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This parents' guide for whether or not to let their kids see Sin City is pretty funny; they detail each scene of violence, which does a pretty good job of summarizing the movie: http://www.kids-in-mind.com/s/sincity.htm

Also: "DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, revenge, love, torture, cannibalism, law and order, corruption, psychopaths, being framed for murder, child molestation, rape, serial killing, torment, pity, racism, humiliation. MESSAGE - Love can grow even out of the darkest circumstances."

That's not exactly the message I got, but whatever.

All in all, though, it's a good resource and their scheme (re-calibrated for general use) should be used instead of the current ratings. Their dataset would also be nice to run a regression on, to use their more detailed descriptions (including interactions) as predictors for receiving an R-or-worse rating. It's obvious that sex will "matter" more than violence, but we could also model time trends, and look for interactions (does a religious theme make profanity better or worse, &c.).

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I like the systematic breakdown. Their scheme ought to be used, but lazy people are going to want single letter-numbers telling them their business. Not that some parents bother with that anyhow. How young were we when we watched "A Clockwork Orange"? I guess both systems could be utilized. From their devotion to detail and guarding against certain themes, I would like this website to tie-in to IMDB.

Perhaps the "message" assumes that with or without your permission, your child has seen this film and you are handling damage control as a parent?

Although a very devoted interpretation of Frank Miller's work and style, I dislike "Sin City".