last weekend i went to see an R movie with my dad, and the ticket salesman asked "and how old are you young lady?" when i said "uh.. i'm 19" he looked completely shocked.

the fact that he asked not only means that he thought i was under 17, but also that he thought my dad was my date or something, gross.

Interesting information.

I remember when the PG-13 rating was introduced. It was a pretty good idea, a way of indicating that a movie had a bit too much sex and/or violence for a PG rating, but not so much as to deserve an R rating.

The only time I have EVER seen anyone get carded for an R-rated movie was when I went to see the South Park movie. I wasn't carded, but some of my friends were (we were all in our early to mid 20's). Meantime there were a bunch of little kids (4-5yo) in the theatre with their parents. I guess their parents thought it was just a cute cartoon, never mind the R rating! :rolleyes:

When I was 16, a bunch of us went to see Universal Soldier. Most of us were 15-16 and could be taken for 17, but there was a 12yo boy with us, who in no way could be mistaken for 17. Were we carded? Nope...

I got carded a while back when I was 19 and I took a 17-yr old girl out to see Dawn of the Dead...they carded me, but not her. Now that's a good impression.