Talk:Hollywoodland

message: Affleck himself played Daredevil in two films (with the deleted scene from Elektra).
12:59, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Irony

message: Does anybody know what the music was played in the trailer for the movie?  Good stuff.
Verkhovensky 05:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trailer

message: Who wrote this page, exactly? This is a personal review, rather than anything helpful.
I think it is a good start to a good article, but that is just my opinion.
Verkhovensky 21:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rubbish

message: At one point in the plot section, is says that Adrien Brody's character is burned at one point.  Excuse me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall him being burned in the movie...
Verkhovensky 21:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just saw the movie, and I didn't see one scene of him getting burned at all. Hope that helps! --Jonathan.Bruce 09:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Burned?

message: I really think this article needs a comprehensive plot summary.      Verkhovensky 02:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot Summary

message: Some of the statements seem to lack the neutrality expected of an encyclopedia article, especially the one about Brody being miscast.
Verkhovensky 23:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted a lot of this opinion stuff, but someone came back in and re-added it. I'm reverting again, but maybe my notes on the revisions will clarify that an encyclopedia is supposed to be about facts, and not a personal review or opinion. Rray 05:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Box Office and Critical Reception

message: This page is degenerating into a cesspool of trivia.  I am all for notable trivia (oxymoron?  beside the point...), but I certainly think that trivia ought to be cited.  This practice in and of itself will eliminate a good deal of non-notable trivia.
Verkhovensky 22:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm of the opinion that most of the trivia could be deleted. Anything notable should be added to the main body of the article, and the rest gotten rid of. I could work on this myself, but I don't know when I'll have time. Rray 06:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Ok, you mean this trivia:
According to Hollywood Kryptonite book, the movie does not mention the exhibition match Reeves was scheduled with Archie Moore on June 17th - 2 rounds, 2 minutes bouts. He was also scheduled to attend HS graduation of his friend's son, also not covered in the movie. 
I know, but let's talk about it... first of all, ok put it there, so it does not get reversed.... but hollywoodland should have that as well, the above statement is self explanatory.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.107.220.170 (talk • contribs) .
:Regarding the trivia, there are countless facts that the movie doesn't cover; it would be impossible to list them all. The article should cover the subject of what the movie includes, not all of the things it excludes. Also, please sign your comments by typing four tildes (~) after your input. Rray 05:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This article isn't about Superman OR Kryptonite; it's about the movie Hollywoodland. Not only is the link you added inappropriate, it's arrogant of you to make it the first link in the list. (Surely you'd agree that the official site for the movie deserves to be the first in a list of links?) At any rate, cluttering articles with irrelevant links only reduces the value of the encyclopedia. Rray 03:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Please review the external links policy if you're confused about what are appropriate links to add or not. (Don't add links to blogs is one example.) You might also review  Wikipedia's guidelines on etiquette. You'll have a much more enjoyable experience as part of the community if you participate here in the spirit of things. (Saying stuff like "I am warning you for the last time." isn't really in the spirit of being civil.) Rray 05:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - the guidelines for editing on the Wikipedia are available at the links above (at least in terms of adding external links), and they in turn link to several more pages of guidelines. All the guidelines and policies are written by the community, so they're usually well-written and entertaining to read, so I encourage you to have some fun and have a look at them. Good luck to you. Rray 23:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hollywoodland

message: The thing I really want to know is, what was up with that creepy old guy (Eric Kolder) who was always at the motel lifting a barbell with his right arm? If a movie shows a 70-year-old guy with a tan-in-a-can three times, there has to be some significance.
-Special Penguin 02:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe introducing this character that seems to have significance only to the film-maker and audience, but not to the rest of the cast, was their way of "breaking the fourth wall", talking directly to us, saying it may have been best for Reeves to off himself, since otherwise he would only end up exactly like that? Or perhaps it was even supposed to be some (X-files-ish spooky-dooky, oo-wee-oo-wee-oo) example of alternate-reality/time-travel: That it actually *was* the old Reeves, from another possible world, where he survived to that age? Or it may just have been some actual random "creepy old guy" -- ehm, that is, eccentric senior citizen -- who happened to live there. Which brings us back to the first alternative: If not just we, the audience, but also Simo could see that elderly man, then that may have been part of what formed hiss final opinion: That Reeves himself probably wouldn't have wanted to end up like that, and therefore was likely to have killed himself. Just a few WAG's, HTH! :-)--CRConrad (talk) 11:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about Barbell Man? 

message: Snipped this: "Reeves is shown asking Toni to ask her husband to use his influence to get him a role in From Here to Eternity, and later his agent thanks her, which she returns with, "For what?", inadvertently revealing that she didn't help at all.  He actually won the part on his own, but it is true that he tried to use her husband to get him more film roles, without much success."In terms of historical accuracy (what "actually" happened), this is speculation, as we can hardly be sure that people's public statements on such matters are truthful.Even within the film, it's possible that Toni did speak to her husband about this, but lets Reeves believe that his success was 100% his own in order to bolster his ego.-- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 16:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Influence

message: The bulletpoint about the reading of the will is too speculative. Besides the fact that an actual reading of the will is rare, do we know for sure it didn't happen? Just because Lemmon wasn't part of the will doesn't mean she couldn't have been there. Any person of interest (such as a fiance) could ask the court to review the will before it passed through probate. Surfbruddah (talk) 18:21, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccurate historical inaccuracy?  

message: The 2nd sentence of the 2nd paragraph of "Production" has the following lines:
        "Adrien Brody was cast as Louis Simo and Affleck eventually won the supporting role of Reeves.
        He saw Truth, Justice, and the American Way as an opportunity to . . ."
It is unclear as to which person "He saw" refers. Skaizun (talk) 20:27, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear sentence