Do movie ratings make sense? No point to them

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By Domenica Wilson
Contributing writer

There is no point in rating movies. Kids of any age group can get in to the movie “stadium” and walk into any movie theater. Some sneak in to the movies, others just buy the ticket. Consequentially, kids that attend rated movies start to pick up the language, violence, and other questionable activities in the movie. Once they pick it up, they use it to interact with their friends and others.

Bad language in movies is the worse. Kids pick it up fast and use it in their daily life. At my high school, it’s used sometimes against teachers and other students. When older kids use this language at home when they have younger siblings, their siblings start to pick it up. Younger kids also start to pick it up at the movies as well; my brother is a prime example; he uses it non-stop sometimes. My brother is 12 and always watches movies with bad language in it. Plus, the movie ratings don’t matter once the movie is out on DVD because anyone can watch it.

Once kids get used to using that type of language it becomes a habit and they forget that those words are vulgar. It’s really bad when I hear younger kids use that kind of language. I have had heard a ten-year-old child using it. Even kids as young as five were using this language. How do we expect kids this age to know that this is foul language if we show it in movies where they can pick it up? The truth is that parents should be more proactive with what their kids are watching in the theater and on DVD because once the movie is out on DVD the ratings really don’t matter.

- Domenica Wilson is a junior at Henninger High School