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Frozen 2 should be Rated R

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Re: Frozen 2 should be Rated R

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Apparently the author didn’t actually watch the movie carefully. Arendelle was already evacuated. No people were in danger from the tidal wave. Elsa was just saving the city from physical destruction. I think you can also make a converse argument to the author very easily: death and disaster are common, almost universal, so avoiding discussing them in children’s media is over-protective. In any event, I think there’s…

Looking at what movies got away with in the 80s while retaining a rating of "PG" definitely shows we're sliding on what we call acceptable. There are numerous lists online that can be found with a search, but here's one by an IMDB user: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls020284330/ You could get away with some stuff in the 80s and keep PG.

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Re: Frozen 2 should be Rated R

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if it's because it got labeled "Mild Violence" whereas the violence in LoZ is considered "Fantasy Violence." Maybe Mild Violence is more commonly applied to more real world violence and therefore scores higher in rating considerations or something. Because that's the only way I can make sense of that labelling.

Maybe Nintendo engaged in more back and forth with the ratings board to negotiate a low rating for Zelda, and the indie dev just accepted what they got? Genuinely puzzling for sure

I think this is exactly what happened.
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