Teens & their advantage towards Rated-R films

By Teojary Uribe


Teens have been watching Rated-R movies through many years without being aware that these kinds of movies are violent and unappropriate for them.
Should teens be allowed to watch Rated-R movies such as the Ninja Assassin? Many people think that teens meaning the age of (13-16) are allowed to watch Rated-R films such as Ninja Assassin. Many think they shouldn’t be allowed to watch this kinds of movies Kevin Velazquez, a freshmen from Southeast High School, said ‘’ My opinion about teens and Rated-R films is that they should be allowed to watch any type of movie because when someone is really interested in a movie they won’t stop until they obtain it and watch it’’.
Many people have different opinions about teens and Rated-R movies. ‘’I think Rated-R movies aren’t bad and parents should let their sons or daughters watch any movie they feel they want to watch because us teenagers are old enough and know about violence and it is not like if we’re going to want to kill someone based on this violence shown on these movies,’’ said Kevin, S.E.H.S’s freshmen.
Rogelio Reyes ‘’Roger’’ a freshmen, said ‘’I have been watching Rated-R movies since I was seven I think that this kinds of films set no bad examples of violence or disturb anyone. Parents often feel that their adolescents are not mature enough to go to the theater to watch a film that is unappropriate or disturbing, and sometimes think that supervising them might be a good thing to do, Parents should never attend the theater to try to supervise what their sons are watching, I think they should just enjoy the film because if parents want to really watch the movie they will


try to watch and will avoid their supervision towards their adolescents.
‘’ Teens should not be allowed in the theater room if they are watching a Rated-R movie until they become a young adult which is in the year that teens turn seventeen,’’ said Martin Martinez, a freshmen from S.E.H.S. Martinez follows the rules about the laws that the government made according to his statement. ‘’Some teenagers don’t like this law and often chose to go against it. Teens under the age of seventeen who don’t respect this law should be banned from the theaters which they tried to enter’’.
Martinez, said ‘’ I think that teens should have permission from their parents to watch a Rated-R film which needs a person seventeen or older, so they can get to a point if their parents will also attend to the theater, so if their parents aren’t going they could take an older person that can get them their entrance, this is also good for their parents so they could be aware of what movie they will be watching’’.
Some teens ask themselves if the people could do something to change these laws that have been strict about the film ratings. ‘’Talk to the theater owners and tell them that teens should be allowed to watch any movie because either way they will obtain it and watch it without permission so it is better for teens to watch Rated-R films alone with permission,’’ said Martin Martinez a freshmen attending to S.E.H.S. Laws were made to follow them but some people think that this law shouldn’t be followed according to many people here at S.E.H.S.