Talk:The Hours (film)

Lector
The definition of "lector" is "1. A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service. 2. A public lecturer or reader in certain universities." A rare word, but not one to avoid. I assume (not having read or seen said book or movie) that "lector" was used appropriately, and will reinstate it. Jwrosenzweig 20:04 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I'm currently reading "The Hours". I'm only a little more than half-way through the book, but it's not obvious to me (at least yet) how "lector" is appropriate for this character. Perhaps the movie differs. Perhaps it will become clearer in the second half of the book. Bill 20:25 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Copyvio
Suspected copyvio from IMDb.

The story of how the novel Mrs. Dalloway affects three generations of women (Virginia Woolf writes the story, Laura Brown reads it, and Clarissa Vaughn lives it), all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

Will put up copyvio warning. Thorns Among Our Leaves 03:35, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I have reverted the article to a pre copyvio state. My appologies as over a years worth of edits have now been lost as a result of a merge of a copyvio article into this one in October of 2004. --best, kevin [kzollman] [talk] 05:08, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Diminished looks for an Oscar
I removed the Halle Berry reference in this sentence, "Kidman won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress. Kidman's portrayal in the film, in which she wore a prosthetic nose, highlighted the Hollywood rumor that beautiful actresses can only receive the best dramatic roles once they diminish their physical attributes in a role. Other examples are Halle Berry's and Charlize Theron's wins in 2002 and 2004 respectfuly."
 * Kidman? http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38552000/jpg/_38552173_hours300.jpg Yes.
 * Charlize? http://cumplicidades.no.sapo.pt/imagens/charlize/monster.jpg No doubt.
 * Halle? http://images.hollywood.com/images/large/l_1103928.jpg Not even close.


 * I totally disagree, and I'm reverting the Halle Berry sentence back to the way it was. Halle Berry didn't wear make-up, and while she was quite glamorous on the night of her Oscar win, it was quite evident she wasn't gourgeous in Monster's Ball.--Amynewyork4248 09:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have removed this section entirely. This is original research irrelevant to the film. The article is about The Hours; neither Ms. Theron and Ms. Berry appeared in the film, so discussion about their makeup is irrelevant. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gossip page nor a compendium of irrelevant chit-chat.207.69.137.203 06:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The hours-julianne moore.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:The hours-ed harris.jpg
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Film vs book
The book is marked by a fairly unusual "stream of conciousness" style. Shouldn't we comment on how the film deals with that ? -- Beardo 15:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Timespan
This article needs to clarify how the action is set "within the span of one day" while apparently being set in different eras. I haven't seen the film so I can't amend the article, but as a reader of the article, it has left me baffled and needs to be rectified. Yeanold Viskersenn (talk) 03:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Critical response
Why is the critical response text almost entirely full of negative reviews, yet the Metacritic score is a very positive 81%. It seems unbalanced that the reviews listed are all negative, needs to be rectified. Seems like an author with a negative agenda wrote it. - Connor 5612, 13 September 2010
 * The first two reviews look positive to me. The next one is negative, the next one mixed. The St. Petersburg Times review is also fairly positive although the reviewer did not particularly enjoy the film. The last few are mixed. I don't see it as "almost entirely full of negative reviews", but if you think there is critical response missing from the article and you would like to add more review summaries to the section, then please do.-- Beloved Freak  12:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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Decreasing the plot summary (to 700 words or less)
WP:FILMPLOT states: "The summary should not exceed the range unless the film's structure is unconventional, such as Pulp Fiction or Memento's non-linear storylines, or unless the plot is too complicated to summarize in this range." I feel this film's (The Hours) structure is unconventional, non-linear, and relies a lot on the visuals and dialogue which is why it's quite detailed. It would take away from the plot summary to not include what's been written. If you've seen the film, you'll know what I'm talking about. Does anyone agree or disagree? And if you disagree, how would you go about decreasing the plot summary size for this film? Factfanatic1 (talk) 03:00, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It's not so much chipping out important details. Just excise and trim. Reword sentences that can be said in a shorter way, you know? Inception is a pretty intricate film, but it's plot summary falls under the 700 limit. Rusted AutoParts  20:43, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Could you assist me with trimming and rewording the plot summary please? Factfanatic1 (talk) 21:21, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

The guidelines mention Pulp Fiction and Memento as examples because they used to have much longer plot summaries but editors took that as a challenge and even those articles now have relatively short plot summaries compared to what they used to be. As RustedAutoparts said, there is a lot that can be done to slim down a plot summary while still retaining the most important details. It wouldn't surprise me if determined editors were able to trim another 100-200 words off the current 975 words (or 972, if you don't count the year subheadings, and that include first paragraph explaining the structure too) but personally I wouldn't be too worried about getting it down to exactly 700 words or less. -- 109.78.217.4 (talk) 05:18, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You said you wanted specifics, here's one simple example: both the first and last paragraphs mention the suicide, that's an obvious redundancy that can be condensed. I would tighten that up by shortening the opening paragraph so that it talks about narrative structure only without mentioning any plot details, and only mention the suicide in the final paragraph. -- 109.78.217.4 (talk) 14:25, 18 September 2020 (UTC)