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Radically Tolkienited
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Question about ratings in Australia.
I was up on this website about Ned Kelly...it's a movie with Orlando Bloom that's comin' out this year sometime, and I noticed that it was rated M for Medium level Violence and adult scenes. I was wondering if people had come out with a new rating level here in the US or if Australia has different letters for the rating of R or something. So in other words does M=R in ratings?
Thanks you guys, Cheers, Sam
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M = Mature Audiences. 15 years and over, or with adult supervision.
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Now that's strange; in America, it's a rating for computer games, and means 17 and older, I believe.
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How is it strange? I understand that NZ has a more lenient ratings system from the US as well; some stuff that R18 is only R16 over here. Guess it's just not as universal as you thought, huh?
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
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Pfffft. I've lived in three different countries. No way do I think that the rating system here is universal.
![]() I just thought it strange that the system used for computer games was used for movies there.
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In Canada PG13 is 14A (you must be 14 or accompanied by an adult), and R is 18A (18 years old or with an adult). PG and G are the same as the US.
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I'll just go through Australia's rating system because I think the other posts in this thread are from other countries.
G PG M- Mature audiences (basically anyone, tho' younger people usually need to be accompanied by an adult - my 8 year old sister got to see LotR with just me and my cousins, the eldest being 17) M15+ R- 18 years or over |
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Radically Tolkienited
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Our rating system goes like this:
G=General Audiences PG=Parental Guidance advised PG-13= you have to be 13 or older to see it in theater, or accompanied by an adult R= You have to be 17 or older I take it that M rating would equal the PG-13 rating here? Thanks for the help guys. And that's an interesting rating system. Kind of confusing but hey you probably think that about OUR rating system. Cheers, Sam
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the Shrike
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No. M is stricter than PG-13. In NZ anyway.
Ours is: G PG R13 M+ R16 R18
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our rating in canada is more lenient then america because i always look at movie cases and see americas rating like R but it is taped over with a 14a rating.
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Canada's 14A range is roughly equivalent to anywhere from a "high PG-13" to a "low R" in MPAA (American) terms. An 18A would be a "high R" in a sense, and there is actually another "R" level above that (designating that it is for 18+ only, regardless of supervision) which is very rarely seen anywhere.
Because it's a different ratings committee up here, there isn't any direct parity between the standards. Canadian ratings aren't any looser or tighter, just on a different scale.
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the dumb stoner canuck
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oh ok.
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in australia there just recommendations up to about MA where you have to be 15 or older and R 18 and over... M doesnt really mean much but with Ned Kelly Gregor Jordan pushed really hard for it to be rated M and he got it in Australia dont know bout anywhere else.
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