PG movies then and now: Hairspray

[underwaterrhymes]

Poltergeist is PG.

I think I was 8 when I saw it.

No fucking way will my kids see it when they're 8.

[Nonny]

Yeah, PG-13 didn't because a thing until the early '80s. You can thank the movie Gremlins for that.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jul 9, 2016 21:45:06 GMT -5 @32flavors said:

Jul 9, 2016 21:43:02 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Poltergeist is PG.

I think I was 8 when I saw it.

No fucking way will my kids see it when they're 8.

No way. Doesn't she yell "fuck me!" That can't be pg in any era. This isn't like that.

My sister was 5 (or maybe 6, which would mean I was 9).

My dad had to chop the tree down in front of our house because she was so scared.

I'm way more flexible with language and sex than I am with horror and violence, but I think my parents were the reverse.

[lilafowler]

Lol! H and I watched Goonies with E and he was all "This is due kids?"

[tacokick]

Jul 9, 2016 21:39:57 GMT -5 @32flavors said:

Dd and her bff picked out Hairspray to watch. I remember loving to movie and am stoked to watch it with them. Frankly it's a way to talk a about race and body issues. But what's her name just called Ricky Lake a whore.

Well, it is a John Waters movie!

[game blouses]

Big is PG. There are a few fucks in there and he definitely has sex with Elizabeth Perkins.

[dirtyred]

Jul 9, 2016 21:45:34 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Yeah, PG-13 didn't because a thing until the early '80s. You can thank the movie Gremlins for that.

No, it was the second Indiana Jones movie that's responsible for that.

[idoinjuly]

Yep, we watched Splash with dd and ds. It's rated pg. There are way more sex scenes, sexual innuendos and language than I ever remember.

Also, we watched Harry and the Hendersons and they said shit and damn a ton. Rated PG.

[snshne322]

Back to the Future. I watched it with DS the other day thinking it was OK, but it's definitely, not kid friendly language and I totally had forgotten about the Libyan/Plutonium scene.

[textbookcase]

At work (kids after school/summer program) we have a movie day once or twice a month and we can watch pg movies. We've made the mistake a few times of choosing a pg movie from the 80s, furiously stopping it when they say "shit" or "fuck".

[underwaterrhymes]

Jul 10, 2016 0:48:04 GMT -5 game blouses said:

Big is PG. There are a few fucks in there and he definitely has sex with Elizabeth Perkins.

He does??

Wow. That would never happen in a movie made today. Or, at least I would hope it wouldn't.

[peachdragon]

I recall thinking one "fuck" meant PG-13 and multiple "fuck"s meant R. LOL. They said fuck in PG movies???

Also, G movies when I was growing up usually had at least one mild swear word. Last Unicorn and the Secret of NIHM both have, "damn!"

[tacokick]

PG really meant parental guidance in the '80s!

[stealthmom]

Jul 9, 2016 21:52:55 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

Lol! H and I watched Goonies with E and he was all "This is due kids?"

omg. I totally forgot about mouth's lines to the helper in Spanish. I almost died the first time I showed it to ds. Of course it quickly became his favorite movie but thankfully he has no idea what "sexual torture devices" are.

[stealthmom]

Jul 10, 2016 10:22:06 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Jul 10, 2016 0:48:04 GMT -5 game blouses said:

Big is PG. There are a few fucks in there and he definitely has sex with Elizabeth Perkins.

He does??

Wow. That would never happen in a movie made today. Or, at least I would hope it wouldn't.

I remember being squicked by that when I was older. Like- he was 12.

[silva]

I remember one of the police academy movies was pg or pg13 and I remember a quick boob scene.

[nahoku]

Yes. We introduced the kids to the goonies last weekend and I had to pause to remind them that just because they hear somethings on the tv doesn't make it ok for them to say it. And then there was the dead body in the freezer. And Troy looking up Andie's skirt in the car. But overall I was ok with it and ds loved it. And we all appreciated Mouth wearing a purple rain t shirt throughout.

My parents tried to get us to watch the original bad news bears last summer and that was a no go.

[jeaniebueller]

Jul 9, 2016 21:43:02 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Poltergeist is PG.

I think I was 8 when I saw it.

No fucking way will my kids see it when they're 8.

My parents let me watch this when I was maybe 6 or 7. And I hate clowns to this day. What were our parents thinking back then?

[mcsangel2]

Jul 10, 2016 6:07:24 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

Jul 9, 2016 21:45:34 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Yeah, PG-13 didn't because a thing until the early '80s. You can thank the movie Gremlins for that.

No, it was the second Indiana Jones movie that's responsible for that.

It should have been the first. I saw it in the theatre, I was 8. The scene when they opened the Ark scarred the SHIT out of me. It wasn't until just a couple of years ago that I watched Raiders again, for the second time. I'm 44.

[mcsangel2]

Jul 11, 2016 7:25:30 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Jul 9, 2016 21:43:02 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Poltergeist is PG.

I think I was 8 when I saw it.

No fucking way will my kids see it when they're 8.

My parents let me watch this when I was maybe 6 or 7. And I hate clowns to this day. What were our parents thinking back then?

This one is right behind Raiders for traumatic childhood experiences. I watch this movie all the time now, and love it....except the scene where the tree is eating the kid.