Regarding the BBFC vs MPAA article, a point was brought up that actually I think extends well beyond movies. In the US we're trained to treat sex and nudity in the media (and in life, arguably) as dangerous and screen people from them, whereas violence is not considered nearly as great a threat. In the UK it's the other way around, and violence is considered more adult whereas sex is not such a big deal.
Exactly. Although it's only fairly recently that films with sex in started getting lower certificates than 18.
I think the real difference is that because they wouldn't pass big budget blockbusters except as 18s for violence reasons, studios and cinemas still wanted to show them, so an 18 doesn't kill a movie, to an extent it can help--it shows it's for adults, bit like having an R rating is needed for some films in the US.
But because mainstream big budget films are 18s, there's no stigma, so we can get what we want with just an 18 slapped on it.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-07-22 12:00 pm
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Frankly I think the UK view is far wiser.
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I think the real difference is that because they wouldn't pass big budget blockbusters except as 18s for violence reasons, studios and cinemas still wanted to show them, so an 18 doesn't kill a movie, to an extent it can help--it shows it's for adults, bit like having an R rating is needed for some films in the US.
But because mainstream big budget films are 18s, there's no stigma, so we can get what we want with just an 18 slapped on it.