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| ==Uncited material in need of citations== | |||
| ==Budget== | |||
| I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with ] of ], ] sources, per ], ], ], ], ], ], et al. shows where it was in the article. ] (]) 19:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
| What was the budget for this movie? <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:02:19, 26 October 2005| 02:19, 26 October 2005 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| ==Symbolism== | |||
| However, they unknowingly left the live primer in place at the rear of the cartridge. At some point during filming, the revolver was apparently discharged with one of these improperly-deactivated cartridges in the chamber, setting off the primer with enough force to drive the bullet partway into the barrel, where it became stuck (a condition known as a ]). The prop crew either failed to notice or failed to recognize the significance of this issue. | |||
| Some effort to discuss the symbolism and esoteric aspects of the film should be made, such as the significance of the angels alluded to, or the symbols disguised as graffiti. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:15:18, 24 April 2006| 15:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| :As I understand it, the symbols disguised as grafitti come from the White wolf game ] (they are the symbols representing the nine spheres of magick). Originally, the symbols were taken from old alchemical texts (according to White Wolf itself). Apparently, one of the set dressers was a fan of the game, which was relatively new at the time. This information came, as I recall, from Fangoria magazine around the time of Lee's death and before the release of the film, but I don't have an actual citation for it. -- ] (]) 05:43, 30 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| He was rushed to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, where he underwent six hours of surgery. However, attempts to save him were unsuccessful, and Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 pm EST on March 31, 1993, at the age of 28. The shooting was ruled an accident. | |||
| ==Name of band== | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| Does anyone know the name of the band in the movie that plays before introducing the two kingpins because i really need to know who and what the name of that song is. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:21:46, 17 June 2006| 21:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| ] (]) 19:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
| == |
== Genre == | ||
| I think we should include details for the Collector's DVD edition of this movie that included a Brandon Lee interview and some deleted scenes as well. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:17:22, 30 June 2006| 17:22, 30 June 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| Every notable site lists it as Action, and then alternately crime, drama, fantasy, thriller, and horror. Not one lists "superhero" once. | |||
| :Put the cover on the dvd as well. Get the US version. The current one is ugly. maybe find a movie poster.--] 04:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| *https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/ | |||
| *https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0109506/?ref_=bo_rl_ti | |||
| *https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-crow-vm434236 | |||
| *https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_crow | |||
| *https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/the-crow-1994 | |||
| *https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-crow/ | |||
| *https://movieweb.com/movie/the-crow/ | |||
| *https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Crow/0HOLEPPZO3JB645FH6FXVN6X6A | |||
| *https://letterboxd.com/film/the-crow/genres/ | |||
| Superhero is such a reductive and incorrect assessment of the film purely because it's based on a comic book. ] (]) 21:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Superhero as a genre is more speicifc and the movie actually falls into the genre. Additionally, it's sourced in the article, and The Independent is very reliable source. Sources you've linked have genres as tags (it should be noted that the "superhero" tag doesn't exist on most of these sites; Allmovie, for example, does, and it's listed), while those that call ''The Crow'' a superhero film actually call it a superhero film in the text. Also, ''AV Club'' ... I've seen many reliable websites and books that refer to ''The Crow'' as a work within the superhero genre. | |||
| :I think the DVD cover is fine in my opinion. ] (]) 16:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ] (]) 22:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::The independent is talking about the film in 2023 post MCU where every comic book film is apparently a "superhero" film. The overuse of superhero film across Misplaced Pages is a negative trait, boiling an action thriller like Captain America: The Winter Soldier down to the equivalent of a science-fiction comedy like Ant-Man. A gothic crime action drama like The Crow is not a superhero film, Eric Draven is not a superhero, he's a vengeful spirit and at best an anti-hero. Darkman's a superhero film according to Misplaced Pages, it's a joke. ] (]) 22:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::: I agree with Darkwarriorblake, it is weird and reductive to try and put this film into the superhero box (it fits better in the revenge thriller ] box IMO). That you can fit squeeze it into that box doesn't make it a good fit or the primary genre. The genre in the lead section has fluctuated over the years( 2015) but seems to have been mostly supernatural action. (The AV Club is retrospectively decades after the fact categorising the film as superhero so that Tom Breihan has an excuse to cover that week it in his recurring column.) ] That a few sources stick it in the superhero box anyway doesn't mean that this encyclopedia has to give more ] to those sources. Editors really need to think more carefully about writing the lead section in a way that is useful to help introdcue _encyclopedia readers_ to the subject, and I am not convinced that the labelling genre of as a superhero is the most useful thing for readers. