Ratings haven't changed these days, or if they have, they've changed in the opposite direction that you think - the MPAA is actually more strict today than its ever been. That study that you linked to days ago was a biased study done by an individual who has an interest in promoting the idea that movies are becoming more violent. She makes a living promoting this idea making speeches and doing 'studies' to get government/university funds. This is a cash cow for her. If she found that movies were becoming less violent, which they are, then there'd be no reason for her to continue her 'work'. The study she did consisted of her and her aide just reading the descriptions of movies put out by the ratings board. She did not watch all the movies over the past couple decades; and probably has seen very few movies at all, especially action and horror movies - those are the kinds I'm sure she'd hate. This is one of these pacifist, intellectual types that basically turn's her nose up at anything sci-fi, horror, or action-oriented. Anyhow, all her study consisted of is reading the descriptions, like the "the rated PG-13 for violence, gore, slime,..." thing that AvP just got. Now how scientific is that? Its not. And everybody knows that over the years, recently especially, the MPAA has become more detailed about what they put in descriptions; they use to not have any at all - just a decade or so ago even. So you can see how that might make it appear that movies are becoming more violent, sexy, etc... There's people out there, including this 'researcher/professor' you sited, that have an interest, politically and monetarily, to continue pushing this idea that movie content is sort of out of control and getting worse. The fact is if you've watched alot of movies over the years, which this researcher I'll bet hasnt, you know that they were much moreso in decades past - especially the 70s and 80s. Dont automatically believe these studies that you see in the media. They are not reliable. The people that do them often have a bias and political point-of-view and essentially find what they're looking for. And by linking to the story and repeating it over and over you are helping to spread this lie that is pressuring studios to censor movies.
