Should certain movies be banned?Banning it was the best thing they could've done, as it gave the film so much free publicity.
What is a Movie?Definition:A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television. (Also known as films).
Wider definition
Types of movies
GenusMovies are a form of entertainment.
The case for banning movies?Whats wrong with movies?SummaryNothing is wrong with movies, its like saying there is something wrong with communicating, or storey telling. Its a tool, so neutral, but the content being relayed might have harmful consequences, and so the content can cause wrongs.
However the same rules that apply to movies should apply to free speech. Whatever one can exhibit legally, they should be able to show to as many people as are willing to watch.
To that end some people say the content can be damaging and we should limit what movies can be made.
Arguments against types of moviesThey say it can corrupt people, kids might see, and they themselves don't want to see it. So it should be banned. British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which is responsible for censoring and labeling all films released in the UK,
The case against banning movies?Censorship is futile
Imported Censorship
Consistency
Fantasy & realityThere is difference between fantasy & reality. Violence in movies is ok, because it's not real; no-one suffered as a result from shooting that guy in the head, there were no tears shed over his death, no kids left without a father, he was a virtual character in a virtual world. Not real! HypocrisyHow come the censors are not depraved by the very same images they seek to prevent us from watching? From what I remember growing up it seemed that age ratings were designed more to protect adult's prejudices and embarrassments, what children should or shouldn't do, than what actual children were able to safely watch. ResponsibilityWho's responsibility is censoring 'bad' things?
CausalityImitationIf the Superman movie had affected us as kids, we'd all be trying to jump of buildings in an attempt to fly! Chicken or eggJust because some violent kids also watch movies, does the violent kid watch violent movies or do violent movies make violent kids? Knife and gun crimes existed way before movies.The point is? StatisticsIt's a triumph of "common sense" over logic and observation that people can still ARGUE a product which millions of people consume MUST be the cause of isolated instances of violence Why is it, in that case, that violent crime has been down across Western countries for the past 20 years at an appreciable level if movies affect children adversely? Producer level censoring
Parent or self censorship
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