Talk:Holes (film)/Archive 1

Mistake in the difrenses between movie and boock
The last line says "In the film Stanley and become neighbors, which is not stated in the book." The sentence fails to specify who became Stanley's neighbor. I haven't watched the movie (or read the book) so I dont know how to fix this.69.236.168.50 20:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Eric119 23:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Yellow Spotted Lizards
In the trivia section it says that "The yellow-spotted lizards were played by bearded dragons". I highly doubt this, they looked pretty... Rendered. I'm gonna remove this along with the trivia section. 24.177.102.135 02:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

It alternates between CGI and real lizards. Look again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.158.237 (talk) 21:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Should this be mentioned?
In the film, I think it sounds as if the Yelnats' bad luck had suddenly vanished, but Stanley Yelnats and Hector Zeroni are drinking from the river and both singing in one scene. Stanley also had to carry Hector up the mountain, as Madame Zeroni told Elya Yelnats to do with her. So the curse must have been lifted by a Yelnats carrying a Zeroni up the mountain and singing while the Zeroni drank. I don't know where this would fit in the article, but it seems worth mentioning to me. Skater Kidd 23:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Sequel
Are they going to make Small Steps, the sequel to holes, a movie? Michael Houang 04:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, we shouldn't be talking about this in this discussion, but I hope so, I loved that book.

I agree, Louis Sachar is a very good writer and the book has lots of great little connections. The film's brilliant too. Chevymontecarlo (talk) 16:26, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Holes soundtrack.jpg
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BetacommandBot 11:24, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Holes soundtrack.jpg
Image:Holes soundtrack.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:06, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Plot vs Synopsis
Why have two sections? -- Thin boy  00  @954, i.e. 21:53, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Sentence Reasonings Removed
I removed this section because it suffered from bad writing and had no cohesion with the rest of the article. If someone wants to rewrite it to Wikipedia standards, it can be added again, but it seems disjoint with the rest of the article. i also reverted an older, more robust description of the plot which was removed without mention on the talk page. 70.250.239.42 (talk) 17:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Edited versions of the film
I watched Holes in my advising class today, and i noticed ALOT was cut out on Disney channel. Like they cut out the words: Damn, shmuck, crap....and so on.I didnt now that happenened —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.240.184.193 (talk) 21:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC) Actually I was watching it today on Disney and I think the grandpa said damn...not a user —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.35.180.133 (talk) 03:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes,it's a bit like with music where you get the album version and radio edits, it depends on who is broadcasting it. Some TV shows originally made for channels without ads are edited so ads can be shown during the programme. Chevymontecarlo (talk) 17:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Plot too long
Someone needs to trim the plot section, ALOT. Last i remember, plots are supposed to be around 400 words(correct me if I'm wrong) while the plot for this movie is more then a thousand! 208.114.169.126 (talk) 00:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it does; plots are supposed to be 300-500, according to WP:PLOT. But don't forget WP:BOLD or WP:SOFIXIT! Liquidluck (talk) 02:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Budget/profit
It says the budget is $20 million but then says that it made a profit of $1 million against a budget of $2 million. Could we get a confirmation? --Jammoe (talk) 03:03, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

For a confirmation, why not try a website such as a film council's or something. You could try the official website too, though I'm not sure what sort of information's on there - could be just marketing blurb. Chevymontecarlo (talk) 16:16, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

While filming Holes she discovered she was pregnant. Daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003

How did this work for the film?

pregnancy
While filming Holes she discovered she was pregnant. Daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003

How did this work out for the film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 03:30, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
I think we should lock this article due to high counts of vandalism. Oh, and, P.S., the article needs references. Guess I'll be in charge of that. -Dpm12 7:56, 18 October 2011 (PDT)

I don't know who....
I honestly don't know who added "actual cannibal" in front of Shia LaBeouf's name, but seriously... that was funny. And no, it wasn't me. Tumblr's just having a blast over it. Pacohaley (talk) 23:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

No production section?
I just realized there was no production section and I plan to create it. If there are sources on the production, please post them here. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:07, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Critique of this article (for a class)
Although the synopsis is lengthy, I feel like it contains mostly relevant information about the film and the necessary components needed to understand the plot. The production section does not cite any sources; in fact, there are almost no citations at all. Roger Ebert's review at the bottom of the page is attributed to the Chicago Sun, but the link goes to Ebert's website, rogerebert.com. I think it would be beneficial to add a section on the major plot differences from the book and the movie. - Cameronfrank (talk) 06:26, 7 September 2017 (UTC)