Talk:The Bucket List

Plot

The plot is taken from Knockin' on Heaven's Door ([1])

Actually, no, it is based on the 1988 film Hawks ([2]), which in turn served as the basis for the 1997 German film Knockin' on Heaven's Door. It's about time there were articles about these films, but the fact that The Bucket List is a remake (or a ripoff) ought to be mentioned. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 15:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

We've actually had Knockin' on Heaven's Door (film) since before this film's release and Hawks (film) possible from before this film was conceived (well I dunno when it was conceived but 2004 was before Rob Reiner's film prior to this) Nil Einne (talk) 22:26, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Headlines

• The Bucket List - Cast and Crew Interviews —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Synopsis too long

The synopsis doesn't have to repeat every moment of the film.

Yes it does!Saxophobia (talk) 16:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.1.72 (talk) 15:32, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Cole's age

So Cole died when he was 81 years old. But how old was he when he met Chambers? Meursault2004 (talk) 20:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

trivia

Removed trivia section as of- WP:TRIV

Sarcoma or lung cancer?

Neither man's disease is detailed explicitly, but Carter is an inveterate smoker, so he mostly likely has bronchogenic carcinoma, probably small cell (apparently not treated surgically, just with chemo). Dr Hollins tells Edward that "all [his] post-op brain scans are clean, so now we go after the sarcoma in the rest of your body", so he has some imaginary condition - a metastatic sarcoma which responds to neurosurgery and chemo. The only sarcoma you might call "lung cancer" is mesothelioma, which responds not much to very little so far, so if Edward had had meso Carter would have had an excellent chance of outliving him Moletrouser (talk) 11:55, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

"Popular Culture"

From what I'm getting from this article, it seems that this movie is taking credit for coming up with the term 'bucket list' for a general list of things people want to do before they die. I originally thought that this term was used often before the movie came out. Is there any source that states that this is the true origin of the term? Dustman15 (talk) 03:33, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Dustman. You're right, the term precedes the film. The section should not be there, and I've removed it. Thanks for the heads-up! Erik (talk | contribs) 14:27, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

If anything it should be placed in its own article, not just summarily deleted.Hurriquake (talk) 11:22, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:POPCULTURE and see the questions asked. "Has the subject acknowledged the existence of the reference? ... Have reliable sources that don't generally cover the subject pointed out the reference? ... Did any real-world event occur because of the reference? ... If you can't answer 'yes' to at least one of these, you're just adding trivia. Get all three and you're possibly adding valuable content." Upon review, it appears that "bucket list" became the common term for "list of things to do before I die" after the film. Even so, that observation needs to be based on secondary sources and not have a list of trivial mentions. Erik (talk | contribs) 14:15, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Here are some possible sources: 1, 2, 3, and 4. Erik (talk | contribs) 14:25, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Skydiving Aircraft

The Short Skyvan should not have piston engine sounds. AMCKen (talk) 06:10, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Ending

Why did this film have a narration, at the end, by someone who was already dead? This didn't make any sense. 82.41.44.46 (talk) 19:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC)