Talk:Apocalypse Clown/GA1
Latest comment: 2 hours ago by Kusma in topic GA Review
GA Review
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Nominator: Bilorv (talk · contribs) 22:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Kusma (talk · contribs) 11:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Will review this one soon. —Kusma (talk) 11:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Content and prose review
edit- Lead: Link and gloss Galway Film Fleadh
- Lead seems a bit short, will need to comment later on what is missing
- Synopsis: "Bobo tries to perform a clown act on children in a hospital after he has been fired" do we know what job he has been fired from?
- Overall the plot makes little sense, but I guess it is what it is.
- "Tim reveals that Alphonso drowned his brother" Tim's brother or Alphonso's brother?
- Link gunge.
- "At the burial of Ducocque" is this different from the "funeral in Naherbawn" mentioned earlier? I assumed that was Ducocque's.
- Production: Gloss David Coverdale.
- Seems you condensed "I was trying to make a $2 million Roland Emmerich film with clowns in Ireland." into "Kane was inspired by the films of Roland Emmerich." I assume this is the "apocalypse" bit, not the clown bit.
- Yes, the apocalypse premise, but I'm not sure I can say more than the article does without original interpretation, since The Hollywood Reporter is very brief on it. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Gloss Rolf Harris.
- "a significant soundtrack" so what about it?
- "The first day required all scenes in Naherbawn to be filmed, as they could only shut down a town centre for one day. " do we know which town centre? Also, it would be easier to parse with someone other than the day as subject of the sentence... "Filming of the scenes in Naherbawn had to be finished on the first day, ..."?
- "Fastnet Films, Namesake Films and Umedia" who are these companies and how did they raise $2 million?
- "Charades handled international licensing" who is "Charades"?
- "$12000 [..] in its first week" is this the only box office number you have? The impression I get from this sentence plus the infobox is that the film was not shown in cinemas outside the UK (not even in Ireland).
- Why "U.K." instead of "UK"?
- Reception: Do you need so many separate paragraphs for this?
- The infobox contains things not mentioned or cited in the body. Cinematography, editor, music all need a citation, or even better, a full sentence or two in the article. Runtime also needs a citation.
Source spotchecks
editSource numbering from special:permanentlink/1227454223.
- 1g: ok
- 2: I really do not believe these numbers (at least say there is nothing reported other than the opening weekend in the UK); I do not think the $12000 should be in the infobox without further comment
- 6a: ok
- 8b/c: ok
- 9:ok, but "Fantastia" is a typo and you should link Fantasia International Film Festival.
- 11: ok
- 14: ok
Source checks are fine. The film was shown at a bunch of other film festivals including in Sweden and Switzerland.
General comments and GA criteria
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- Some prose points above; untangling the synopsis section would be helpful in particular.
- No copyvio or concerns; sources are represented correctly.
- Perhaps because the film is still fairly new, the sources are heavily biased towards news/magazines and appear a bit superficial
- The article is a bit bare bones ("broadness" being breached?) Sound, special effects, commercial success outside the first week in the UK, anything?
- Investors / public film subsidies should be mentioned: [1].
- another review, not sure if there is much in there
- Fair use image is relevant; caption could be clearer on whether this is an image from the film
- Actors are difficult to see on the image; consider adding images of Earl, Palamides, Kaye
- Unfortunately our only free options for Palamides and Earl seem to be in character (Palamides in particular is unrecognisable), and I don't know whether multiple non-free images or larger non-free images would be within policy, but I've added an image of Kaye. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Lead could be a bit more substantial
Seems like a weird film with little in-depth coverage shown here, but it may be worth digging a little more. The article certainly isn't bad but it is not convincingly Good yet either. Will put on hold. —Kusma (talk) 22:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback, Kusma. It's good to get an outside perspective on niche topics like these. I've started on these comments but it might take several days for me to fully address these points. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the article! I am actually trying to learn how to write articles about relatively low budget independent films (I need to fix up all my film stubs (Eggs is terrible and Story in Taipei not much better). Perhaps I manage at least to get Leningrad Cowboys Go America to a decent shape.
- Changes so far look good, let me know when you're done (or when you are sure the sources don't allow you to answer my queries). —Kusma (talk) 22:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)