- The board classes sex scenes/female pleasure as offensive.
- Big names have had to cut scenes short to avoid a rating they don't want.
- Walmart/Blockbuster will not advertise NC17 films, this could mean a loss of millions of dollars
- Its the only system that will not disclose who the members are.
- Studios will not release films if the rating is too high.
- Kimberley Pierce (Boys don't cry) received an NC17, the studio would not release it.
- Matt Stone received no notes or guidance from his film 'Orgasmo' as it was independent, but when he made the South Park movie (under a major studio), he was told what scenes to cut and remove. He received a completely different treatment
- Independent movie's are not treated the same as a big studio film.
- If you don't accept the rating, you struggle to advertise and market the film as it is classed as 'unrated'
- Kevin Smith claims ''if you choose to not accept the rating you cannot market it''
- No feedback is given unless you are part of a big studio.
- The system is set up to serve the studios.
- The big corporations own more than 90 percent of media around the world.
- Jay Landers is an ex rater for the MPAA, he had to sign an agreement to not talk about the company.
- The MPAA censors films, although they are not supposed to.
- They take away the ability for filmmakers to make choices.
- The MPAA have an ideology, they dislike things that make them uncomfortable and don't want others to see it.
- Very biased ratings board
- The MPAA are far more strict on sexual content than violence.
- Jamie Babbit made her film to educate young people, but thinks the MPAA may be homophobic.
- The MPAA can limit the intentions of the director.
- David Ansen claims the raters have more of a problem with homosexual scenes and they usually get rated higher.
- The raters have children over 20 and up to 30, although the board claims all children are aged 5-17
- The board has a scale which has different variations within each rating.
- Jay Landers claims no openly homosexual people were on the rating board.
- European ratings are more strict on violence than sexual scenes, unlike the MPAA.
- In fact, nearly four times as many films were rated NC17 for sex scenes than violence.
- The MPAA go out of their way to defend violence within their films.
- The pentagon censors anything negative within military films.
- The board rates documentaries,although reality should not be rated as it is real life.
- The board claims raters serve for 3-7 years, although one rater has been found to serve 9 years.
- One rater was found to have no children, although the board claims they are all parents.
- The appeals board members are both associated with the church.
- The board does not want to give total freedom to directors.
- The appeals board is full of major cinema owners.
- All the people on the appeal board were men.
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