Are filmmakers just stupid?

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2008)

WHY would they insert sexual humor into a movie that should be marketed to kids (mostly boys, let's face it) around age 9 and up? WHY? Read the parental info elsewhere on this film if you haven't yet.
We skipped this when it was in the theaters, our son was 10, but this past summer - at age 11 - we rented it, thinking it might be OK. The sex humor was unnecessary, although it probably went over our son's head. The scene where the mom brings up masturbation was just... unbelievable. I was furious (and I'm no prude; it was just completely inappropriate). My son immediately asked what that meant. Suffice to say, it made for some uncomfortable moments.
But mostly I sat steaming wondering why filmmakers can't be creative without stooping to gutter humor ... the film "The Italian Job" was a great example of how to make an action-packed film for slightly older kids with out foul language or humor. "Iron Man" with Robert Downey Jr. also came *close* to being free of the stuff you really don't need to expose 11 or 12 year old kids to.
If they wanted a PG-13 film (and WHY should a movie about Transformers BE a PG-13 film in the first place?!), they could have cut some of the sexual stuff and it would have been fine.
But, to go further, they could have cleaned it up a bit more (and toned down some of the violence) and still had an action packed, PG film for those younger kids. Why didn't they do that? We see a summer packed with PG-13 films, which is a real shame. There are plenty of PG films out there that prove they can make money.
I wish Hollywood would show some respect for kids and parents alike, and work to create more smart and entertaining films - both in the PG13 and PG categories - that don't rely on crass humor for laughs. There ARE smart people in Hollywood, right?