‘Breaking Dawn Part 2′ Receives a PG-13 Rating!

Hypable is reporting that Breaking Dawn Part 2 has received a PG13 rating due to 'sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity.':

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has received its rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.

Like the past four films in the series, the film has been rated PG-13. It received this rating for “sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity.”

The rating is unsurprising given the saga’s history of PG-13 scores. By looking at Stephenie Meyer’s final Twilight book, we knew we weren’t to expect a “PG” or “R” rating.

In August we had learned that Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is the shortest of the five films. It clocks in at 116 minutes – just one minute shy of the penultimate film’s runtime.

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 ticket sale numbers leaked yesterday and indicated a stronger box office than last November’s Part 1 film.
Part 1 had made $626,000 by this point while Part 2 has already pulled in $1.17 million.
What’s more, Summit’s Twilight Saga Marathons – which will screen all five Twilight films (buy tickets for Vue's Twiathlon (Dublin) by clicking here.) – are a quarter of all tickets sold. Part 2‘s opening day total is already outpacing Part 1‘s three-day total, according to Deadline.

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Bel Ami to be a 15's film in the UK - 16's in Ireland

With a release date of March 9th, the UK's Board of Film Classifications, the BBFC, has awarded a 15 certificate to the filmmakers of Bel Ami.

As for the Irish rating, Ireland's Film Classification board, the IFCO, has given Bel Ami a '16' rating for Strong Language and [Strong] Sex and Nudity.


**NOTE**
The release date is listed on both sites as March 2nd. This was the original UK release date but was changed a few days ago. It looks like they just haven't gotten around to changing the websites yet... IF the date reverts back to the 2nd, we will let you know!

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Breaking Dawn sex scene had to be cut to reach 12A rating

The sex scene in Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has been cut down so the movie can be given a 12A, it has been revealed.
 

The British Board of Film Classification advised producers to edit the “graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella” to avoid the film being given a 15 certificate. 

*Note from ITS: WHHYYYYY???!*

“This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version,” a statement on the BBFC website says. “The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a ’15′ classification but that the requested ’12A’ certificate could be achieved by making changes to a sex scene between the Edward and Bella characters. 

“In particular the BBFC suggested that [the] more graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella, and while her legs are wrapped around his torso, be removed. 

“When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made, with the scene having been reduced in length and with less focus on full body shots. As a result, the film was classified ’12A’.” 

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have both admitted that they felt uncomfortable while shooting the Breaking Dawn sex scenes. The BBFC had previously advised that the film contains “moderate violence and sex”. 

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'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1' gets a PG-13 rating from the MPAA

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has given The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 a PG-13 rating, according to comingsoon.net, for "disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements."

The rating should come as no surprise for anyone who's paid attention to the stated intentions of the filmmakers on this. PG-13 was the issued rating for Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and while Breaking Dawn contains many more intensified scenes than the previous three, the demographic remains the same.

Do you think it's interesting, at all, the reasons cited for the PG-13 rating for Breaking Dawn, though?

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 hits theaters on November 18th.

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'Eclipse' gets a PG-13 rating

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly ratings bulletin this morning, which included a rating for the highly anticipated third part of The Twilight Saga.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse received a PG-13 rating for "intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality." Both Twilight and New Moon were PG-13 as well, but for slightly different, and somewhat telling, reasons: Twilight garnered its rating due to "some violence and a scene of sensuality," while New Moon earned it for "some violence and action."

Confirming what the most recent trailer suggested, Eclipse's rating indicates that the action quotient has been ramped up compared to the first two movies. It appears that Eclipse's marketing will try to build on this in order to attract action-seeking males who have been unmoved by Edward and Bella's love story up to this point. At the very least, more action may serve to make the movie more tolerable for the males that are dragged to see Eclipse. 

 

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