Talk:25th Hour

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Contents 1 Thesis 2 Ending 3 Fair use rationale for Image:The 25th hour poster.jpg 4 Joint?

[edit] Thesis

I wrote a thesis comnparing the movie and the book by Benioff and added some reference to the article. Although I don't think X-Men plays a great role for the movie, one must acknowledge the fact that Monty quotes the movie by saying that he wants to be "the girl from X-men who can walk through walls." Ironically, Anna Paquin who plays Jacob Elinsky's high school Lolitha, plays that girl in X-Men in the the X-Men movie. That's a fact and it's undisputable. Draw your own conclusions, I suggest.

No Anna Paquin plays Rogue in X-Men. The X-man (or woman who walks through walls is Kitty Pryde.04:32, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

It is a fact that there are many linkages between "25th Hour" and the X-Men comic books. In my opinion, the Trivia section on the X-Men should remain.

Where has anyone else commented on this or found it notable to bother discussing? Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. Rebecca 03:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

"Made up in school one day"? I didn't make this up. Take a look for yourself, and you'll see the connections. In the long run, it might have little importance. But I'm just noting that this is a peculiar fact between the two subjects. I don't think it hurts anyone if these connections are mentioned.

Yes, it has little importance. This is an encyclopedia. Things of little importance to do not go in an enyclopedia. Rebecca 03:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Again, I don't believe it hurts anyone if these connections are mentioned. That's all I'm saying.

Rebecca, I really don't understand why you object so much to the references to X-Men. I'm certainly not devoting an ENTIRE section to this. I'm simply putting it under the Trivia section. If you yourself would like to add something to this Trivia section, I would be more than happy to take a look at it.

It is an encyclopedia article. Trivia does not belong in an encyclopedia article. The article didn't need a trivia section before, and it still doesn't now. Rebecca 04:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, then, what do you make of other Wikipedia movie articles that DO have trivia in them? Last time I checked, articles on The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Crash, Traffic, and Hero have all had trivia sections in them.

Life is too short for me to engage in this frivolous debate with you, Rebecca. I'm moving on. My advice to you: Get a life.

I'm not sure how relevant this is, but the synopsis isn't quite accurate about how the film begins. Strictly speaking the movie begins with the main character and a russian criminal companion getting out of their vehicle and arguing what to do with an abandoned and beaten dog. Or more flexibly, post-credit/New York tower of light sequence: the movie begins with the main character walking the previously referenced dog (After arrest, conviction, etc.). I've noticed articles like Syriana don't adhere strictly to the order that the plot is actually presented in, but the bust and post-bust interrogation is presented in flashbacks. Not as an initial linearly presented plot item as the synopsis seems to suggest. --68.148.209.197 00:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Agreed - the synopsis (well, Plot Summary) needs a LOT of work. Correction and well, major expansion in my opinion. Irritatingly there seems to be a lack of complete summarys for this film on the internet, so maybe someone with the DVD could finnish it? Also some trivia and DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FILM AND THE BOOK are required. Again, someone who owns the novel could do this? Chipstick

What's wrong with the summary as it is (apart from being brief)? I've got the DVD, so I may be able to help. Rebecca 23:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ending

I truly believe that the ending of this movie is open to interpretation. The summary says he wakes up Monty is going to prison, but I feel that he wakes up and THEN he has a decision to make: go to prison, or try to run away. 65.219.235.164 04:32, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree. The film ends with Monty asleep in the car, true. But the external shot shows the car on a non-descript road - it's unclear as to whether they've simple continued toward prison or if they've crossed the GW Bridge and headed west. 72.137.243.196 18:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

They are driving away from the bridge in the last scene, not on it. If you listen to the DVD commentary during that very scene, Spike Lee states that he went away to prison. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.217.126.77 (talk) 05:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The 25th hour poster.jpg

Image:The 25th hour poster.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 05:04, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joint?

I can't figure out of this is short for something like 'jointproduced film' or if it was just vandalized to have that there. Tyciol (talk) 08:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Spike Lee refers to all of his movies as "A Spike Lee Joint". It's in the title credits if you watch the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.133.184 (talk) 20:34, 17 May 2008 (UTC)