[Wright is right!]

Ms. Hagelin seems to equate a movie's "R" rating with sex, which I'd call a knee-jerk self-righteous and inflexible stance. There are a lot of worthwhile films rated R that have little if any sexual content. "Saving Private Ryan" was most certainly rated R and just as certainly wasn't about sex AT ALL. This woman seems to think that a movie about adult themes must necessarily be a movie about sex...to my mind, a fallacious endeavor. Plus, to NEVER expose an adolescent to the view of ANY sexuality at all is pretty ostrich-like.

While I applaud her zeal in maintaining a home free from licentious entertainment, she's painting with an overwide brush when it comes to movies - and, I suspect, other things , too. We do need to promote healthy values in our offspring, but I question coddling to such a degree that these young adults might be ill-equipped to handle the real world. After all, we've already artificially prolonged childhood to the age of 21 - you can't make them stay kids forever.

Michael

[RAT Patrol]

We have a no nudity standard so, surprisingly, many times that means viewing the R movie and not the PG-13 movie. Also, we don't go for the gay/lesbian movies, which lately has eliminated a lot of pictures.

The interesting thing about film is that people change their standards because it's just pretend. Well, maybe the sex is pretend and the murder is pretend but the nudity isn't. I have no interest in going to strip clubs either.

I bought an unrated Agatha Christy movie a few weeks ago and it had nudity in it. I couldn't believe it. I used to watch those movies on TV, so I guess they were just edited versions.

[ffusco]

Most of the world is rated R: suggestive language, violence and adult themes!