Talk:The Descent

Resources

Resources to utilize

• MacNab, Geoffrey (2006-09-29). "Scare tactics". Screen International (1565). EMAP: 11–13. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

• Looks at the revival and renewed fascination for British horror since Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers was released in 2002; marketing aspect of British horror and success in the US.

• Williams, David E (2006). "Creepy crawlers". American Cinematographer. 87 (9). American Society of Cinematographers: 18, 20, 22, 24. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Director of photography Sam McMurdy describes the creative and technical challenges he faced when filming The Descent.

• Kay, Jeremy (2006-08-18). "Vested interest". Screen International (1559). EMAP: 20. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Jones, Alan (2006). "On the Ascent". Fangoria (255). Starlog Group: 34–38, 82. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Neil Marshall talks about making The Descent.

• Macaulay, Scott (2006). "Reports: What lies beneath...". Filmmaker Magazine. 14 (4). IFP: 8. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Director Neil Marshall briefly explains the ideas and plot to his film The Descent.

• Goldsmith, Jeff (2006). "The Descent". Creative Screenwriting. 13 (4). Inside Information Group, Ltd: 34–35. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Writer/director Neil Marshall talks about his work, focusing on his film The Descent.

• Sobchack, Vivian (2006). "Peek-a-Boo! Thoughts on seeing (most of) The Descent and Isolation". Film Comment. 42 (4). Film Society of Lincoln Center: 38–41. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Recalls her experience of watching two horror films, The Descent and Isolation as a female viewer, and though sensitive to such a genre admits to have been engaged in both films.

• Lawrence, Will (2006). "At Home/Music: The Descent". Empire (204). Bauer Verlagsgruppe: 161. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Jones, Alan (2006). "The Descent Into True Terror". Fangoria (254). Starlog Group: 26–30. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• "201 Greatest movies of all time". Empire (201). Bauer Verlagsgruppe: 77–88, 90–101. 2006. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• A listing of the top two hundred and one films as chosen by the reader's of Empire magazine. With comments by actors and filmmakers.

• "Review of 05: Featuring the year's 25 best movies". Empire (199). Bauer Verlagsgruppe: 79–84, 86, 88, 91–93. 2006. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• A listing of what Empire considers the best twenty-five films from 2005.

• Richardson, David (2005). "DVD Reviews". StarBurst (331). Visual Imagination Limited: 84. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Newman, Kim (2005). "At home/movies: The Descent". Empire (208). Bauer Verlagsgruppe: 208. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Baughan, Nikki (2005). "The Descent". Film Review (663). Visual Imagination Limited: 112. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Davies, Sam (2005). "The Descent". Sight & Sound. 15 (9). British Film Institute: 61. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Edwards, Simon (2005). "The Descent". Film Review (660). Visual Imagination Limited: 94. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• "Intermission: Darkness Falls". Empire (194). Bauer Verlagsgruppe: 54. 2005. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

• Director Neil Marshall briefly explains some of the challenges he faced when making The Descent.

Resources to utilize. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

• The Descent (Variety)

Reviews. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

I'll see what I can do about cleaning up the reception section. One thing that definitely needs cleaning...the plot section. This "American ending", "British ending", "Alternative ending" needs major cleanup. Since this is a British film, that should be the primary ending of the plot section. I would rather see reasons why Marshall has multiple endings, and that should be placed in the production section. It seems too unprofessional looking to have 3 subsections with a couple of sentences describing the various differences in the last couple minutes of the movie.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 20:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea to me. I should be able to find details about the different endings on Access World News. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:21, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, a thought about "Reception"... how about having geographical subsections? It's an objective way to segment reviews. It could be a useful "break" in the section so it's not a body of text with all reviews. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:33, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

That's probably a good idea. Do we have enough reviews from overseas?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

There's definitely plenty of UK reviews. Not sure about outside that. Australia will probably have reviews around the same time as the US. I can check other continents' available newspapers with AWN. By the way, do you think we should merge Crawler (The Descent) into this article and put sequel info in the sequel article? I kind of went on a whim and improved it enough to preserve it, but I'm not sure if the crawler really stands by itself, apart from this film and the future one. That's another thought... we could probably have an image of the crawler in this article. Any experience with screenshots? I just took some for the first time with Doomsday. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 02:26, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Um, yeah, not that notable of a creature. I say we put a merge tag on it, and show how all that information could easily be placed in this article (if it already isn't in this article). As for the sequel, might as well just clip that whole section. It's just a single line.

I can do screenshots, but if you're comfortable with them then that's cool too. I'd rather wait and make those the last thing we do.

As for the reception, how would you like to divide the reviews? US, UK, AU, etc etc? North America, Europe? North America, Overseas?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:38, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup - Plot: I'm pretty certain that there is no difference between the UK ending and the "unrated American" ending. They are the same. I concur that the UK version should be summarized. The US version just has a minute or so removed at the end. The plot description of three endings is unclear right now. Also, the plot section exceeds the Wikipedia length guidelines for movie plots. I'd be happy to edit it, but I don't want to be too heavy-handed. - Tim Aug 23 2008 Tim (talk) 21:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, you're talking to someone that cut The Dark Knight plot from 1500 words to 600 words, and that was a longer movie. If you want to trim it, please feel free to do so. I think the "alternate endings" should all be 86'd, make the primary ending that of the UK version (I agree, the only difference between that nad the US is the cutting of scenes, there was nothing truly "different" about it). If we find a reason why Marshall chose to dumb down the US version, we can put that in the article in another section.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 21:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, sounds good. I'll trim the plot tomorrow. Tim (talk) 21:52, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Location

It says location is in Scotland for the external shots but I am sure that they are in fact North Wales - the external long shots clearly show Swallow Falls which is North Wales, see http://www.attractions-north-wales.co.uk/attraction.asp?loc=10 80.176.79.35 (talk) 20:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Juno's pendant

Juno's pendant was a gift from Paul, who is Sarah's deceased husband. This means that Paul cheated on Sarah with Juno. This further encouraged Sarah to hurt Juno. --189.202.11.69 (talk) 03:34, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I tried to put more emphasis on the "love each day" being a revelation for Sarah. I just couldn't find a way to make it more obvious that Juno and Paul cheated on Sarah without making it overkill. --uKER (talk) 16:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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