I knew ratings were retarded and all
Okay, Kite Runner the movie is rated PG-13 for "strong thematic elements including the rape of a child."
What the fuck? People get up in arms about dildos in South Park and puppets fucking in Team America, but the rape of a child is considered okay for a 13-year-old to see? I mean, I would not want a kid to read Kite Runner. For one, it's the most depressing book in publication today. Seriously. If you don't believe me, just read it. I'm still trying to crawl out of the pit of despair I was unceremoniously dropped in when I finished that book almost three years ago. I can kind of see the argument (South Park is vulgar and Kite Runner makes an artistic point about human suffering blah blah blah) but good god! It's not for teenagers. And I'm like the last person in the world who would argue about shielding the youth of America from traumatic images.
And if the directors/writers are keeping true to the way the book tells the story (doubtful), there is not one rape but two. And the second rape is not just rape. It's the repeated abuse and degradation of an innocent (11-year-old?) boy. Sure, the abusers are portrayed as wrong, and the boy is an innocent victim, but I'm not comfortable with the PG-13 rating. There is some really nasty stuff that happens in the book. Am I just completely crazy in thinking that this is a movie geared more for adults?
What the fuck? People get up in arms about dildos in South Park and puppets fucking in Team America, but the rape of a child is considered okay for a 13-year-old to see? I mean, I would not want a kid to read Kite Runner. For one, it's the most depressing book in publication today. Seriously. If you don't believe me, just read it. I'm still trying to crawl out of the pit of despair I was unceremoniously dropped in when I finished that book almost three years ago. I can kind of see the argument (South Park is vulgar and Kite Runner makes an artistic point about human suffering blah blah blah) but good god! It's not for teenagers. And I'm like the last person in the world who would argue about shielding the youth of America from traumatic images.
And if the directors/writers are keeping true to the way the book tells the story (doubtful), there is not one rape but two. And the second rape is not just rape. It's the repeated abuse and degradation of an innocent (11-year-old?) boy. Sure, the abusers are portrayed as wrong, and the boy is an innocent victim, but I'm not comfortable with the PG-13 rating. There is some really nasty stuff that happens in the book. Am I just completely crazy in thinking that this is a movie geared more for adults?