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| ::::Interesting, and the argument that the film isn't being described as such by various sources carries real weight, though the point that "superhero" isn't a recognized category by some of those sources is also a pretty solid rebuttal. I think I would be likely to classify it as a superhero film, in large part because I would classify the character as part of the superhero genre, which I think is the wider perception in the comic book community. He's rather reminiscent of Jim Corrigan's ] in that sense, in that he's a spirit of vengeance whose origin story involves his own murder; after taking vengeance on those who killed them, each move on to pursue vengeance against other wrongdoers. The comic character of the Crow follows the usual comic book superhero tropes (with a darker, Goth-inspired facade) and would, at the very least, be considered an antihero in the vein of someone like the ]. Are there comic book antiheroes who have had film adaptations that were ''not'' classified as superhero movies? | |||
| ::::When we identify comic book characters with film/television adaptations who are ''clearly'' not classified as superheroes, we usually move into territory like ] or ] or ] or ]--characters whose stories are told in the comic book medium, but who have no real connection to classic superhero story structure (though Custer could certainly still be accurately classified as an antihero). ] (]) 17:29, 15 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Sleeper hit claim == | |||
| :::I'm with D-Boy. The orange British version is awful (I see they're using a similar version at IMDb, too). The black poster with Lee in a white column of light is by far the best, although the gray crow image wouldn't be bad, either. --] (]) 18:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| The claim that his film was a ] is nonsense. The film opened at number 1 in the box office! | |||
| ::::Exactly.--] (]) 06:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| The claim is entirely unsourced ], and was added without any explanation by anon an IP in January 2015.() | |||
| "Sleeper hit" much is much like "cult classic" in that for years editors added it all over Misplaced Pages without any factual basis, merely because they ]. | |||
| ==Lee's death== | |||
| I posted that Brandon Lee's death did not occur during the scenes where he get's shot in the apartment! I dont know why this was deleted as it is a stated fact by detectives which worked the case. | |||
| The shot that was filming was the pawn shop sequence. I named my source as 'the best of unsolved mysteries' disc 2 episode 2. The program includes the detectives and Brandon Lee's mother..it is accurate as the death info written in the main article is false. | |||
| stv <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:15:34, 12 July 2006| 15:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| :That contradicts every other source that details it happening during the loft/rape sequence. Plus, it was ] (Funboy) who fired the shot, and he was definitely not in the pawn shop scene with Lee. Not sure how your source gets around that one. | |||
| :Until something conclusive is produced, this should be reverted. ] (]) 18:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| If for some <!-- bizarre -->reason editors actually believe this claim please note that because it has been in the article for so long someone out there has probably copied from this article and repeated the bogus claim. ] is real. | |||
| During a phone interview with a morning show DJ that was broadcast in Nashville TN the black actor whom played the police officer was asked about Lee's death. The man hesitantly replied that a second police review of some sort had discovered that Brandon Lee was not shot with a pistol round as believed, but with a rifle round of the same basic caliber. I believe that he'd said it was a .44 caliber round. The discussion made it sound as if the verdict of accidental death wasn't entirely accepted, though I myself can believe that if a round of longer length and similar diameter was forced into a pistol cartridge that in and of itself could be why the round became stuck in the barrel. I've had 'specialty rounds', rounds I bought from a gun show, lodge in the barrel of one of my pistols in a like manner. If anyone could come up with evidence of a change in the police account of what happened I'd like for it to be posted here, however I'm not having any luck finding it myself. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 07:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| Now I'm going to remove the claim from the article, it's only about a decade overdue. -- ] (]) 01:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ==the cathedral/church== | |||
| does anyone know what the name of the cathedral or church is during the fight scene at the end? if not, can you tell me where it's located? -] 12:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It does not exist, it was a semi built (it had two walls but no roof!) set. ] (]) 08:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == The Crow a horror film == | |||
| ==Deaths section== | |||
