Talk:Lifeboat (film)

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Contents 1 3 stars 2 Smallest Set? 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Lifeboat1.jpg 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Lifeboat2.jpg 5 Characters

[edit] 3 stars

I saw this movie once before and couldn't stop watching it. Then the other day it came on and me and my daughter began watching it. I do not think I ever saw the movie in it's entirety and actually if my memory is correct I actually came into the movie about in the same place as my first time. Three stars!

Movie crtitcs can be huge bandwagon jumpers.

[edit] Smallest Set?

I'd really like to see a citation for this kind of absolute statement.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lifeboat1.jpg

Image:Lifeboat1.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.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lifeboat2.jpg

Image:Lifeboat2.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.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Characters

This article is a stub, and only mentions the characters Willi and Gus (along with a brief mentioning of Kovak). I think we can do better. I would suggest that we add a section of the article for the characters and go into more detail, plus an explanation of how the characters act as a microcosm for the war. This would help readers better understand the plot, because Lifeboat is a movie in which the characters are particularly important due to the lack of action and/or setting change. At least add some mention of the character Connie Porter, who is considerably important in the movie. It seems to me that, from the perspective of someoene who has seen the film at least, this article is not at all descriptve of the movie, or at least accurate only in a vague sense. I would suggest that the article needs help, if not from an expert on the subject, then at least from someone who has seen the movie. --71.229.184.62 (talk) 00:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)