Talk:City Lights/Archive 1

Archive 1

INACCURATE SCENE DESCRIPTION

"In each encounter with the blind girl, she unknowingly manages to bash the Tramp, throwing water in his face, dropping a flower pot on his head etc."

This is not accurate; the cat hit the flower pot which fell on his head, not the blind girl. The blind girl, hearing the noise, then rushed to the window to make sure it wasn't her bird cage that had fell. A better example would be of her using his underclothes to supply her yarn ball. Also, did this not happen in "each encounter" -- perhaps two or three times.

.. Also, he didn't look through the glass at her, there was no glass separating them. Also, the look on his face when he realized it was her in NO way resembled the way he checked out the naked statue in the window in the beginning of the movie, and I do not see how this is an analogy. Did the person that wrote this actually watch the movie?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.204.16.2 (talk) 14:41, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

B-Class Assessment

The article can be improved to B-Class after these problems are solved:

• The lead is too short.
• Unsourced paragraphs on both "Slapstick" and "Reception and Legacy".
• Regarding the latter, maybe a section named "Accolades" (which I just created) could fit all the lists the film's in - also that AFI subsection, which can be converted to prose. igordebraga ≠ 04:32, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:City Lights/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Smarojit (talk · contribs) 01:35, 12 September 2013 (UTC) Will review it in the next couple of days. --smarojit ^HD 01:35, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, excellent work on one of the best films of all-time. Just some minor issues before I pass this:

Release, reception and legecy

• No in-line citation for "..he demanded higher ticket prices compared to talkies."
• Same for this review: "On the other hand, Alexander Bakshy of The Nation was highly critical of City Lights, objecting to the silent format and over-sentimentality and describing it as "Chaplin's feeblest"."
• Finally this: "Chaplin's original "Tramp" suit from the film was donated by him to the Museum of Natural history of Los Angeles County." [Also, why is this statement in this particular section?]

--smarojit ^HD 04:15, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done. The section is reception and legacy and it seems appropriate to mention him donating the suit in the legacy of the film at the end?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:13, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

--smarojit ^HD 14:17, 17 September 2013 (UTC)