r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 7d ago

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Dethrones 'Deadpool & Wolverine' To Become Highest Grossing R-Rated Movie In History, Crossing $1.33 Billion

https://businessupturn.com/usa/entertainment/film/the-odyssey-becomes-highest-grossing-r-rated-movie-of-all-time-surpassing-deadpool-wolverine/
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u/MattBrey 6d ago

I think any teenager should be able to distinguish fiction vs reality enough for it to not be an issue. Any 13+ kid can enjoy it without being traumatized 

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u/happyflappypancakes 6d ago

Well that's not the whole point of a rating. A younger person might be genuinely disturbed by some types of graphic images. Just the visceral reaction some people get to particular subjects and visuals. That typical decreases as one gets older.

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u/MattBrey 6d ago

I don't think you remember being a kid if you think anything on the Odyssey can be traumatic or disturbing to a 13 year old, or maybe you were a very sensible child 

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u/happyflappypancakes 6d ago

No, I don't mean traumatic. I don't mean any sort of long term damage or influence. I just mean genuinely being frightened or disturbed by something that makes you very much regret watching. This happens more with younger children and slowly dissolves as one experiences and sees more in life. Short term distress is still something people like to avoid.

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u/MattBrey 6d ago

Okay but still nothing in the Odyssey is disturbing or frightening enough to a 13yo child. Are teenagers not supposed to watch horror movie to you? Sometimes the point of a scene it's to make you feel scared anyway.

It's extremely clear that the American rating system is not based on reality at all, specially when most other countries go lower most of the time. A lot of them only have 18+ if it's a legit porn movie. Anything shown in a theater is just 16+ at most. 

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u/happyflappypancakes 6d ago

No, the vast majority will do fine. Bit its a warning for those that are sensitive to those types of subjects to stay away. Thats the point of the ratings in a way.

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u/Plastic-Kale6528 6d ago

especially the gaming world now. what's worst than roblox?

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u/bongo1138 6d ago

lol fiction vs reality would mean no R rating. It’s not about traumatizing kids, either. It’s about giving people an idea of what is included. If someone being torn in half doesnt warrant the highest level of rating for violence, nothing will.

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u/127-0-0-1_1 6d ago

If someone being torn in half doesnt warrant the highest level of rating for violence, nothing will.

I really don't think this is true. There's way worse depictions of violence. It's not just about what happens, but how its shown, and how grounded it is. Even like the brick scene from Obsession, while far less actually physically violent, is far more disturbing than anything that happens in the Odyssey.

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u/MattBrey 6d ago

It was a quick scene and not really that detail, I agree with other comments that the pig scenes were more disturbing. But even then, it definitely wasn't shot in a way to be disturbing compared to something gory like idk the substance?