Loved Toy Story 3, but it should have been rated PG

[fushingfeef]

I took my two daughters (ages 4 and 2 and a half) to see "Toy Story 3" yesterday. I really liked it but I'm a little surprised the MPAA ratings board gave it a "G". For me a G should mean totally safe to have ALL kids watch (hence the term "General audiences"), but some of the scenes towards the end were WAY too intense for a G. I don't want to post any spoilers but you'll know which scene I'm talking about. Both of my kids were very frighteneed. This wasn't a matter of hiding your eyes from the Wicked Witch or anything like that--this was a long, scary scene.

I'm not really worried about a movie permanently traumatizing my kids or anything like that, but I am disagreeing with the ratings board. I would like to think those ratings mean something. I'm guessing Disney pushed them pretty hard to give it a "G". After all it's a business and a lot of money is at stake, and being computer animation it's not like they can easily change the movie once it's done to get a better rating. I'm thinking a studio with less clout (or an independent film) would not have gotten a "G".

Did anyone else see this movie, especially those with young kids? What did you think?

[GNTLGNT]

Haven't seen it yet-so now I'm even more curious...the only thing that's frightened me about these movies previously, is the fact that I find myself attracted to Barbie(I'm a married spud, I'm a married spud)...

[~Ally~]

I saw it and loved it.
Think it's the best one yet, had to stop myself from crying a couple of times.

[fushingfeef]

Oh, you'll like this one then. Lots of Barbie.

[sam peebles]

I want to see Toy Story 3, enjoyed the first two, and I don't mean to hijack the thread, but in regards to the PG rating, I was always amazed at some of the early eighties flicks that obtained a PG rating. Some of them can be explained by the fact that the PG 13 rating didn't yet exist (Gremlins and Temple of Doom are usually credited with causing the creation of PG 13), but others definitely deserved an R.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi's heads exploding and faces melting.

Jaws
This probably would earn an R rating today. There is one intense scene of a boy on a raft being eaten by the shark.

Airplane
'Nuff said.

Ghostbusters
"I want you inside me." - Sigourney Weaver

Watership Down
I haven't seen this movie myself, but I hear it has some awful moments of rabbits dying.

Poltergeist
I read it originally received an R rating, but Spielberg was able to obtain PG without making any edits to the content. I enjoy the movie, but there's no way this thing deserves PG. If Matrix got an R, I can't imagine how this didn't.

Spielberg seemed to be really pushing the boundaries of the ratings board in the eighties. Of course, I'm sure there are a lot more, these are just some of the more popular ones. Even Star Wars seems odd for a PG rating--there are burnt corpses and a scene where an alien gets their arm chopped off. And I'm not saying Toy Story 3 doesn't deserve PG. I haven't seen the movie and I don't have children, so I think my opinion on that issue would be moot. I just think it's interesting what some movies get in regards to their rating.

[fushingfeef]

I saw it and loved it.
Think it's the best one yet, had to stop myself from crying a couple of times.

Yes, I felt the tears welling up quite a bit there at the end!

[Lina]

I've seen Toy Story 3 about a week ago. And a few times I also felt like crying. Honestly, I thought it was rather strange, crying while watching a cartoon. But since, I'm not the only person feeling like that, than I can be calm, it means it's okay!
And I may partly agree about the rating. In this movie there are a lot of things that may even scare children, I guess. And besides, there are some jokes that may appear to be not clear for a child.
But anyway, the movie is great! I love it!

[Countrygirl_sass]

I cried like a little baby, but my kids didn't understand why it was so sad. Oh the joys of youth!lol I agree about the rating, they def push the limits, and ofcourse it's all because of money...money....money.

[Rudeboy2025]

I cried like a little baby, but my kids didn't understand why it was so sad. Oh the joys of youth!lol I agree about the rating, they def push the limits, and ofcourse it's all because of money...money....money.

It's about the money for sure, but at least Pixar didn't sacrifice quality to make a quick buck. Toy Story one of the best trilogies in my opinion. And yes I cried at the end too

I'm still waiting for the day that Pixar makes a bad movie, I hope that day never comes but in reality it probably will one day. Probably because of greed.