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[edit] Shattered Glass
She appeared in Shattered Glass so I added that to her list of films.
[edit] Copyright Violation
Aticle text was copied from here. --Impaciente 04:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- No, that article is a copy of wikipedia's article. Look at the bottom. Wikipedia lease's its texts to other sites. Crumbsucker 19:37, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Devil's Rejects
I don't know why someone went and deleted 'Devil's Rejects' from her filmography since she did appear in it. I restored it.--CyberGhostface 01:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
- She didn't appear in it. Her role was cut or something. Vulturell 06:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
- She was on the DVD release.--CyberGhostface 18:11, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Men in Black II made a profit but was considered a disappointment based on expectations. Men in Black made a profit of $499,000,000 ($90,000,000 budget and $589,000,000 grosses, 28 weeks in theatrical release); Men in Black II made a profit of "only" $252,000,000 ($190,000,000 budget and $442,000,000 grosses). MiBII earned most of its money (approx 27.4%) in the first weekend and then dropped fast (it was in theatres only 9 weeks in comparison to the original's 28 week run). MK 23:26, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Interesting question: how huge is huge? $252,000,000 still seems quite a lot of money to me, but maybe I'm old-fashioned. Markalexander100 01:22, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
A fair question. I'll admit a quarter billion sounds good to me as well. But movie studios deal in billions routinely.
Look at the following table on big films released in 2002:
| Title | Budget | Grosses | Profit | Return | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 139,000,000 | 926,000,000 | 787,000,000 | 5.66 | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 150,000,000 | 877,000,000 | 727,000,000 | 4.85 | |
| Spider-Man | 189,000,000 | 822,000,000 | 633,000,000 | 3.35 | |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 140,000,000 | 649,000,000 | 509,000,000 | 3.64 | |
| Men in Black II | 190,000,000 | 442,000,000 | 252,000,000 | 1.33 | |
| Signs | 112,000,000 | 408,000,000 | 296,000,000 | 2.64 | |
| Ice Age | 94,000,000 | 383,000,000 | 289,000,000 | 3.07 | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | 24,000,000 | 369,000,000 | 345,000,000 | 14.38 | |
| Catch Me If You Can | 87,000,000 | 351,000,000 | 264,000,000 | 3.03 | |
| Chicago | 75,000,000 | 307,000,000 | 232,000,000 | 3.09 | |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember | 113,000,000 | 297,000,000 | 184,000,000 | 1.63 |
MiBII did good in basic terms, getting the fifth highest grosses in the group. But in terms of profit, they fell to ninth place. And the really important figure is the return on investment - how much profit was made for each dollar invested in the production. As you can see MiBII is at the bottom (and was lower than several other movies I didn't list). If you were a studio investor you'd have been a lot happier getting fourteen dollars back for each dollar you invested in My Big Fat Greek Wedding even though its grosses were lower. MK 04:51, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Singled Out For Praise?
It seems a little point of view for a comment to be made stating Dawson's performance are often praised when they are freqeuntly also panned. She has seemed to have a hit-or-miss relationship with critics, so I am altering the language to reflect that. Pacian 06:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Can you give an example of reviews where her performance was panned? I'll grant you she's been in a lot of bad movies, but I don't recall seeing any reviews where her performance was singled out and condemned. MK2 05:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I have reworded the text again, not to specifically single her out for criticism, but to make it clear that by no means has she had an entirely successful, bump-free career. I particularly didn't like the wording about her role in Rent, which was HARDLY universally praised. The film itself was a bomb, earning $10million less than it cost to make. Pacian 03:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Maybe the text about Rent is a little overzealous, but I agree with MK2's point that, even though Rosario's been in bad movies, I've never seen critics blame the badness on her. It seems a bit forced to go out of the way to mention a movie she was in was nominated for Razzie awards (Rosario Dawson wasn't nominated, mind you, but the movie was).
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Is it just me or phrasing her involvement in movies that didn't perform well as being a "failure" seem a little POV? --AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 16:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Unsourced: Rosario separated
The last sentence of the section 'Personal Life', it says "Recently, it was reported that they have separated," but this sentence isn't sourced? Can somebody source this comment please? If not, then it should probably be removed. Though my belief is that the entire section needs a bit of work, that last comment should have some kind of source. 69.107.46.34 08:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
IMDb says that they broke up in November 9 in 2006. (Trampton 03:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)).
[edit] A new pic?
I think there should be a new picture of her, the current one does not really look like her--Migospia 02:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- Any replacement image must be freely-licensed as per WP:FU, not a promotional image or a film screenshot. --Yamla 02:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I am aware of that, that is why I am asking if any one has any ideas this pic of her is horrible, not sure how real it is--Migospia 09:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
That picture looks really manly.
Please, dear god... someone change the picture!
[edit] Links and Trivia
Curious why important trivia and a link to a site of hers was removed?
When it fits under:
What should be linked
- Articles about any organization, person, web site, or other entity should link to the official site if any. (http://rosario-dawson.net/)
- Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews.
Under Trivia:
She was in the The Chemical Brothers video "Out of Control"
I think both should be included I was surprised that it wasn't --Migospia 00:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
- Both fall under WP:EL, rosario-dawson.net is a fansite, the video is copy written material.«»bd(talk stalk) 01:23, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Still why can't the trivia still be in there without linking to the video?--Migospia 01:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not the right place for trivia. If this is non-trivial and citable information, you can include it in the article (but without the link to a copy-vio page). --Yamla 01:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Um what do you mean there are a lot of articles that have trivia on tem on wikipedia it is not something I like made up out of thin are to be put on there you know?--Migospia 01:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
But Wikipedia mentions that trivia sections should not be included in articles (even though lots of articles have them.) Wikipedia rightly states that almost everything you can put in a trivia section can be melded with the main part of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.146.99 (talk) 20:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RENT & other musicals
I believe that the public would love to be able to purchase a CD with songs by or song by Rosario Dawson. I would hope that this is coming in the NEAR future. (75.216.213.61 15:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)makingdreams)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.216.213.61 (talk) 15:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
