in the original trilogy billions of people were killed, tortured, enslaved and all of that; in the prequel trilogy, it’s just as bad… Star Wars was never “light hearted”, just silly at times
Would you call the Lion King or Land Before Time “serious” movies? Or, like Star Wars and most children’s movies, are they generally fun but with occasional serious moments?
If yes, then yes they aren’t light-hearted movies. You consider SW a light hearted movie just cause you haven’t put much of a thought behind what things really are, but SW isn’t light hearted at all lol. Unless, that is, for you that stuff is light hearted, but then I dunno what you may consider not light hearted
Almost all of what you’re talking about happens in the prequels, where Lucas tried to make it a more serious thing.
Lion King and Land Before Time have way more impactful family deaths. (Admittedly, it’s been dozens of years since I’ve seen Land Before Time.)
But if you put the same degree of thought into it, most children’s movies aren’t light hearted.
Suure, Aalderan is in the sequel; Death Star 1 and 2 is in the sequel; Obi Wan cut the limbs off a few aliens in the first half of A New Hope. Slavery is shown with Princess Leia in the third instalment of OT. There are more women in the same scene with basically no clothes that make you think they aren’t “just” slaves. And I almost forgot, Han gets tortured in Ep 5 as well
Mobile Suit Gundam is rated pg13 and features nudity, genocide, fascism, conscripted child soldiers, and plenty of adult themes. Age ratings don’t mean anything. And you also don’t need an R rating for something to be serious or targeted to adults
A) I think you misread what I wrote where I noted that PG13 is the level ABOVE what any Star Wars was given.
George Lucas, understood that these were movies for children "I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.” https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/star-wars-40th-anniversary-celebration/
Now maybe myself, the ratings board and the writer/director/creator have no idea what constitutes a children’s movie but I’d be surprised.
How many burning corpses are there in the Lion King? How many of Simba’s friends die on screen? Does anyone get tortured in the Lion King?
I feel like you need to go back and watch A New Hope again. It’s a lot darker than you seem to be remembering. And empire strikes back is straight up tragic, it isn’t even a little light hearted.
How many burning corpses are there in the Lion King? How many of Simba’s friends die on screen? Does anyone get tortured in the Lion King?
Yet all of this stuff warranted a PG rating because the rating board, like most people, including George Lucas, understood that these were movies for children and that the violence was pretty minimal. "I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.” https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/star-wars-40th-anniversary-celebration/
Now maybe myself, the ratings board and the writer/director/creator have no idea what constitutes a children’s movie but I’d be surprised.
I’d have no problem with my 5 year old watching the land before time or the lion king (which she’s already seen), but I haven’t let her watch empire or rotj yet because I’m pretty sure they’ll scare her.
You’re acting like these things are the same but they aren’t.
but I haven’t let her watch empire or rotj yet because I’m pretty sure they’ll scare her.
And this makes it a serious children’s movie? Even George Lucas has explained these are movies for 12 year olds.
"I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.”
in the original trilogy billions of people were killed, tortured, enslaved and all of that; in the prequel trilogy, it’s just as bad… Star Wars was never “light hearted”, just silly at times
Would you call the Lion King or Land Before Time “serious” movies? Or, like Star Wars and most children’s movies, are they generally fun but with occasional serious moments?
I mean, in Lion King and Land Before Time do:
If yes, then yes they aren’t light-hearted movies. You consider SW a light hearted movie just cause you haven’t put much of a thought behind what things really are, but SW isn’t light hearted at all lol. Unless, that is, for you that stuff is light hearted, but then I dunno what you may consider not light hearted
Almost all of what you’re talking about happens in the prequels, where Lucas tried to make it a more serious thing. Lion King and Land Before Time have way more impactful family deaths. (Admittedly, it’s been dozens of years since I’ve seen Land Before Time.)
But if you put the same degree of thought into it, most children’s movies aren’t light hearted.
Suure, Aalderan is in the sequel; Death Star 1 and 2 is in the sequel; Obi Wan cut the limbs off a few aliens in the first half of A New Hope. Slavery is shown with Princess Leia in the third instalment of OT. There are more women in the same scene with basically no clothes that make you think they aren’t “just” slaves. And I almost forgot, Han gets tortured in Ep 5 as well
Like, the hell are you smoking lol
And for all of this gratuitous awful and in your face evil, none of the movies garnered a rating that would shield a delicate child…
I guess I’m smoking whatever the
censorsrating boards were smoking?Edit: not censors, rating board. Also, here’s the definition of PG 13, the rating ABOVE the ones given to the OG/good trilogy:
Parents Strongly Cautioned, Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13.
In other words, in the entire trilogy, which according to you is brutal and grim, there weren’t scenes deemed inappropriate for children under 13.
Mobile Suit Gundam is rated pg13 and features nudity, genocide, fascism, conscripted child soldiers, and plenty of adult themes. Age ratings don’t mean anything. And you also don’t need an R rating for something to be serious or targeted to adults
The Dark Knight from Nolan is also pg13 right? That’s is definitely not a children movie.
And is a bat superhero who fight crime with a fucking cape.
A) I think you misread what I wrote where I noted that PG13 is the level ABOVE what any Star Wars was given.
George Lucas, understood that these were movies for children "I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.” https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/star-wars-40th-anniversary-celebration/
Now maybe myself, the ratings board and the writer/director/creator have no idea what constitutes a children’s movie but I’d be surprised.
You right I misread your comment.
And I think that most doesn’t have idea what is a children’s movie, most underestimate what children can understand and make bad movies.
How many burning corpses are there in the Lion King? How many of Simba’s friends die on screen? Does anyone get tortured in the Lion King?
I feel like you need to go back and watch A New Hope again. It’s a lot darker than you seem to be remembering. And empire strikes back is straight up tragic, it isn’t even a little light hearted.
Yet all of this stuff warranted a PG rating because the rating board, like most people, including George Lucas, understood that these were movies for children and that the violence was pretty minimal. "I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.” https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/star-wars-40th-anniversary-celebration/
Now maybe myself, the ratings board and the writer/director/creator have no idea what constitutes a children’s movie but I’d be surprised.
I’d have no problem with my 5 year old watching the land before time or the lion king (which she’s already seen), but I haven’t let her watch empire or rotj yet because I’m pretty sure they’ll scare her.
You’re acting like these things are the same but they aren’t.
And this makes it a serious children’s movie? Even George Lucas has explained these are movies for 12 year olds.
"I wasn’t supposed to say this then, or now, but it’s a film for 12-year-olds,” he says. “In the real world … critics … certain fans. They’re not very nice.”
https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/star-wars-40th-anniversary-celebration/
I really don’t get why people are refusing to admit that these are children’s movies.