2012
This film was censored in North Korea, because apparently 2012 marks Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday. North Korea itself is a country that censors everything from their people.
Rambo(Numerous Films)
Countries like Vietnam and Burma censored this film due to the fact that this film portrayed their people in an ugly way.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Self Explanatory. Scary and bloody...
Hostel
Ukraine censored the first 2 films, because they think that this film promotes Eastern Europeans as buyers of people and torture,
The Dictator
I say by far, this film could be a really educational film for us to watch in class, because it is facing the same issue we are talking about. The Dictator has been banned from
300
This film is banned in Iran, because they claim the portrayal of King Xerxes is offending. I agree with the fact that he did look mildly unpleasant, but I wouldn't find it offending even though I'm not from Iran.
Zack And Miri Make A Porno
This film is banned in Thailand. The reasoning is absurd though. Apparently, they think people of our age would know how to make a porno after this and will most likely turn to the porno industry if we go broke.
Persepolis
Lebanon censored this sad film in their country. They claimed that this was offending to the country of Iran and Islam. First of all, the author of this story is a Muslim from Iran so I think its ok if they talk about their own people
Sorry my explanation for The Dictator got caught off. I was going to say that The Dictator got banned from many middle eastern countries due to the negative stereotypes this film shows.
ReplyDeleteI find it hilarious that things get banned because the higher power thinks that we as people will do the same as the movies and or shows, although they might be partially right,(Batman incident, but apparently the dude was psycho) i still don't think they would have to go to that extreme, because its just something that is being filmed, and a form of entertainment. I think if that's what you want to watch, go watch it but remember that what ever was cough on film, editing had to be made and not everything shown is real. So yeah
ReplyDelete