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over a year ago
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Over the past years, I've noticed some movies for adult audiences today are always rated 15. In horror movies today for example, they could have loads of swearing and gore but not enough to be given an 18 rating.
It makes me ask the question, is the 18 rating dying out? |
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15 rated films tend to be better, especially in the horror department. They can’t just rely on gore then.
18 rated horror films tend to focus on the gore and violence rather than actual plot. |
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"15 rated films tend to be better, especially in the horror department. They can’t just rely on gore then.
18 rated horror films tend to focus on the gore and violence rather than actual plot. "
Sometimes 15 rated horror movies focus more on pointless jump scares than the plot as well |
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"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit."
That is true. Sometimes they can cram in as much violence, swearing and nudity and it still would a 15. |
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"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit."
I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.
In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.
Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.
It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering  |
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"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.
I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.
In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.
Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.
It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering "
So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place. |
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"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.
I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.
In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.
Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.
It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering
So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place."
Exactly. It was all about selling another edition to make more money. |
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"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.
I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.
In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.
Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.
It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering
So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place.
Exactly. It was all about selling another edition to make more money. "
Thought so. The film boards don't seem to care about what the audience wants as long as they are making plenty of money. |
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I reckon the BBFC give movies a 15 rating out of belief that kids these days are exposed to so much violence, language and nudity on television to a point where they're completely desensitised by them. |
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Standards have definitely changed as well though. I mean films that would have been 18+ when I was younger easily make 15+ now. Same on TV, loads of stuff goes out 24/7 now, which thirty years ago would have been shown after 11pm on Channel4. |
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Amen to this.