I really am suprised at the level of prudishness here, I watched this movie with my mum and my sister on christmas day, and they cracked up with the masturbation scene.
as for too much midriff, i've seen more at the local swimming pool, i seen more at the beach, quite frankly if anything was wrong about it it was them snogging on top of bumblebee.
it's a PG13 which means
PG-13 rating is a sterner warning by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their children under age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material might not be suited for them. A PG-13 motion picture may go beyond the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements, but does not reach the restricted R category. The theme of the motion picture by itself will not result in a rating greater than PG-13, although depictions of activities related to a mature theme may result in a restricted rating for the motion picture. Any drug use will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. More than brief nudity will require at least a PG-13 rating, but such nudity in a PG-13 rated motion picture generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence. A motion picture’s single use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, initially requires at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive requires an R rating, as must even one of those words used in a sexual context. The Rating Board nevertheless may rate such a motion picture PG-13 if, based on a special vote by a two-thirds majority, the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG-13 rating is appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous.
if you watch the movie(you can close your eyes or go out the room at the bit you don't like) with Bay's commentry he says he's not interested in making Transformers a kids film, the target demographic was people who had G1 toys and had grown up with transformers, not 4 year olds, as bay specifically states during barricade's "are you username ladiesman217?" and that he'd be worryed about pearants who would let their kids see a PG13 film as it's quite violent and a bit scary. Nor was it meant to pander soley for TFgeeks, so some squishies have to be in there, it can't just be robot et robot action.
and if mikela ends up with sam(witty, but not physically attractive) is she really that shallow? or is the man whose perving over her, and kicked his best mate out the car (which he beleived he needed to get to have any chance with women) to give her a lift home the truely shallow one?
and i agree, if girls are getting pregnant and dying at 12 then there sex education has been very badly handled.
Anyhow, the 6 pm news/ MTV comment should end this arguement. With so much of the media using sex because it sells, a teenage girl pressing up against a teenage boy in the last 45 seconds of a movie is not really much of an issue. My issue was with the masturbation line. No moral objection or discomfort, I just find it massively pointless and ham fisted dialogue in a movie that had plenty of pointless and ham fisted dialogue.
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