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Originally Posted by Sarah@Cult Labs  Fair enough, it's up to you how you spend your money and yes, the film is still cut by 43 seconds.
But, that's 11 minutes of cuts restored since it was submitted in 2002 - that says the BBFC has come a long way in less than a decade. The fact that they've waived some cuts in the appeal also says the BBFC is willing to re-examine films and change their minds. That also says they've come a long way.
Yes, it's not a completely uncut version of the film but it still represents a major step for both the BBFC and UK distributors. |
Yup, that's an achievement I don't want to belittle. The BBFC always seems to go with the time and re-evaluate their guidelines and decisions based on the current state of the society. The German FSK also tries to do this (for example by un-banning the Texas Chainsaw Massacres, lowering rating for cult classics like Total Recall (FSK 16), Predator (FSK 16) etc.) but when I compare them to the FSK they always seem to lack consistency in their ratings.
So yeah, the BBFC takes big leaps which I think is awesome and I still stad by their decision to eliminate animal cruelty. But in our modern society I think that censorship should only be applied to scenes of REAL violence - like animal cruelty and the like.
But banning movies like "Human Centipede 2" oder censoring "I Spit on Your Grave" - even though they are really intense movies - has no place in a modern society.
I cheer for every step of the way - but in the long run: censorship to fictional pieces of art has to be extinct!