Show October l) IW5 Page 3 Movie review ratings: a new and with the wide range of video stores you can grab a flick (and get one free if Michael Clayton staff writer Now you've got lo admit there isn’t much to do in Fricc hut somehow we manage lo entertain ourselves It has been my experience that in order to pass time and have fun you cither a) do homework h) play cards or c) watch a movie I lomcwork gets boring playing cards gets old hut you never seem to run out of movies to watch The three “major" theaters in town show a total of five different movies you use your activity card) List week I went to the Crown The- ater and sawthe new Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas movie “AssasI was sins" which carries an lanthe mildness at of the surprised guage and the fact that there was no sexual content whatsoever Most movies which arc rated R contain such things as adult situations violence nudity and other audience restrictions The Motion Picture Association of America has been set up to preview the upcoming shows and assign them a rating according to the content of the films You are familiar with the terms G PG PG-1- 3 and R Now within (lie last two years the MPA A has created two new ratings NC-1- 7 and A In lieu of the current release of the most talked about NC-1- 7 movie scrutihave been critics “Showgirls" the well as as nizing ratings system praising them for (he publicity this new rating has been getting “Showgirls" (which I haven't seen nor do I plan on seeing) chronicles the life of a bar dancer turned stripper in set of guidelines the clubs of Las Vegas Most of you remember Lliabeth Berkley as the Jesse Spano on the “Saved By The Bell" not anypopular more It's my belief that the movie was assigned the NC-1- 7 rating to start a new movement lo attract a new audience I think the movie wouldn't have good-girl-femin- gotten the same hype if it had been rated R What we don't realize is that the directors arc playing the MPAA like a bad game of tennis Some Hollywood directors shoot scenes of excessive violence that they never intend lo use in their final cut so that they can be used as bargaining chips with I Ik MPAA censors Entertainment Weekly reports in a current issue Makeup man Howard Berger told the magazine that when he objected lo a scene in Marlin Scorsese's forthcoming “Casino" in w Inch a mobster is killed when his head is crushed in a vice Scorsese told him “It's ridiculous hut I have to put it in so I can cut it and keep what I really need" Berger also claims that Quenton Tarantino used a similar strategy with “Pulp Fiction" Currently Miramax Films is in the courtroom fighting the MPAA's recent NC-- 1 7 rating of the movie “Kids" another offbeat teen sex movie But here is somewhat of a breath of fresh air Some people like Howard Berger are taking a stand on gratuitous scenes In the upcoming movie “Fair Game" w ith Cindy Craw lord and William Baldwin you won’t be seeing ou thought you'd see According to her diary she kept during the filming she objected to a nude showei what scene saying that it wasn't necessary Sorry guys she's got some morals Do you tlunk we can trust tlie current ratings system? Since 1X when the MPAA was created (0 percent ol all movies released have been K That's a lot ol mo ies Some companies and organizations have taken matters into their own hands The Dove Organization is one such group They arc trying to gel edited movies into video stores so that they might appease all audiences In their endeavor x they hope to establish a new set of values in family viewing Nowadays everything is being rated Video games carry ratings and even television programs have warnings and viewer discretion on some programs which eventually may turn into a rating In a day when we aren't sure what's safe anymore we should heed an old Lid wives tale or the new health-nu- t we should read the label “closely" before purchasing Then if w e are dissatisfied with it write the company Put America back into the MPAA Punishment i Open a free student checking account and get a free mug ZIONS BANK Member PI) 1C 025 Keel 100 North Prh-- e UT (MM I If you ere 22 year of agr or abler an aliening (irpoall of $10000 la required imlimml trim piige 2 decided the punishment should he reciprocal to the crime Let's use the cxampleuf the SO cent candy bar again Assuming that there are no other relevant factors in resolving what damage has been done other than the monetary loss suffered by the owner of the candy bar the punishment should therefore he a recompense payment of SO cents Without the addition of an unjustified deterrent the punishment should nullify the damage If at the same time the injury suffered in the commission of the crime is repaid and the punishment of an uncommitted act is avoided the judicial system has served it's purpose In this the integrity of the nation is maintained by securing the rights and property of the individual members of society Also the disciplining of an innocent person is avoided |