New Harry Potter Film and the BBFC?

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Has anyone else seen this?
I heard that they wanted to make the new Harry Potter film an 18! What is that about... I mean, really?
This is from Front Row Reviews...
"But it seems that with just months before the release of the first part and the final post-production editing being done to the picture, the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) have already been given an advanced screening of the film, given by director, David Yates. Various sources online have given contrasting outcomes from the screening, with some saying that the film was unpresentable in it
 
to be honest though, anyone who's been following it from the start (whether they read the books or not) is gonna be around 18 anyway. It's always got darker as the plot has gone on.

But yes, 18 does seem a bit extreme.
 
Mark my worRAB, it won't be given a 15 or an 18! Will once again be a 12A. There'd be a lot of complaints if it was a 15 or 18, as a lot of fans would be too young, and they wouldn't make as much money. Plus, they're going to be in 3-D, and I don't think you can get 3-D DVRAB, only at the cinema, so younger fans wouldn't be able to see it in 3-D even if they get the DVD
 
There is a lot of death going around in the last book but they'll be looking to cash in on the younger audience. Think someones trying to pull your leg!
 
OK plenty of people die in the last book but there's nothing that neeRAB to be more than PG-13/12A rated content. Also it would be suicide for the studios! Blatantly an April Fools gag!
 
I thought at first that this could be an April Fools, but the first post links to an article which was published on March 31st. Still won't happen, though
 
18 rated Harry Potter?!
Well now we know what Ron and Harry use the invisibility cloak for... ;)
I could see the last part being a 15 (maybe), it has got darker as the series has gone on but not an 18! :D
 
I'd rather it was a 15. Less annoying little children in the cinema who have no idea what's going on. The book is quite brutal and I'm worried it wont be dark enough if it's only rated a 12..
 
I don't see why it's got to be rated an 18 for. The last Bond film was rated 12A, and this contained a few violent scenes that I wouldn't have taken a 12 year old to see.
 
haha! there is no way on this earth the film would ever be considered for an 18.
and i know somebody in it!!! my ex drama teachers daughter has got a small speaking role!
 
A 15 would be appropriate, anything below is wimping out for the sake of box office seats. Altering the films content just to get the tweens in is hardly fair. It will only alienate older fans who actually read the books.
 
There is not a snowballs chance in hell that it would get anything above a 12A.

You really think the filmakers would effectively stop their lucrative, core audience in their millions from seeing it?

Now, it is possible that the footage submitted to the BBFC in it's raw, unedited for could contain a scene or two that may warrant a hight certificate, but filmakers often film scenes that are never used (many of which may turn up on the dvd as deleted scenes), and often film scenes that they know may be over-the-top or controversial, and decide later whether they will use them.

But the maxim is it is better to film the scenes just in case they can use them (even in an edited form), than not film them and find out later they should have filmed them.

And remember also that on the average movie at least 4 to 5 hours of actual footage is usually shot, which is whittled down to approx 2 - 2.5 hours.

What the filmakers are doing here is actually being very clever...giving the initial impression that the movie may be more violent than the previous ones (even though the final film undoubtedley won't be), so as to generate controversy and interest in the movie... remember these films don't generate the massive publicity and interest that they used to when they first started.

It's also a calculated effort to appeal to an older audience.

Yep...pure nonsense, but a clear sign that the publicity department are doing their job very well.
 
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