A young mother decided to take her children to see the latest blockbuster film to hit the big screen. His two children, both boys, are 9 and 11 years old. He is aware that the film they will see, the acclaimed Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is rated PG-13, but he sees no problem with his children seeing it. . The rating states that “some material may be inappropriate for children under 13” and that “parents [should be] strongly advised” (Ratings Posters). But what could be so inappropriate about a Batman movie that it requires parental guidance? For the next two and a half hours, images of dead bodies, grisly gun violence and murder, as well as implied sex, numerous swear words ranging from damn to the partially spelled out use of dick, themes of terrorism, and a world devoid of law and order. are shown to the twinkling, action-hungry eyes of preteens. The mother is left in disbelief that she has just witnessed numerous neck blows, head blows and brutal beatings alongside her children. Today's films are no longer what they used to be. Even the modern superhero movie can be filled with graphic violence, ear-splitting vulgarity, copious amounts of sexual material, increasingly dark themes and still receive a PG-13 rating. As a result of the excessive tolerance shown by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), films may contain more explicit material than ever before, and younger generations are being exposed to mature topics outside of their understanding. America needs the MPAA to self-censor, without it the government can step in and delete anything it deems inappropriate. At the MPAA's inception in 1922, U.S. Postmaster General Will H. Hays was appointed... middle of paper... ...jective, so parents must also be subjective and judge whether their the child should be able to see the film in question. However, with films like 2013's raunchy The Wolf of Wall Street, which contain record-breaking language, copious amounts of nudity, and a gratuitous amount of drug use, continually pushing the limits and boundaries of what can be seen in a theater filmmaking, the MPAA must not only classify what's in films, but also make sure they keep children safe and limit the limits to which filmmakers can go to make sure their film can fit into the most financially suitable classification. The MPAA is not doing its job to prevent the undeveloped minds of America's youth from seeing things they can't handle and is creating a reality where lives have no meaning, morals are not upheld, and life is just like the movies.