rating rant

i watched "stranger than fiction" for the first time today. i really liked it even though i'd heard lots about it.

but one thing i didn't like is that when it came on it was rated "g". now i don't know if that was the canadian or american or movie rental place rating, but i have no idea how that movie should be rated "g". first of all, the f-word was used once which automatically should move it up a rating. and second, in case i totally heard wrong and he didn't say the f-word like i thought, the 6 or 7 naked bums in a gym shower scene should have probably bumped it up from a "g" to a "pg". third, there was a let's-start-making-out-and-wake-up-in-bed-after-obviously-just-having-sex scene that, while it doesn't specifically show anything, is a suggestive scene. to me a "g" rated movie shouldn't have scenes that might require parental explanation for little ones.

i've been less than impressed with the current rating systems for a long time though. this just reminds me of my frustration.

seriously, 6 naked bums?