The Hunger Games 2012 DVD Movie Censorship (Thallisa Joseph)

    

 

    Lionsgate bought The Hunger Games film, which was released on March 23, 2012. The British part of Lionsgate wanted the BBFC 12A rating, but to get the rating the movie was censored. Around that time, in Britain, they announced that they were censoring The Hunger Games for the safety of children so that it does not affect them. The 12A rating was suitable for children ages twelve and up. For children younger than twelve, 12A rated films had to be banned. The Hunger Games was censored because many scenes were hard for children to see, such as the bloody and violent fight scenes. The film producers wanted to make the fight scenes intense and similar to the book, making it more interesting, but since the movie was made for a younger audience, they had to soften up some scenes to be considered a 12A rating. The British Board of Film Classification still censored the revised version of the film because the edited parts did not do much to be a 12A rating. Later, after many edits, The Hunger Games film was fully released in the UK with a 12A rating.