Talk:Hamlet 2

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Did you know... that the upcoming comedy film Hamlet 2 was the top purchase at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival placing it second behind the US$10.5 million record set by Little Miss Sunshine at the festival in 2006?

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Regarding my edits

The synopsis flowed poorly. I am conveying the same information, but with a better flow to it. The synopsis does not have to be official.
The fact that it ended on Halloween is not important.
Generally the term "executive produced" is substituted with "produced" so it will flow better. It means the same thing, the "executive" just makes the sentence sound strange.
The reactions were far too wordy for just two reviews.
Rwiggum (talk) 16:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding. Since the film is not available in the public eye, we cannot cite the film itself for writing out its synopsis. I used the existing citation to outline the basic premise of the film. Perhaps we could use a review instead to write out a fuller synopsis? The "Halloween" mention can be removed. However, producers and executive producers are two different roles, so the people who worked on Little Miss Sunshine didn't do the same thing with Hamlet 2. However, the carried-over relationship was independently noted, hence its inclusion. Also, I do not know why you think the reactions are too wordy. Both reviews have substantial content, and the points and quotes that summarized them the best were used. Why would this exclude The New York Times, anyway? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand we can't cite the film for the synopsis, but all I did was re-word the synopsis itself. Plus, the name of the character has been released, so it should be acceptable to add that. I concede on the point of the executive producers. I didn't see the actual producers listed, and just assumed they were the sole producers on the film. As far as the reviews are concerned, I'm not calling their content into question. Rather, I'm questioning how much of that content needs to be on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwiggum (talk • contribs) 17:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To my recollection, the reviews were added in detail because Hamlet 2 only screened at a film festival, so there were very few published reviews. I imagine this is because published reviews are of more interest to the public when the film is commercially released for them. Maybe we could check to see what other reviews exist? Variety is one possibility. We could scale back on the existing reviews and add more varied perspectives of the film. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:14, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's an idea. If we could shorten them to simply short, concise quotes, I think that would work best. Unfortunately (well, not really) I checked around, and all the reviews are positive, so I couldn't find one to add another side. But like you said, I'm sure the reviews will be a bit more varied once it's in wider release. Rwiggum (talk) 22:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is RunningDogLackey even a notable source? 72.165.152.4 (talk) 08:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.186.199.99 (talk) 19:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You need to add that the movie flopped —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.18.189 (talk) 23:28, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rock Me Sexy Jesus

"Rock me sexy jesus" redirects here, and I swear one of the trailers I saw over the summer referred to this movie by this title, instead of Hamlet 2. Nothing in the article about this? Tool2Die4 (talk) 17:06, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I too recall this movie having a different title in the trailers.. not sure if it was that -- anyone..anyone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.9.161 (talk) 00:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hamlet II, by Sam Bobrick

There is a play (unrelated to this film) by Sam Bobrick entitled Hamlet II (Better Than the Original). Should a disambiguation page be created? Sillypillows (talk) 19:13, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Predating Concept

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=8#comic It may be original research since no one has made the connection before in an official source. 12.162.122.6 (talk) 01:11, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lucy Lawless

Could anyone confirm whether or not she was in this movie? I followed a link here from Xena#In other media which states "In the movie Hamlet 2, the character Xena appears in the introduction.". There's no reference listed but I thought people who have seen this movie might know. Neither actress or character are currently listed on the page. If they were in this, I would think they're notable enough to credit them due to their place in popular culture, even if they probably didn't play a major role in the plot. Nym (talk) 21:01, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, Lucy Lawless is in it, as Xena. But isn't in the closing creditsTimothyJacobson (talk) 00:54, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually she is not in the movie itself. A small clip from the Xena series is used in the opening sequence, which shows the "acting career" of Coogan's character. Therefore Mrs Lawless is not mentioned in the credits, but the Xena franchise is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.2.139.92 (talk) 02:07, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]