Talk:Enter the Void/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Grapple X (talk · contribs) 08:15, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

I usually don't like reading articles for films I haven't seen, but something's always put me off watching this one. No idea why, because I loved Irréversible. Ah well.

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
Few quibbles, doesn't seem to be anything major.
"typecast first-timers" -> Typecasting is what happens when Jack Nance only ever gets put in the role of "distraught man with facial tic". A first time actor is a priori not typecast. Not sure what your intended meaning was here.
"The film's soundtrack is a collage of various electronic pop and experimental music" -> seems a bit off. I'd drop "various" from that, or replace "music" with "tracks" or "songs".
"Next, Oscar floats disembodied over Tokyo" -> I don't really think you can use "disembodied" as an adverb, which is what's being done here. Try "Next, a disembodied Oscar floats over Tokyo..."
Is "Ayahuasca" a proper noun? The article on the drink itself is not consistent on its capitalisation so I'm not sure myself.
The quote box in the "Visual conception" header is much wider than it really needs to be. Also, Heckel appears to be old enough that his work might be in the public domain, if you wanted to include a sample of it.
"In both these countries, the film was distributed without reel number seven, from a total of nine" -> Try "In both these countries, the film was distributed without the seventh of its nine reels."
"As of 20 July 2011, the website Box Office Mojo reported that the worldwide theatrical revenues corresponded to 754,249 US dollars" -> Use $ instead of the word "dollars", either as "US$754,249" (with the link to visually break up the sign and numerals) or "$754,249 US".
The "See also" heading could be trimmed. I'd ditch Rick Strassman and New French Extremity as tenuously linked to the subject, and either keep French films of 2009 and lose 2009 in Film and Cinema of France, or vice versa.
Fixed. The problem with Heckel is that I don't know which drawings they used in particular, it would feel wrong to just guess. Smetanahue (talk) 16:26, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Makes sense. Fixes look good. GRAPPLE X 16:28, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
MOS compliance is fine.
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
References are grand. Reliable, consistent, and you quote the original French when using translations which is helpful.
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Scope seems grand to me. Not too broad or narrow.
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Article is neutral and unbiased.
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
History is stable and controversial.
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:
Images are grand. Used well and the only non-free image is tagged with a solid rationale.
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Just going to hold this one until the listed 1A fixes are dealt with, though I can't see that taking much time at all. Article is in very good shape. GRAPPLE X 08:15, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And we're done with this one then. Ready to pass it now. Well done! GRAPPLE X 16:28, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]