Fantastic Four 2 Earns Dreaded PG Rating

Posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

We’ve actually become moderately excited to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Like most other self respecting comic book geeks, we hated the first film. But somehow the action sequences from the trailers and tv spots sucked us in for the sequel. We believed there might be a slight chance of it being good (although in the back of our minds we are expecting the worst). And one of my biggest complaints about the first film is that it is way too kiddie. Well guess what. The MPAA has spoken and given Rise a PG-rating. So we’re probably in for a disappointment. I mean, even Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has a PG-13 Rating.

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What are you talking about

You're on crack. The scenes look awesome and PG is suitable for The Fantastic Four. This is Not x-men. This is an action film that kids should enjoy to like the films many of us who grew up in the 70's and early 80's got to enjoy. There's nothing dreaded about PG. Some of you think selfishly as if when your grow older that the movie studio focuses on you alone and that they should stop catering to the younger crowd too.

B33

There was never hope for Rise of the Silver Surfer to begin with...

Dylan

I never even seen the first Fantastic Four movie.But was'nt the first one rated PG-13.I heard the first one was bad.I saw the trailer for this and it looked good.But my hopes are down for this one being any good now it's rated only PG.

boomtuber

I agree with "What are you talking about "; you critic people take it waaaay too seriously, when you haven't seen much much yet; you should read back some Lee/Kirby stories; stop denigrating systematically, you are boring me to death with your cracks at FF; it's not Fellini, fer Christ's sake...

silversurfer

omg, just cuz the movie isn't pg thirteen doesnt mean anythnig

spike

I Agree, why does this film have to be dark, to suit geeks and moronic critics.I have collected comics for 30 years, and have all the F/F issues back to no. 10, so i now a bit about F/Four.I and most normal people enjoyed it, and the 2nd one looks great so far

matt

What does rating have to do with quality? The original (good) Star Wars films (including Empire Strikes Back) are rated PG (that's current rating, not just at the time). PG mainly means that the film is not too violent (drug use is also an automatic PG-13). This doesn't mean this film will be any good, just that you can't tell from the rating.

Bibliomike

I am a parent as well as a fanboy geek , so I am thrilled that the new film will be rated PG. My 5-year-old (almost 6), who is a huge FF fan, and I may actually be able to enjoy it on the big screen together. How cool!

traci

for goodness sake Im glad that f f 2 is pg thank god there is a film that i can take my superhero obsessed son to and not be asleep by the end. Just remember when you were a kid and the only "grown up" films were things like space camp and flight of the navigator!!!!

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