Talk:The Raven (2012 film)

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One positive review

26 Apr 2012 the local newspaper carries a 3 star review by a reviewer who apparently saw the movie -- Roger Moore (McClutchy-Tribune News Service).--Naaman Brown (talk) 11:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

Robert "Author of Psycho" Bloch, "Strange Eons", 1978: a series of murders recreate scenes from horror stories by H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). Almost sounds like someone decided, Hollywoodstyle, that Edgar Allan Poe had more name recognition among audiences. However, Bloch's novel is set years after the death of HPL, and the driving theme is that Lovecraft's fictional Mythos was real and Lovecraft tried to warn the world by casting his warning as fiction. Not quite the same, but similar enough to be noticed.--Naaman Brown (talk) 11:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, Naaman. It sounds suspiciously like Nevermore by Harold Schechter. They both involve Edgar Allen Poe solving mysteries.--SuperGerbil (talk) 21:09, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccurate interpretation

At one point of the Plot section, it says:

"The doctor uses a magnet to find the bullet in his flesh, an experience Fields later uses to realize that the ink the killer used in all his notes was magnetic."

I believe this is incorrect, and I don't remember that at any point of the story were the killer's notes ever determined to be magnetic. The inspector's realization when he sees the ink being drawn to the magnet is related to an event at the beginning of the movie, whereupon Fields inspects one of the "Rue Morgue" murder victim's hair, and he wonders why the hair is drawn to a magnet. This is the scene where Fields first meet Poe at the former's office.190.230.2.163 (talk) 23:17, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(further edit): The eventual conclusion being that whoever had done the murders is heavily involved in the use of such ink (i.e Someone working at a printing press) 190.230.2.163 (talk) 23:23, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Critics

Hi. I am not familiar with the Wiki-policy about that how film critics should be presented in the articles, but stating that this film is negatively received by the audience is a bit exaggerated. The film is quite good (my opinion at least :)). Best--MacedonianBoy (talk) 21:17, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reception/Box Office Numbers

$29,657,751 is the box office total listed on http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=raven.htm, the cited source. Not 26.05 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.50.241.13 (talk) 05:10, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This has still not been resolved. $29 million would be a tidy 11% profit. Kdammers (talk) 06:23, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]