating

 

[devilsrain]

If there was ever a movie that shouldve been rated R, it was Wolverine.

What I don't understand is how come they didn't just shoot an R movie cut it down to PG-13 for the theater and release a special unrated BLOOD N GUTS edition for the DVD? would have satisfied both parties.

 

How about just write a great -script and dont worry about it being PG 13. I wonder what Scarface or The Godfather would be like as a PG 13 movie. Hollyweird has to stop compromising themselves.

[Mr 9.8]

If there was ever a movie that shouldve been rated R, it was Wolverine.

What I don't understand is how come they didn't just shoot an R movie cut it down to PG-13 for the theater and release a special unrated BLOOD N GUTS edition for the DVD? would have satisfied both parties.

 

How about just write a great -script and dont worry about it being PG 13. I wonder what Scarface or The Godfather would be like as a PG 13 movie. Hollyweird has to stop compromising themselves.

Then it wouldn't be Hollywood.

[devilsrain]

So true!

[Logan510]

If there was ever a movie that shouldve been rated R, it was Wolverine.

What I don't understand is how come they didn't just shoot an R movie cut it down to PG-13 for the theater and release a special unrated BLOOD N GUTS edition for the DVD? would have satisfied both parties.

 

How about just write a great -script and dont worry about it being PG 13. I wonder what Scarface or The Godfather would be like as a PG 13 movie. Hollyweird has to stop compromising themselves.

 

 

Those movies were about criminals...Batman is supposed to be a superhero...."supposed" is the key word here