This article contains Sweet spoilers For “Captain America: Brave New World”.
Except for exceptions such as “Deadpool” films, the study of the characters of Wolverine “Logan”, the “Punisher: War Zone”, often reinforced on PG-13 notes. This is the classification of magic notes in which the majority of successful films are trying to fall, because a PG-13 note should, theoretically, call on the widest age group as possible. The films classified G or PG are generally considered as “children’s dishes”, while a note R or NC -17 is exclusive by nature – and would separate young viewers from theatrical experience, which will certainly not help secondary markets such as toys / goods.
The firm implementation of the MCU firmly in the PG-13 range is not only an intelligent decision from the company’s point of view, it is also an excellent way to maintain the coherence of narration and tone. If the public quickly fluctuated between babies films for babies and ultra-violent gore in the middle of combat scenes, it would be even more difficult to be invested in the MCU connected multiverse through cinema and television. Unfortunately, the PG -13 note – which has been ironically created to solve the very problem it has – is always deeply imperfect.
Although the OMA official rating indicates that parents are strongly warned because equipment can be inappropriate for children under 13, the range of what can be included in a PG-13 film is quite enormous. “The Marvels”, a MCU film which presents the cat extraterrestrials known as people who consume Flerken put to “memory” by “Cats” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has the same note as “Captain America: Brave New World “(Read our review here), a film where a military officer controlled by the mind dies by suicide after putting a weapon in his mouth and relying on relaxation.
It is a massive range of representations of violence.
The MCU must find a coherent tone for violence, because the MPA is incoherent
I am not here to defend the dilution of the content in a film by any section of the imagination, but for a series which prides itself on addressing the public of four quadrants, there have been several moments in ” Captain America: Brave New World “that I had surprised by their inclusion. On the one hand, Sam Wilson by Anthony Mackie says the word “S ***” probably five times throughout the film, and while I personally Think that people who get their panties in a bunch of “naughty words” must recover, I also have enough empathy to understand that not all parents want to raise their children like mine.
The purchase of a ticket for their youngster to watch Captain America saving the day generally does not come with the additional overview that he will also swear a bunch. “But” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier “was TV 16+!” I hear you cry. Yes, it’s true, but if the Disney + Audience figures have taught us something, it is that a hell of many people do not go to the movies and completely ignore MCU television shows. Regarding parents who buy tickets, “brave new world” should not be more extreme than “wonders”.
The language should above all be a non-problematic since the MCU has never moved from swears, but the real shock was violence. I am a certified cinematographic patient and tread Violence on the screen, but I also recognize that I do not share the POV of the member of the general public. Fighting in Marvel films is nothing new, but there is an intimacy and realism for “Captain America: Brave New World” which does not feel in accordance with the recent wave of MCU films focused on extraterrestrials and Super-Vilains. In particular the aforementioned moment when a military officer draws on two prisoners under the control of mind before turning the weapon over himself.
And yes, adults could (and should) look for resources like online parental guides before determining whether or not to take their children to a film, but … that’s exactly the problem. Why should the public take another Step to dissect what they will see in a film if the MPa notes already exist, and why does it look like the sister debate to trigger warning conversations?
An impossible enigma requiring creative solutions
As I wrote before / film concerning the public asking for content warnings before films for scenarios that can be considered harmful or trigger, triggers differ from person to the next, and even people who have shared trauma may not be triggered by the same thing. A person could theoretically be triggered by anything, so it is impossible to determine what is or is not “worthy of a trigger warning. The same goes for “acceptable” in a PG-13 film. When you look at the official rules For the rating system, the MPA explains that:
“A PG-13 film can go beyond the PG note in the theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements, but does not reach the Restricted category . […] Any consumption of drugs will initially require at least one PG-13 note. More than a brief nudity will require at least one PG-13 note, but such a nudity in a film classified PG-13 will generally not be sexually oriented.
“There may be representations of violence in a PG-13 film, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent. A PG-13 note.
The use of words as “in short” and “generally” means that there is no real adamant line to give meaning to what resembles arbitrary rules. It is also to human interpretation which, as we already know, will differ wildly from one person to another. This is why the same implicit sex scene with a straight couple is not considered to be “explicit” as that of a gay couple. If the AMP will not have strict and rapid rules concerning what is or is not acceptable, it is then placed on Marvel Studios to develop a series of their own internal limits – as their “without decapitation” and “not to smoke “rules. The unfortunate reality, however, is that pushing these rules further would suffocate creativity and would grow even more homogeneous cinema than what is already on the screen.
Three years ago, we pointed out that the PG-13 note became insignificant after the public debated the note of “Doctor Strange and the Multative of Madness”. Regarding Marvel films, at least they are consistent.
