Talk:Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

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There's a trailer for this movie posted on YouTube: it looks legitimate

Is this available anywhere else online from a valid source? I get the feeling the YouTube version won't last long. 69.225.34.90 06:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Nope, and it didn't. --AveryJ 03:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Fair use rationale for Image:Mr. Magorium.jpg 2 See also? 3 Visual effects 4 Trivia 5 Critical reception 6 Reference to Shakespeare

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mr. Magorium.jpg

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[edit] See also?

Why is there a "See also" section linking to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus? I can think of no connection between the two aside from a slightly similar name. Am I missing something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.231.58.139 (talk) 15:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Visual effects

• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: More Magic Than Magic —Erik (talk • contrib) - 05:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

The main text says the script was the fist contract work of Zach Helm. On other hand, some press excerts say that:

"The most curious part is that this tongue-twister of a movie comes from Zach Helm, who previously wrote the clever, charming "Stranger Than Fiction" starring Will Ferrell (and costarring Hoffman, much more effectively). Here, Helm directs for the first time from a script he wrote when he was 23, inspired by his own experiences working at a toy store."

That should be 1998, as Zach Helm was born in 1975.

In Spain, the film has the additional stamp "Inspired by Imaginarium", a chain of shops founded by Felix Tena in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1992, and stablished worldwide. I have no idea about when the first USA branches appear. Arivero (talk) 16:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

A "crudely ripped off from Roald Dahl" stamp would be welcome, too.71.131.204.20 (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Note. I reverted a newly edited trivia section from the article today. Yes I realize that WP:TRIV does not recommend blanket deletion of such sections but in general such material might be better incorporated into a section about the movie props if it is sufficiently notable. If such a section is done, I'd think that information about the sock monkey and balls would be more notable. Regards to all. I have no heartburn about reinstating the section if its the consensus of those interested. Trilobitealive (talk) 02:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Critical reception

See my edits today on this section. This movie had a significant number of positive reviews. The except which was added appeared to be typical of these. Apparently there are reviewers who recognize a children's film for what it is.Trilobitealive (talk) 05:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reference to Shakespeare

I think this article should have a trivia section that inlcudes the reference to Shakespeare made in the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.189.192 (talk) 17:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Quotes, references, and allusions have been made to the works of Shakespeare for centuries. It would be illogical to document all the references to Shakespeare on Wikipedia. Also doesn't Wikipedia discourage trivia sections? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.5.179 (talk) 00:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)