Arrgghhh! Another “Am I Getting Old?” moment! As if it’s not enough that when I’m supervising our youth centre’s disco’s I’m wondering around thinking that the music’s too load (if you’d call the “noise” they put out there these days music) I recently had another old foggie moment at a recent trip to the cinema!
For those of you who haven’t heard of the changes made to film classification here – 12a now puts the discretion into the parents hands – if a film gets a 12a rating then you can still bring your babies under twelve – it’s just up to you!
I went last week to see the new CGI superfest that is Beowolf – and as legend would have it there’s a lot of nude monster fighting and wench raping that goes on in the world of a 12a film these days. I wondered at the marvels of modern technology as I watched the CG Ray Winstone looking more BUFF than I’m sure he ever has in his life and thought that with the right computer wizardry how Sir Anthony Hopkins would make a great Dungeon Master if they ever did a movie of the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons – but I was more taken by the seriously close up nudity they got away with in the name of CGI – and the blood that spilled when the bodies of the hero’s army were torn apart, isn’t real blood so the usual 15 cert that this film, if in live action would be a certainty to acheive, shouldn’t apply! The fact is they’ve tried to make it look as realistic as possible – surely this should be taken into account!
Then – a moment of clarity. Maybe the BBFC are right – maybe it should be up to the parents – after seeing some children, granted who were much younger than 12, being guided out of the cinema by their parents though I’m not sure that “guidance” is enough.
Maybe I’m just getting old.
This is why people dont read your blog mate!
Yes you are getting old. we all are. So what! Just try acting young and foolish as often as possible.