Question:
Something my lil Sis pointed out to me last night when watching Signs.
There were a few trailers for the Army (or somesuch) which were advertised as 12. My Sister is 12 but what if there were younger kids in the audience because of this new 12A rating. Now i know it's nothing offensive but surely there is a rule broken there or something?.
I'm not wanting to grass them up or anything and i wouldn't have noticed myself if it wasn't for my lil Sis bringing the question up.
What do you think?, a slight over look? or another reason why this 12A is a bad idea.
Any trailers that are advertised as '12' are now really '12A'.
I hope this answers your question.
Are they?, how come?
What if they were old? won't they have to be re-classified? and shouldn't they indicate correctly what the rating for any trailer is?
Originally posted by Robby
Are they?, how come?
Think about it - the '12' rating in the cinema doesn't exist anymore, and the BBFC say that any film and trailer rated '12' in the cinema is now a '12A'.
As I said.
Isn't the whole point of this 12A so the "parents" can make the decision. But what if you went to see a film and deemed it OK for your child to see it - but then something like a trailer poped up which you hadnt previewed / approved of when you actually took them to see it? There a small gap there I think.
Jamin
That's a very interesting point. They are assuming if you take your child to a 12A then you're accepting everything that might fall under that category rather than the film in question and obviously many parents might want to take a child to see About A Boy but not The Bourne Identity. I'll send 'em an email and see what they have to say.
To further the example during the adverts they showed the Lynx advert and in it was a long shot of two frogs having sex (in it's big screen glory :nuts: ).
Not sure if they show that shot on the TV version but say you took a relative minor along? you might have some very loud explaining to do :D
Personally i don't see anything wrong, it's just this 12A could lead to allsorts of problems if something was to slip by ( or in this case over) the 12A rating and a particular prudent parent could kick off.
Originally posted by Robby
Not sure if they show that shot on the TV version but say you took a relative minor along? you might have some very loud explaining to do :D
Or tell them after the movie has finished, if they still want to know what it was about. :)
TURN THAT BLOODY PHONE OFF, YOU SOD! ;)
good point... some parents may take their kids to a film where the rating is due to violence which they may not mind their kids seeing, and have checked there's no sexual content which they don't want their kids to see.. but some of these adverts/trailers that come on before that are rated 12 can be kinda sexual... i.e various perfume ads etc..
but i suppose that's the risk parents have to make if they take their kid into a 12 rated film...
wonder what happens in the US, especially with R-rated films.. some trailers are also R-rated and their content can be entirely different to the film that is playing... at the end of the day 12 rated movies aren't 'that' offensive especially in comparison to R-rated ones! so more reason to complain there i think -- but they manage i suppose :)
i don't think they are automatically reclassified, didn't spiderman have to be resubmitted for its rerelease?
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that it did.
The 12A rating won't really make that much difference - I've seen plenty of under 12's at 12 rated films, most recently "Austin Powers In Goldmember" (before the 12A rating was brought in).
There were a few trailers for the Army (or somesuch) which were advertised as 12. My Sister is 12 but what if there were younger kids in the audience because of this new 12A rating. Now i know it's nothing offensive but surely there is a rule broken there or something?.
I'm not wanting to grass them up or anything and i wouldn't have noticed myself if it wasn't for my lil Sis bringing the question up.
What do you think?, a slight over look? or another reason why this 12A is a bad idea.
Answers:
Any trailers that are advertised as '12' are now really '12A'.
I hope this answers your question.
Answers:
Are they?, how come?
What if they were old? won't they have to be re-classified? and shouldn't they indicate correctly what the rating for any trailer is?
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Originally posted by Robby
Are they?, how come?
Think about it - the '12' rating in the cinema doesn't exist anymore, and the BBFC say that any film and trailer rated '12' in the cinema is now a '12A'.
As I said.
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Isn't the whole point of this 12A so the "parents" can make the decision. But what if you went to see a film and deemed it OK for your child to see it - but then something like a trailer poped up which you hadnt previewed / approved of when you actually took them to see it? There a small gap there I think.
Jamin
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That's a very interesting point. They are assuming if you take your child to a 12A then you're accepting everything that might fall under that category rather than the film in question and obviously many parents might want to take a child to see About A Boy but not The Bourne Identity. I'll send 'em an email and see what they have to say.
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To further the example during the adverts they showed the Lynx advert and in it was a long shot of two frogs having sex (in it's big screen glory :nuts: ).
Not sure if they show that shot on the TV version but say you took a relative minor along? you might have some very loud explaining to do :D
Personally i don't see anything wrong, it's just this 12A could lead to allsorts of problems if something was to slip by ( or in this case over) the 12A rating and a particular prudent parent could kick off.
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Originally posted by Robby
Not sure if they show that shot on the TV version but say you took a relative minor along? you might have some very loud explaining to do :D
Or tell them after the movie has finished, if they still want to know what it was about. :)
TURN THAT BLOODY PHONE OFF, YOU SOD! ;)
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good point... some parents may take their kids to a film where the rating is due to violence which they may not mind their kids seeing, and have checked there's no sexual content which they don't want their kids to see.. but some of these adverts/trailers that come on before that are rated 12 can be kinda sexual... i.e various perfume ads etc..
but i suppose that's the risk parents have to make if they take their kid into a 12 rated film...
wonder what happens in the US, especially with R-rated films.. some trailers are also R-rated and their content can be entirely different to the film that is playing... at the end of the day 12 rated movies aren't 'that' offensive especially in comparison to R-rated ones! so more reason to complain there i think -- but they manage i suppose :)
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i don't think they are automatically reclassified, didn't spiderman have to be resubmitted for its rerelease?
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I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that it did.
The 12A rating won't really make that much difference - I've seen plenty of under 12's at 12 rated films, most recently "Austin Powers In Goldmember" (before the 12A rating was brought in).
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