Talk:Companion (film)

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Filming

Please find reliable sources about the filming dates. The Media Expert (talk) 10:52, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

Heads-up that it may not be clear-cut to nail down the genre in the first sentence of the lead section per MOS:FILMLEAD. It currently says "science fiction psychological thriller", which seems a bit originally researched. SFX mentions it as "twisty romance horror" with the director/writer saying, "We're selling this as a horror-ish movie, but it's six different genres." So let's use this discussion thread to see if any genre or subgenre surfaces post-release to be of due weight for the introduction. Otherwise, we can figure out a way to spread the different elements in the lead section. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 20:11, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to just put "horror" per Hancock's comment to SFX for now. I suggest that we stick with it until we get secondary-source reviews that can independently describe the film. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 20:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, until we get more information about the film or until its release, I think horror should be sufficient. Taffer😊 💬_(they/she) 20:20, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this in which the source calls it "a darkly comic sci-fi thriller", while it's a fair data point, I don't think a rating database is the best source to determine the genre for the first sentence. Ideally, we should compare across multiple sources and come to a consensus about which genre or subgenre label has the most due weight. In absence of that till January 31, I think that the nominally-intended genre (as written above) suffices till then. We can absolutely revisit when we have more sources to look at. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 19:45, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At this point it seems like it could be reasonable to call the film sci-fi horror or something to that effect, plenty of sources seem to use those descriptors fairly consistently. I have my own feelings about a more concise description of genre, but it would fall into WP:SYNTH at best and WP:OR at worst, so I'm not gonna touch it. Taffer😊 💬_(they/she) 19:56, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think a lot of pre-release sources will use a pretty wide mix of likely labels based on the marketing and interviews.The rating database could be closer to the truth, having had to see the film. Ultimately, reviews (or other longform pieces about the film) will tend to have the right "depth of detail" (especially having seen the film) and are better to go with in the long run. We shall see soon enough! Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 20:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]