| :Is this really necessary? It seems superfluous to me, and not an important plot point. ] (]) 18:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::No, it isn't. Removed. ] (]) 04:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| The Crow has plenty elements to consider it a horror film. ] (]) 21:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ==Bullet== | |||
| It says Brandon Lee was shot with a 'dummy' bullet, should this read as a rubber or dum-dum bullet? ] (]) 21:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :Agree ] (]) 22:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :No, it was a real bullet that wasn't supposed to be capable of firing, having no explosive charge in its cartridge. However, it was lodged into the gun's barrel when they used it in an earlier scene, and when the same gun was used to fire a blank cartridge (which has an explosive charge but no bullet), the explosion sent the old bullet flying out of the gun and directly into Lee's side. ] (]) 15:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::I might also agree that horror makes more sense than superhero. However, wikipedia has to follow ]. I don't care enough to read through multiple movie reviews, but my sense is that critics generally go with superhero and not horror. See the March 2024 conversation on genre above. ] (]) 05:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ==Unnecessary, Speculative and Poorly Written== | |||
| I will remove this from the "Death of Brandon Lee" section: | |||
| 'Michael Masse, the actor who plays funboy, was not to blame. An unknown person in the production film, wanted the film to look real, but little did this person know that it would personally injure him.' | |||
| ...as it contains spelling, capitalisation, and grammatical errors. It also contributes nothing to the reader's understanding and contains no verifiable or even meaningful information. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 12:18, 31 August 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| == Shouldn't the Crow template be placed at the bottom of this article? == | |||
| Was it removed? If so why? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 14:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| == Scene of Death == | |||
| Did they keep the scene in which Lee is shot and killed in the film? ] (]) 23:50, 8 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| : No, it was done again with a body double. --] (]) 21:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| After the orginal film of the scene was reviewed by the authorites, in respects to Lee's family the film was destroyed. ] (]) 04:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| yes, they did keep the scene. it was common knowledge when the film came out. after draven comes back to life, he returns to his former apartment. after he walks in, he has a flashback of his self getting shot. the entire flashback is colored red. this is the actual footage of brandon lee being shot. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 17:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| You are talking out your ass. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| == The film's theme tune: "Burn" or "Big Empty"? == | |||
| What makes you guys think ]'s "Burn" is ''The Crow'''s theme tune. The Pilots' "Big Empty" is often considered the true theme tune. -- ] (]) 17:02, 8 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| The big empty is the "real" theme but no one cares and everyone accepts burn as the real theme. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:17, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| ==References to use== | |||
| :''Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.'' | |||
| *{{cite book | last=Booker | first=M. Keith | year=2007 | chapter=''The Crow'' | title=May Contain Graphic Material: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film | publisher=Praeger | pages= | isbn=0275993868 }} <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 18:18, 28 October 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| == Overlinking == | |||
| I have removed some wikilinks that constitute, in my opinion, ]. There is no need to link common words that a reader is unlikely to need to go to another article to get more information for. Having excessive wikilinks detracts from the usefulness of those wikilinks that should be there. One example is ]. Just because we have an article on defenestration doesn't mean that linking to it from this article is useful to the reader. People will understand the concept. Links should also not be repeated in close proximity. As an anonymous editor has been replacing these links, it would be helpful if he or she would discuss here why they think these links are necessary. Anyone else is welcome to comment/disagree of course... --]] 15:11, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Should there be a section of the article for comparisons of the source material? == | |||
| I'm asking this due to the fact many people who love the movie don't know there are differences and to inform people that there are differences within the story to possibly get them to check out the differences. I put this forward because I know there are more then one or two minor things, such as the character of the crow who talks to Eric in the comic and has varying opinions then Eric on a few things.-] (]) 02:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :That would be a good thing to include, bu only if it's discussed in indeprendent ], otherwise it would border on ]. Although it's a simple thing to point out what is in the comic but not the film, who are we to decide which bits are important enough to discuss? So, if you can find something in a reliable source that discusses some of the differences, then no problem.--]] 07:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Category:Telepathy in fiction == | |||
