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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You are thinking only of the modern G rating. Go back in time a bit to find G rated movies like:

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Planet of the Apes
  • The Secret of NIMH
  • many John Wayne movies including True Grit

Just like society's thoughts on what is generally acceptable, the mpaa rating system has changed quite a lot over the years.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Very fair point, thanks for providing further historical context.

    There are definitely some older kids movies even that have some, "wtf?" aspects about them by today's standards. Hell, we started watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit a year ago or so with one of our younger kids and my wife and I just looked at each other, "ehhhh maybe this isn't really kid appropriate after all," and turned it off.

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