] Here's what he said: "If you are a 12-year-old girl or
] boy, you must go and see 'Kill Bill,' and you will have a
] damn good time. Boys will have a great time, girls will
] have a dose of girl power. If you are a cool parent out
] there, go take your kids to the movie."
]
] Now, Tarantino has an impish sense of humor -- he's a
] funny guy, a fairly likable guy, actually -- and I
] imagine he probably said this with a smile, relishing the
] audacity of his statement and the fact that it would make
] some people crazy. The truth, which Tarantino must know,
] is that "Kill Bill" had no business even being rated R.
] It should have been rated NC-17 and made inaccessible to
] children. Period.

thoughts on this commentary? at what age are you old enough to handle the subtleties of a violent presentation? should this have been NC-17? Would that keep kids from seeing it? *ARE* kids seeing it?

I have little love for the MPAA rating scheme. It's imprecise and misleading, even before you add the cultural stigmas built up around it (such as NC-17 being virtually equivalent to porn for most people). The theater's don't really police their patrons very strictly, or at least, they never did when i was a kid... i once bought a ticket for an R movie at the under-14 discount price. I'm not sure it should be up to the theaters to do this at all really.

Other people wanna weigh in? I don't think i'd take my 12 year old to this, but i guess that would depend a lot on how mature my 12 year old is and if i thought they could sort out (with parental guidance) and safely absorb the artistic and stylistic aspects of the movie without being injured by the violence. It's not likely, I'll admit, but possible.

COMMENTARY / Tarantino clears it up -- 'Kill Bill' is great for kids