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Gildor15 · 05-31-2003, 06:12 PM

I've read that certain gory moments in the RotK movie may be left out (ex: catupulting of heads during the Battle on the Pelannor) so at can get buy with a PG-13 rating. I was wondering if they could put these scenes into the special edition DVD and keep the rating the same...if not, would it really hurt for the special edition DVD to have a R rating?I would like to hear what some of you think. Thank you.

dunadan_aragorn · 05-31-2003, 06:43 PM

I know if they rated rotk R, then there would be kids who have the previous movies that would not be able to get rotk.\«*´¨)**************** ** .·´ ¸.·*¨)** ¸.·*¨) * ( ¸.·´*** (¸.*´ ¸.·´ **************** `·-*Hannah

Arathiriel · 05-31-2003, 06:49 PM

It's interesting but at some point there have been some sort of rumors about the other two LOTR movies being rated R when they are released on video -- it is also interesting that an R rating has not happened yet for either one!

Trippo The Hippo · 05-31-2003, 08:54 PM

I agree with Arathiriel. I have heard this for every movie and it has not happened yet. It really doesn't effect me either way though. I will own theatrical version, and the extened version no matter what the rating!

Aragorn2002 · 05-31-2003, 09:20 PM

I really hope it doesn't make an R rating. A while after I saw the second one I was staying at my aunt's house with my family watching some TV channle(Don't know what it was) and they did a review on TTT. But on that review that really baffled me was that they said that TTT was almost an R.
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Arathiriel · 05-31-2003, 11:34 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But on that review that really baffled me was that they said that TTT was almost an R.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Uh huh - I wonder how these people think TTT was close to meritting an R rating? I mean yeah sure it was violent but then so was FOTR - and the violence was nowhere near as graphic as they could have made it...Just doesn't get SOME people!

HCIsland · 06-01-2003, 09:14 AM

New Line will not allow an R rating. I simply won't happen. If they have to tone down the violence to slip under the line, then they will. The rating was something they were very conscious of in Fellowship and Two Towers and they are just flying under the line. A little more spirting blood and they would have been R-rated. Listen to Jackson's commentary during the Amon Hen battle as he talks about this there.Personally, I find the rating system bizarre. You can have all kinds of guns blasting and people dieing and if you make it cartoonish there's no problem, but heaven forbide you actually show real life consequences of violence let alone a boob or the f-word. A word, by the way, that you can hear repeatedly anytime you want if you care to hang around some middle-school students.On to the flying heads. This does seem up PJ's ally, but whether they'll have it in or not is a tough call. When they rate movies, it's an accumulation of events that they are looking at and we all know there will be lots of other acts of violence besides this. To keep the movie from being R-rated, they may have to tone down the impact of the scene but, in my mind, if the scene is not horrific it becomes trivial and gratutous and I would rather not have it in there at all in that case.But anyway to repeat, the movie will not be R-rated. It ain't gonna happen.H.C.

05-31-2003, 06:12 PM	#1
Gildor15 Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2003 Location: Holland, Michigan, United States Posts: 16	DVD rating...(rotk) I've read that certain gory moments in the RotK movie may be left out (ex: catupulting of heads during the Battle on the Pelannor) so at can get buy with a PG-13 rating. I was wondering if they could put these scenes into the special edition DVD and keep the rating the same...if not, would it really hurt for the special edition DVD to have a R rating?<P>I would like to hear what some of you think.<BR>Thank you. __________________ "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."-Frodo

05-31-2003, 06:43 PM	#2
dunadan_aragorn Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the bowels of Moria Posts: 105	I know if they rated rotk R, then there would be kids who have the previous movies that would not be able to get rotk.\<P>«´¨)************* <BR> .·´ ¸.·¨)* ¸.·¨) <BR> ( ¸.·´*** (¸.´ ¸.·´ <BR>*************** `·-*Hannah __________________ Allia Octa Est, The Die is Cast -Julius Ceaser

05-31-2003, 06:49 PM	#3
Arathiriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Blessed Realm Posts: 284	It's interesting but at some point there have been some sort of rumors about the other two LOTR movies being rated R when they are released on video -- it is also interesting that an R rating has not happened yet for either one! __________________ 'I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.' - Samwise Gamgee

05-31-2003, 08:54 PM	#4
Trippo The Hippo Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: somewhere with hippos that say jolly o and wear spectacles Posts: 195	I agree with Arathiriel. I have heard this for every movie and it has not happened yet. It really doesn't effect me either way though. I will own theatrical version, and the extened version no matter what the rating! __________________ Shouldn't he be the disco steward?

05-31-2003, 09:20 PM	#5
Aragorn2002 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: US Posts: 91	I really hope it doesn't make an R rating. A while after I saw the second one I was staying at my aunt's house with my family watching some TV channle(Don't know what it was) and they did a review on TTT. But on that review that really baffled me was that they said that TTT was almost an R. ________ Love help forums Last edited by Aragorn2002; 04-15-2011 at 03:23 AM.

05-31-2003, 11:34 PM	#6
Arathiriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Blessed Realm Posts: 284	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But on that review that really baffled me was that they said that TTT was almost an R.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Uh huh - I wonder <B>how</B> these people think TTT was close to meritting an R rating? <P>I mean yeah sure it was violent but then so was FOTR - and the violence was nowhere near as graphic as they could have made it...<P><I>Just doesn't get SOME people!</I> __________________ 'I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.' - Samwise Gamgee

06-01-2003, 09:14 AM	#7
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	New Line will not allow an R rating. I simply won't happen. If they have to tone down the violence to slip under the line, then they will. The rating was something they were very conscious of in Fellowship and Two Towers and they are just flying under the line. A little more spirting blood and they would have been R-rated. Listen to Jackson's commentary during the Amon Hen battle as he talks about this there.<P>Personally, I find the rating system bizarre. You can have all kinds of guns blasting and people dieing and if you make it cartoonish there's no problem, but heaven forbide you actually show real life consequences of violence let alone a boob or the f-word. A word, by the way, that you can hear repeatedly anytime you want if you care to hang around some middle-school students.<P>On to the flying heads. This does seem up PJ's ally, but whether they'll have it in or not is a tough call. When they rate movies, it's an accumulation of events that they are looking at and we all know there will be lots of other acts of violence besides this. To keep the movie from being R-rated, they may have to tone down the impact of the scene but, in my mind, if the scene is not horrific it becomes trivial and gratutous and I would rather not have it in there at all in that case.<P>But anyway to repeat, the movie will not be R-rated. It ain't gonna happen.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor