Task 3: Go to the BBFC site and research age ratings. Why was The Lego Movie (2014) given a PG rating?
BBFC has given The Lego Movie a rating of U because it is a animated film. There are lots of fight scenes but very few which actually show anything happening to the lego characters which is why it has not been given a higher rating.
Go to the PEGI site and research what age ratings are about. Why is The Lego Movie video game classification 7+?
PEGI has give the lego video game a 7+ because it contains violence but nothing which is too violent to scare or harm viewers in any way. There are multiple scenes where the lego characters fight and the person controlling has to fight which is why they have given it a 7+ and not a 3+
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ReplyDeleteThere are lots of fight sequences in which the good characters take on various baddies, including Lego robots and Lego skeletons. The Lego figures kick and punch at each other, while leaping around in fantastical style. Very few of the blows are clearly seen to land and all the action involves toy figures rather than humans. Occasionally the heads of the Lego figures pop off during fights, and one character's head is knocked off by a flying coin but continues to talk to his friends. Other sequences have science fiction space ships and robots shooting laser beams at others, causing explosions and crashes. No one is seen to get hurt and the fact that all the fighting involves animated toy figures means that the fantasy nature of the violence is very clear.