| The article mentions this 5 times using other reliable sources; that should be a reasonable amount of evidence the the inclusion of this category regardless of that I did not add those references. I should be able to add categories whenm it is readily apparent using a basic word count and having read the current wikipedia article it's self and seen it's references. If their an argument this film doesn't feature telepathy several times? Anything more than three seperate occurrences is a fair indication and this is 5. ] (]) 03:55, 19 March 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Linking == | |||
| {{tl|help me}} | |||
| What is the practice or policy of linking names etc in cinema articles since cast and crew can be included in an article and linked several times. Is there a practice that there be only one link per name and that the lede take precedence over box or cast/crew? Because if there is not a practice as to how many links there should be to reduce redundancy and provide readers with a strategy as to where if there is an article therefore a resulting link where it should be found.] (]) 17:23, 2 October 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :] says, ''"Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, but if helpful for readers, links may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, image captions, footnotes, and at the first occurrence after the lead."'' So that means it is okay to provide links in the lead section, the film infobox, and in the "Cast" section. Hope that helps! ] (] | ]) <sup>(])</sup> 17:38, 2 October 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ==Changes to the plot== | |||
| has any information on what they changed/removed ever been relased? like an orginal script or somthing. | |||
| were the changed scens importent at all or just filler ] (]) 08:43, 28 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
| == Skull Cowboy == | |||
| It would be great to mention him. There's a reference about the character. | |||
| http://www.mtv.com/news/2595354/the-crow-15-years-of-devils-night-3/ (also a reference for a deleted scene with Funboy) ] (]) 22:12, 9 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ==Uncited material in need of citations== | |||
| I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with ] of ], ] sources, per ], ], ], ], ], ], et al. shows where it was in the article. ] (]) 19:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| However, they unknowingly left the live primer in place at the rear of the cartridge. At some point during filming, the revolver was apparently discharged with one of these improperly-deactivated cartridges in the chamber, setting off the primer with enough force to drive the bullet partway into the barrel, where it became stuck (a condition known as a ]). The prop crew either failed to notice or failed to recognize the significance of this issue. | |||
| He was rushed to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, where he underwent six hours of surgery. However, attempts to save him were unsuccessful, and Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 pm EST on March 31, 1993, at the age of 28. The shooting was ruled an accident. | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
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Uncited material in need of citations
I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
However, they unknowingly left the live primer in place at the rear of the cartridge. At some point during filming, the revolver was apparently discharged with one of these improperly-deactivated cartridges in the chamber, setting off the primer with enough force to drive the bullet partway into the barrel, where it became stuck (a condition known as a squib load). The prop crew either failed to notice or failed to recognize the significance of this issue.
He was rushed to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, where he underwent six hours of surgery. However, attempts to save him were unsuccessful, and Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 pm EST on March 31, 1993, at the age of 28. The shooting was ruled an accident.
Nightscream (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Genre
Every notable site lists it as Action, and then alternately crime, drama, fantasy, thriller, and horror. Not one lists "superhero" once.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0109506/?ref_=bo_rl_ti
- https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-crow-vm434236
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_crow
- https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/the-crow-1994
- https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-crow/
- https://movieweb.com/movie/the-crow/
- https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Crow/0HOLEPPZO3JB645FH6FXVN6X6A
- https://letterboxd.com/film/the-crow/genres/
Superhero is such a reductive and incorrect assessment of the film purely because it's based on a comic book. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 21:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Superhero as a genre is more speicifc and the movie actually falls into the genre. Additionally, it's sourced in the article, and The Independent is very reliable source. Sources you've linked have genres as tags (it should be noted that the "superhero" tag doesn't exist on most of these sites; Allmovie, for example, does, and it's listed), while those that call The Crow a superhero film actually call it a superhero film in the text. Also, AV Club has an article that calls it a superhero film too... I've seen many reliable websites and books that refer to The Crow as a work within the superhero genre.
