"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" film reviews stated that this is, so far, the best "Star Wars" movie ever produced in the movie franchise's history. When compared to the original trilogy, the newly premiered film is found to have produced a "profound and unshakable feeling" among the audience. Some parents who watched the film with their children, however, said the PG rating of the movie was inappropriate because there were too many disturbing scenes in the movie.
Wired reported that what the "Star Wars superfans, including the film critics, loved about "The Force Awakens" is its "thrilling, beautiful, and evocative" effect. "It has timeless characters, lightsabers, comic robots, dashing rogues and dark lords," the report says.
The same source added, "It has lightspeed jumps and Jedi mind-tricks; spaceship battles and a masterful John Williams score. It is concentrated kerosene for a child's imagination. It is also a curious thing: a film so slavish to the original, that its only real constraint is the weight of the fans expectation."
In contrast to the audience's praising comments about the movie, however, there are parents who are complaining on some parts where there are certain scenes that are not considered appropriate for the young audiences.
According to the Daily Mail UK, there are parts in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" where the kids under the age of ten are left scared and upset. Thus, parents are advised not to bring their kids with them to watch J.J. Abrams' latest film without watching it themselves first.
The concerned parents are referring to the scenes where the villagers are slaughtered, characters tortured with an entire planet obliterated in one shot. That is a clear message that the "The Force Awakens" tries to convey a very violent universe.
Because of that, many were left puzzled with the 12A rating which is not really for all kids even for 12-year-olds. British Prime Minister David Cameron was asked about the rating. He said that it is "very exciting for children and I have to say quite a lot of parents are looking forward to this film."
Child psychologist Sally Goddard advised parents to consider and weigh the film whether it is really suitable for their children. Since children differ from emotional sensitivity, there may be some children who get upset emotionally from watching the film, some not.
"There's a difference between the morals implicit in fairy stories and graphically seeing something on the screen, which in some ways normalizes violence. When something is presented on a large screen, there is in one sense a reality to it and in another sense it makes it seem OK in a way fairy stories don't," Blythe said.
Vivienne Pattison, director of Mediawatch UK said that there is a big difference with the PG rating then and now. Comparing to the "Star Wars" original trilogy released in the 1970s, the scenes are a lot different from now but it received lower ratings. So, some parents have a different definition on what PG rating is.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" premiered on Monday in Los Angeles cinemas and the movie is still shown to different cinemas around the world.