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Page move

This page was moved from from "As Good As It Gets" to "As Good as It Gets". Currently policy states that "the standard rule in the English language is to capitalize words that are the first word in the title and those that are not conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for), prepositions (to, over, through) or articles (an, a, the, that)." The word "as" is a preposition and as such has been changed to lowercase.

I should point out though that this was taken from the naming of albums and songs but this is being applied across the board ie. to television shows, films, books, computer and video games, plays etc. -- Ianblair23 (talk) 03:26, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I realize this happened a while ago, but I thought that when articles are titled about movies and books that they retain the capitalization of the original work. That same issue arose with "I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang," concerning the capitalization of "am" I think.--Stetsonharry (talk) 14:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Cleanup

I removed a few run on sentences in the plot section and cleaned up some of the wording, nothing major. Wtbe7560 17:18 26 November 2006

I've trimmed the plot drastically, basing my rewrite on an earlier version of the article. [1] --Tony Sidaway 21:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing wrong with this article's plot summary, in fact it's excellent. Those labels at the top of the page give this page a bad name. I'm not saying this because I wrote the article...Srikipedia (talk) 05:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The plot summary is good, but actually I agree that it is too long. I also agree with one of the previous comments that the notices at the top are a bit too much, even though they are correct.--Stetsonharry (talk) 14:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I cut the plot summary but it really needs more cutting.--Stetsonharry (talk) 14:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, this was my first time editing a Wikipedia page and I'm afraid I made some mistakes by rewriting a lot of the plot and cluttering the editing history a lot. I embellished the general overview, rewrote most of the plot section and specified cities where the movie took place which had not been mentioned before. I also corrected some misinformation that was in the article about the length of the road trip the three characters take in the movie. Anyway, I will pay closer attention to etiquette in future edits. Unaova (talk) 06:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

I do not recall a scene in which Simon is killed by his former attackers nor such being implied. I could be wrong, however, as it has been a few years since I have watched the film. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.80.22.198 (talk) 06:33, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Sources

I've added a Rotten Tomatoes listing and New York Times review to verify. Please advise if additional sources are deemed necessary. I believe this should be more than sufficient. BigBrightStars (talk) 01:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Racist homophobic misanthrope

Is it really necessary to add the two adjectives in front of misanthrope? A misanthrope hates people, period, regardless of race, gender, sexual preference, religion, etc. Melvin makes anti-Semitic comments in the cafe, so should we add anti-Semite as well? He is a misanthrope, period. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 23:50, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Melvin Udall is a blind misanthrope..." There is no indication that the character of Melvin Udall is blind, and much that he is not: he watches television, reads and drives a car. ~cneron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.170.142 (talk) 00:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was thrown from a horse and had to have a laminectomy.. I was about ready in the hospital between the chicken ala king food and my blabbermouth room mate to hang myself with the bed sheet...Then he pops in this beautiful movie...Helen Hunt made those two hours when the vicodin was wearing off livable! I say this is the movie part Miss Hunt was born to play....I liked how her accent kept changing during the course of the movie...from mid western to Boston nasal....it was almost as if she were two actresses! I disagree with Marc S. Helen hunt is pure sex on a stick