Talk:2014 in film

Discussion

People who edit this page may be intrested in this discussion about cutting down on excessive material. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 12:39, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Belle (2013 film), and when to list movies

I removed Belle (2013 film) from this list, since it premiered at a film festival in 2013. Should it be added to the 2013 list on the day it first had a festival showing? It seems a little odd to list the film like that, since in the past these lists seem to have only had things listed based on when they were released into theaters (but it also seems wrong to list it here given that it was first shown in 2013). How should situations where a film is shown at a festival before being shown in theaters be handled in general? Also, how do we decide if a film is listed at all? If a film were to only ever be shown at a festival and never get a real release in theaters, would we not want to list it at all? Calathan (talk) 17:41, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Calathan, you may be interested in this discussion. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:41, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

That discussion as linked above is what prompted me to remove Belle from this list. It looked like that discussion was kind of winding down since the proposed changes had been added to the MOS, but I guess it would still be a better place to ask my question than here. Calathan (talk) 18:47, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

"The Rover" and "Foxcatcher"

The above films should not be listed where they currently all. They should be listed under their cinematic release date, not under their release date at the Cannes film festival. Could we please fix this? Markunator (talk) 17:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Please see WP:FILMYEAR. BOVINEBOY2008 23:21, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Not USA Release Dates

I am extremely irked that when I go to the page 2014 in film, the calendar shows the release dates for the films, but for another country outside of America. I wish this to be changed. I want to see the American release dates of these films, and when I see the release dates all jumbled up, it confuses me. For example, Edge of Tomorrow's release date in the U.S was June 6th, but the page lists its release date as May 30th. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.119.36 (talk) 15:16, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

There is a standing consensus to list films by their first release dates, whether they are in the US or not. The very first release date for Edge of Tomorrow is not June 6th, so it should not be listed under that date on this page Eventhorizon51 ^(talk) 20:17, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

If you would like to see American films released in 2014, see List of American films of 2014. Remember that this is a worldwide encyclopedia presented in English, not an American-perspective encyclopedia. BOVINEBOY2008 12:02, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I concur. It is idiotic to list films to whatever happens to be their first release ANYWHERE. This is the English language Wiki and 90% of the visitors will be looking for the major release date for the country of origin. That would be the most logical. We shouldn't have to click several more times to track down this info. Because if you are going to arbitrarily list whatever country is first, then you might as well simply list the film's premiere date. Makes as much sense. I know, I know - expecting wikipedia to do something based on logic and common sense is like hoping the same thing will happen in Washington...

Boyhood

Why is it listed in January when I watched it opening night a few weeks ago? Feedback ^☎ 19:27, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

it premiered in January first Redsky89 (talk) 03:48, 3 August 2014 (UTC)