31.41.60.15 (talk) 22:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- The independent is talking about the film in 2023 post MCU where every comic book film is apparently a "superhero" film. The overuse of superhero film across Misplaced Pages is a negative trait, boiling an action thriller like Captain America: The Winter Soldier down to the equivalent of a science-fiction comedy like Ant-Man. A gothic crime action drama like The Crow is not a superhero film, Eric Draven is not a superhero, he's a vengeful spirit and at best an anti-hero. Darkman's a superhero film according to Misplaced Pages, it's a joke. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with Darkwarriorblake, it is weird and reductive to try and put this film into the superhero box (it fits better in the revenge thriller Death Wish box IMO). That you can fit squeeze it into that box doesn't make it a good fit or the primary genre. The genre in the lead section has fluctuated over the years(diff 2015) but seems to have been mostly supernatural action. (The AV Club is retrospectively decades after the fact categorising the film as superhero so that Tom Breihan has an excuse to cover that week it in his recurring column.) WP:FILMGENRE That a few sources stick it in the superhero box anyway doesn't mean that this encyclopedia has to give more WP:WEIGHT to those sources. Editors really need to think more carefully about writing the lead section in a way that is useful to help introdcue _encyclopedia readers_ to the subject, and I am not convinced that the labelling genre of as a superhero is the most useful thing for readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.76.192.119 (talk) 00:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting, and the argument that the film isn't being described as such by various sources carries real weight, though the point that "superhero" isn't a recognized category by some of those sources is also a pretty solid rebuttal. I think I would be likely to classify it as a superhero film, in large part because I would classify the character as part of the superhero genre, which I think is the wider perception in the comic book community. He's rather reminiscent of Jim Corrigan's Spectre in that sense, in that he's a spirit of vengeance whose origin story involves his own murder; after taking vengeance on those who killed them, each move on to pursue vengeance against other wrongdoers. The comic character of the Crow follows the usual comic book superhero tropes (with a darker, Goth-inspired facade) and would, at the very least, be considered an antihero in the vein of someone like the Punisher. Are there comic book antiheroes who have had film adaptations that were not classified as superhero movies?
- When we identify comic book characters with film/television adaptations who are clearly not classified as superheroes, we usually move into territory like Sandman or Tintin or Jesse Custer or Michael Sullivan--characters whose stories are told in the comic book medium, but who have no real connection to classic superhero story structure (though Custer could certainly still be accurately classified as an antihero). Grandpallama (talk) 17:29, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with Darkwarriorblake, it is weird and reductive to try and put this film into the superhero box (it fits better in the revenge thriller Death Wish box IMO). That you can fit squeeze it into that box doesn't make it a good fit or the primary genre. The genre in the lead section has fluctuated over the years(diff 2015) but seems to have been mostly supernatural action. (The AV Club is retrospectively decades after the fact categorising the film as superhero so that Tom Breihan has an excuse to cover that week it in his recurring column.) WP:FILMGENRE That a few sources stick it in the superhero box anyway doesn't mean that this encyclopedia has to give more WP:WEIGHT to those sources. Editors really need to think more carefully about writing the lead section in a way that is useful to help introdcue _encyclopedia readers_ to the subject, and I am not convinced that the labelling genre of as a superhero is the most useful thing for readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.76.192.119 (talk) 00:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- The independent is talking about the film in 2023 post MCU where every comic book film is apparently a "superhero" film. The overuse of superhero film across Misplaced Pages is a negative trait, boiling an action thriller like Captain America: The Winter Soldier down to the equivalent of a science-fiction comedy like Ant-Man. A gothic crime action drama like The Crow is not a superhero film, Eric Draven is not a superhero, he's a vengeful spirit and at best an anti-hero. Darkman's a superhero film according to Misplaced Pages, it's a joke. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Sleeper hit claim
The claim that his film was a sleeper hit is nonsense. The film opened at number 1 in the box office! The claim is entirely unsourced original research, and was added without any explanation by anon an IP in January 2015.(diff)
"Sleeper hit" much is much like "cult classic" in that for years editors added it all over Misplaced Pages without any factual basis, merely because they happened to like a film.
If for some reason editors actually believe this claim please note that because it has been in the article for so long someone out there has probably copied from this article and repeated the bogus claim. WP:CITOGENESIS is real.
Now I'm going to remove the claim from the article, it's only about a decade overdue. -- 109.76.192.119 (talk) 01:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
The Crow a horror film
The Crow has plenty elements to consider it a horror film. 104.58.34.248 (talk) 21:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Agree 2600:6C5D:1F0:4C20:E842:6845:2EAC:FE5E (talk) 22:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- I might also agree that horror makes more sense than superhero. However, wikipedia has to follow Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources. I don't care enough to read through multiple movie reviews, but my sense is that critics generally go with superhero and not horror. See the March 2024 conversation on genre above. CAVincent (talk) 05:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
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