Talk:The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)

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[edit] wrong flag

is the flag of uip right?

[edit] Spoiler?

"While the plot still centers around a candidate brainwashed with the involvement of his mother and her own political aims, the mechanics of the story and the parties involved are quite different in cases."

should be imo put after the spoiler warning since it gives much of the plot away (clem 17:27, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Adjectives?

Is it really necessary for the adjectives to be highlighted as links? Do people really not understand what "manipulated" means? --Charles 21:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] implants

Complex electronic implants play at least as large a role as psychological manipulation by MG. This should be brought into the article. Kdammers 10:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot Summary

The plot summary is confusing and convoluted, overly referencing the original movie to the point of obfuscation. Could somebody streamling/clarify it? Perhaps give the references to the original movie its own section?--72.200.118.52 04:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Agree I couldn't follow the plot summary at all. --Rodzilla (talk) 04:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Agree Very hard to follow. Such comments should be reserved for a new section, possibly. Tpoore1 02:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"The motives behind the brainwashed assassination plot in the 2004 version are more straightforward than the collusive politics of the original version" I think the motive in the original version is quite clear: get the Iselins into the White House where their Communist plant (Mrs. Iselin) has control over the Presidency of the U.S.

[edit] Plot Summary, language usage

Does anyone know a better way to express this statement without losing the basic point and adding needless wordage? I had edited it to remove a context "disagreement", but the sentence structure is the same.

Angelsy1 08:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UIP using the UN flag

It doesn't seem very appropriate for UIP to be using the United Nations flag - they might be a multinational organisation, but they certainly aren't anything to do with the UN 86.138.33.42 17:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed vanalism

There were a number of un-sourced flagrant POV edits and comments that made no sense made by 71.40.88.199. I reverted to September 19 version. SlowJog 01:42, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

There were some edits that made the tag line and awards appear garbled. I don't know if they were vandalism or poor editing. I undid them. SlowJog 22:07, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about the last scene?

It looked quite ominous and seemed to point to a deeper conspiracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.150.130 (talk) 14:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Medal of Honor

you people seemed to have missed the significance of the last scene, and left out the meaning of the medal of honor in the movie. Shaw is "given" the medal of honor only because he was brainwashed in the beginning, then in one of the last scenes he gives the medal to Marco, because he says he doesnt deserve it. However, when he is assassinated he is voluntarily, and in the last scene Marco buries the medal with his picture, showing that in the end, he did earn it by giving his life for his country. I'll put this down, and to the person who mentioned the last scene, Ill also put down the non closure of the conspiracy at the end. --Steinfeld7 (talk) 06:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)