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Originally Posted by PaulD  But aren't films like AGDTDH and The Woman In Black made with the younger audiences in mind anyway? They then take them to the BBFC to see if they can get the desired rating and if not take the BBFC's advice on what to lose.
Look at Taken 2 - even the 'harder uncut extended" version won't be comparable to the original because it was made with a younger audience in mind. |
AGDTDH was made as a full R rated action film and was released as an R rated film in the U.S, Fox for some unknown and silly reason opted for a lower rating in the U.K which is why a lot of the violence is trimmed and the majority of the swearing is cut. The Woman In Black was shot as a 15 but Momentum, the distributor, wanted to capitalize on the Harry Potter thing because of Daniel Radcliff so asked the BBFC what could be removed to gain a 12A. Taken 2 was again shot as an R rated film but released as a 12A with cuts because of the success of the first film, again FOX who seem to be the biggest culprits when it comes to cuts, wanted to see if a sequel with a lower rating would make more money. My biggest problem with Taken 2 was how lazy the film was, yes the first one had a ridiculous premise but the second took things to new heights of silly, the 12A version zoomed in on all the action scenes and cut the majority of violence.
Woman In Black is the film with the highest amount of complaints to the BBFC in the last 10 years because people took their kids to see it because of the whole potter thing and found that it was a genuinly frightening film for little children.