@ichthy: Well I looked up the how the raitings work in Quebec and it's pretty interesting stuff. It's a gouvernement institution and they all really clearly indicate reasons why stuff are rated the way they are without being insulting to the audience.
http://www.rcq.gouv.qc.ca/en/process.asp
I particularly like the description of the 13+ rating.
Teenage viewers are more aware of the fact that a movie is not reality and are therefore better psychologically prepared to follow more complex or dramatic films. Violence, eroticism, coarse language or horror may be more developed and may constitute a dominant characteristic of the film. However, it is important that the film allow viewers to discern the meaning that should be attributed to the varions characters and their actions, because teenagers are not necessarily prepared to face everything. This is why certain themes (drugs, suicide, troubling situations, etc.) and their treatment are carefully examined.
The 16+ rating on the other hand :
At the age of 16, young people enter a transition period between the end of adolescence and the beginning adulthood. They are more independent, and have usually attained a certain level of psychological maturity.
Films with this rating present troubling themes, situations or behaviours and adopt a more direct point of view about things. They may therefore contain scenes where violence, horror and sexuality are more graphic.
So yeah. Over here, gruesome violence, gore and sex might get you a higher rating but the subject matter and themes in general also have a big impact on the rating. I like that.
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