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'The Hangover Part II' trailer pulled from theatres: Warner Bros. takes the hit
Has someone dropped the ball over at Warner Bros.? That's the studio's story and it's sticking to it. After requesting in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - the organization that hands out movie ratings - that the theatrical trailer for "The Hangover Part II" be pulled from theatres for not meeting PG 13 standards, Warner Bros. has apparently admitted it was at fault.
In a statement to THR, the studio wrote:
"In our haste to meet the placement schedule for this trailer, we failed to properly vet the final version with the MPAA. We acted immediately to correct the mistake and removed the trailer from screens."
According to THR's sources, Warner Bros. is tweaking the trailer for PG 13 audiences in order to get it back to theatres by April 15 in time for "Scream 4's" release.
So, what was the MPAA so offended about? Sources say a scene in which Zach Galifianakis' character gets a monkey to bite a bottle he's shoved under an old man's sarong made it too racy for the PG 13 crowd.
Watch the trailer in question below and tell us what you think:
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So rate the film R and get on with
it.
It's not about the Hangover Part II's rating, it's about the fact that the content of the trailer is being considered inappropriate for the PG-13 film(s) the trailer was preceding. Rating it R and "getting on with it" won't fix the problem.
I think the whole thing is ridiculous, personally. Somehow a monkey bottle-feeding under a man's sarong doesn't strike me as nearly as inappropriate as the tons of violence and gore that I've seen in trailers before PG-13 movies (or IN PG-13 movies), but that's just me.
Inappropriate in a PG-13 trailer might also be the word
"*****" which is not necessary in this trailer.
But a really good reason to pull the trailer is that it is not funny. Scary, "yes" but funny, rarely.
And Scream 4 is PG-13? I don't think so. So, why can't they show the R rated preview before an R-rated movie?
I love how an entire studio failed to properly vet a 2.5 minute trailer. Were they too busy or something??
That is so retarded. Then again, the whole notion of movie ratings is retarded to begin with.