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September 4, 2007
It's Gore To Me
Friday night Andrew went with my sister and some other people to see the new Halloween movie. It came as quite a surprise to me to find out that you had to be 21 years old or accompanied by an adult of that age or older to buy tickets or get in. My sister said there were even police officers there to make sure the employees were checking the ID’s of the people buying the tickets.
I asked her what was so bad you had to be 21 years old to see. She said nothing really. She said it wasn’t gory, but they did show throats being slashed, stabbings and so on. I personally consider that gore, but I still don’t understand the age restriction.
You can vote at 18, go to war at 18, leave home at 18, get married at 18; the list goes on. Why can’t you see a movie with fake blood at 18? If you have an answer, let me know.
Now for a movie that’s not so scary …
I have always loved the movie BeetleJuice, so I wanted to share this t-shirt with you:
It fit me a long time ago. It’s almost 20 years old. Hard to believe, huh. Time flies!
Posted by tami at September 4, 2007 10:26 PM
Comments
The only answer I have for the age restriction on 'Halloween' is perhaps because the movie is directed by Rob Zombie (?) I know that several of his movies have caused controversy, and if I'm not mistaken, I think one of his movies was even banned.
I LOVE Beetlejuice!
Posted by: Stacey at September 5, 2007 1:06 PM
It could be the Rob Zombie connection. I heard something about that on the radio, but just in passing and I've not looked up more about it.
Beetlejuice is such a strange, fun movie...So campy! I don't have any clothes from 20 years ago. Shoot, we get stains on our newer clothes and can't wear them. We're not very good at stain removal, I think.
Posted by: gw at September 5, 2007 10:10 PM
Hi, who are you?
Posted by: Adrien at July 17, 2008 11:58 AM