New Godfather DVD Set

Is it just me or does it seem wrong that a Godfather boxset is only rated 15? (the info on HMV.com is wrong, i saw it in store the other day and it has a 15 cert...). The same goes for the new releases of The Shining and Full Metal Jacket imo.
 
Nope. The bbfc has changed them all to 15 under it's current guidelines.

Interestingly it was always said full metal jacket was the cause of a row in the bbfc, as on it's release the two bbfc examiners who watched it recommended it as a 15 but were then overruled by then head censor James Ferman, who provided no explanation as to why FMJ was an 18 when platoon, which was classified at the same time and had similar content was a 15 in his opinion.

Edit: although the most surprising recent bbfc change methinks was to blazing saddles, which is now a 12A. Hmm....
 
There's nothing in Blazing Saddles except a bit of mild, very funny racist humour. Not to mention the famous camp fire farting scene. The original 15 cert was given many years ago when there was nothing lower that could accommodate the word "n1igger".

I wouldn't worry too much about the BBFC. It's a law unto itself and tenRAB to make things up as it goes along.

I've not seen either Full Metal Jacket or Platoon for a long time, but what probably did for FML's rating at the time as far as Ferman was concerned was the sight of Pte Pyle blowing his own brains out with a shotgun, despite Platoon being a much harder watch with regarRAB to general content and its overbearing bleakness.

Ferman always was desperately bad news for certification in this country.
 
The BBFC get more lapse as the years go on. Before only 1 'f' was allowed at 12, that new Michael Moore film though has 4 'f's and is still a 12. Go figure.

Paddy :D
 
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