Talk:Hour of the Wolf

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Does anyone know if the Science Fiction series, Babylon 5, based the episode 'Hour of the Wolf' on this film, or whether the phrase originates elsewhere, earlier in myth/lore? Thanks. Crescent 01:12, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, its title in Swedish is "Fargtimmen" and it is supposed to mean the "Hour of the Wolf" but what, pray tell, do the constituent parts mean?

I can see that the Swedish timmen is probably connected with English time but what does the first part - farg - mean? Does Swedish farg have a common ancestor giving rise to a similar word in German, English, or Dutch? Don't tell me that Swedish fargo gave rise to English Fargo (as in Wells Fargo, or that city ("Fargo") in Minnesota)?

It's actually Vargtimmen. Varg is one of the Swedish words for wolf. -- Takwish 19:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but are there any cognates with any other languages? If not, it must be a very old word.

Check out the entry on Warg. -- Takwish 15:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Swedish timmen means the hour, not "time". The word varg means wolf. A literal translation would be "The Wolf-hour", or, perhaps, "The Hour of the Wolf". Swedish speakers usually make compound words where English speakers use the word "of". According to a Swedish Wikipedia article, the term vargtimmen was invented by Ingmar Bergman. Torr3 (talk) 18:59, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This article is in good shape, but with some minor prose issues standing in the way of a successful nomination. Once these issues have been addressed, then I will gladly promote the article to GA status!

Lead

• "Although initially met with negative reviews in Sweden, Hour of the Wolf received generally positive reviews and was ranked one of the 50 greatest films ever made in a 2012 directors' poll by the British Film Institute", lacking clarity. The wording is contradictory and gives the impression that the film was simultaneously panned and praised in the Swedish press upon release, which wasn't the case. Rather the positive response are from retrospective reviews, and this should be noted somewhere in the sentence. Something like "Though Hour of the Wolf opened to negative reviews in the Swedish press, critics have since reevaluated the film as a milestone of the horror genre in retrospective reviews" would suffice.

Plot

• "She also reads that Johan was approached by a Baron von Merkens", typo? Is Baron a given name is this context or a ranking of nobility?
  • He's an asshole aristocrat, given name not stated. By "typo" do you mean the capitalization? The way given in the article is standard in the sources.
• "After Johan and Alma leave the castle, she confesses to him her fear of losing him to the demons, but also her will not to give up easily", a bit clunky. Perhaps this would be better, "After they leave the castle, Alma expresses to Johan her fears of losing him to the demons, as well as her will to persevere if such were to happen."
• "which culminated in his killing the boy" should be "which culminated with him killing the boy".

Filming

• "During shooting and her monologue scene she was frightened", typo. Should be "While shooting her character's monologue scene, she became frightened" or something to that effect.

Thanks for your review

DAP388. Please let me know if there are any other questions Ribbet32 (talk) 01:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Looks good. Apologies for the late response; it’s been an incredibly busy week. Happy to promote the article now.

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2:49, 4 March 2019 (UTC)