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| Registered: April 16, 2009 |  Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Have you ever noticed the difference between UK rating details and others? Noticed mainly when converting an existing posting to a UK version. Not sure what it says about who but our respective 'big brothers' definately have a different idea as to what we 'need' to be aware of/protected from. For example (randomly selected)...
Eat, Pray, Love...
UK Rating: "One Use of Strong Language".
US Rating: "Brief Strong Language, Some Sexual References and Male Rear Nudity"
Same film!
Love & Other Drugs...
UK Rating: "Strong Sex, Sex References and Language".
US Rating: "Strong sexual Content, Nudity, Pervasive Language and Some Drug material". (Hands up who knows what "Pervasive" actually means!)
Australian Rating: Strong sex Scenes and Sexual references.
Same Film!
Must be better ones out there? Maybe worth a contest for the most
Note use of ridiculous use of "capitals" in the above... rules is rules??? | | | | Gonna jump...gonna jump... |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | In Germany the one reason for a higher rating is violence. The more (pointless) violence a movie contains the higher the rating will be.
Nudity of either sex is no reason to up the rating unless we're talking about actual softcore/hardcore porn. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | What's the UK rating for "Man's Best Friend"? US is one of my favorites because it sounds funny - "Terror and Violence Involving a Household Pet"  Other countries are probably rated G, as terror is so American!  | | | | Last edited: by bigdaddyhorse |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Raises hand. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tcremote: Quote:
(Hands up who knows what "Pervasive" actually means!) I do! Another nice one: "Shakespeare in Love" UK: 15 - Moderate Sex and Nudity US: R - Sexuality DE: FSK-6 11 respectively 9 years difference in age of admittance, take that for cultural divide  cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: April 16, 2009 | | Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Grown Ups:
UK: Moderate Sex references.
US: Crude Material Including Suggestive references, Languages and (here it is again) Some Male rear Nudity.
Canada: Rude Content, Coarse Language, Language May Offend.
Aus: Mild sexual References and Coarse Language.
Grown Ups? Mmmm...? | | | | Gonna jump...gonna jump... |
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| Registered: September 26, 2007 | | Posts: 488 |
| | Posted: | | | | The Big Lebowski
US: R for pervasive strong language, drug content, sexuality and brief violence
UK: 18
Language Frequent, coarse
Sex/Nudity Some strong references
Violence Infrequent, moderate
Other Black comedy, kidnap
DE: FSK-12 |
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  | Corne | | Registered: Nov. 1, 2000 |
| Registered: April 5, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
In Germany the one reason for a higher rating is violence. The more (pointless) violence a movie contains the higher the rating will be.
Nudity of either sex is no reason to up the rating unless we're talking about actual softcore/hardcore porn. Same in The Netherlands. But I think that doesn't surpise anyone  | | | | Cor |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Someone once said that ratings are quite easy:
All Ages: if the good guy gets the girl
Restricted (or 16+): if the bad guy gets the girl
18+: If all the guys get the girl | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | I had my best lough at Alice in Wonderland:
Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar. | | | | Last edited: by VirusPil |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, the caterpillar was smoking dope of course... | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
Well, the caterpillar was smoking dope of course... I think it is Opium. Edit: But I think this is never called in the movie, so it is not really the drugs forcing the rating. I also think if it would have been because of drugs, this would have been called in the rating details.  | | | | Last edited: by VirusPil |
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| Registered: April 16, 2009 | | Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
Well, the caterpillar was smoking dope of course... Only in the Dutch version! Sadly still illegal here! | | | | Gonna jump...gonna jump... |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VirusPil: Quote:
I think it is Opium.
But I think this is never called in the movie, so it is not really the drugs forcing the rating. I also think if it would have been because of drugs, this would have been called in the rating details. But then, the whole movie is hallucenogenic. The author must have been on some strong stuff. And what about the eating of mushrooms and the subsequent visions...  | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Silence_of_Lambs: Quote:
Someone once said that ratings are quite easy:
All Ages: if the good guy gets the girl
Restricted (or 16+): if the bad guy gets the girl
18+: If all the guys get the girl Brilliant! US is scared of sex, which is why Wal-Mart carries stuff unrated if unrated for violence. If unrated for sex or nudity, no way will they stock it. We are also scared of slime and household pets gone bad. |
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