In your life, what movie have you watched the most, and will likely watch several more times in your life?

[Flopper]

There are many great R rated movies such Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Rain Man, Saving Private Ryan, Pretty Woman, Blazing Saddles, Die Hard, Caligula, Disclosure, The Game, etc. The fact is PG-13 movies do best at the box office, not R rated movies. Creators of movies are not aiming at a rating. There purpose is to create a movie that audiences will like. Often objectionable scenes in R rated movies that are close to being PG-13 will be edited to slide under the wire. However, some movie subject matter is simple to violent or has too much sex to make it PG-13.

Except for Blazing Saddles, I don’t like any of those movies. Private Ryan had the semi accurate invasion scene that was nice, but little writing talent in any of them.

Ever see Gettysburg? Deadliest battle in US history. What did you see? A riderless horse running out of the smoke. Good writers don’t need to show you grapeshot blowing his body apart. The audience knows.

And Blazing Saddles - PG if rated today.

For your information script writers will usually have no say when it comes to scenes in a movie unless the script writer is the creator which today is rare. They are hired to write dialog for the actors. The Director and maybe the Producer will decide on scences. Battle scenes and sex scenes involving the actors are the most difficult and expense to film.

Yes, I saw Gettysburg and the riderless horse scene was very effective. Nobody needed to be told how bloody that battle was. However, all battle scenes can not be done that way. Take the movie Battle of the Bulge. The whole movie was about a single battle. The Longest Day was about a single day in numerous battles.

 

[Flopper]

The Quiet Man.

The Quiet Man, the movie that John Wayne reminded audiences that he could do more than shoot Indians and Japanese. This was my mother's favorite movie. I bought the VCR tape for her and every time I visited her we watched it. We watched it the day before she went into the hospital for the last time. I had a love hate relationship with this move. I will never watch it again.

 

[Weatherman2020]

For your information script writers will usually have no say when it comes to scenes in a movie unless the script writer is the creator which today is rare. They are hired to write dialog for the actors. The Director and maybe the Producer will decide on scences. Battle scenes and sex scenes involving the actors are the most difficult and expense to film.

Yes, I saw Gettysburg and the riderless horse scene was very effective. Nobody needed to be told how bloody that battle was. However, all battle scenes can not be done that way. Take the movie Battle of the Bulge. The whole movie was about a single battle. The Longest Day was about a single day in numerous battles.

Not going to argue who’s to blame for the lack of talent behind R rated movies. Fact is only in rare circumstances is an R rated scene necessary.

 

[Flopper]

Not going to argue who’s to blame for the lack of talent behind R rated movies. Fact is only in rare circumstances is an R rated scene necessary.

It is not necessary scenes but subject matter. I can remember when any movies about homosexuals was rated R. In fact, the movie Children's Hour with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McLaine was rated R. There was nothing sexual in the entire movie, just the fear by parents that there might be something funny going on between the two.

In Pretty Woman a businessman, Richard Gear who needs an escort hires a prostitute, Julie Roberts in a funny touching romantic comedy with no sex scenes yet it get's an R rating due to subject matter.

 

[monkrules]

Hair --- anytime I need a lift. A ton of talent in every scene.

GlenRoss

Wallstreet

 

[Quasar44]

Yes

Bourne movies
Terminator 2
Gladiator
Alien

I think I have seen them 20 times