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To me the film just made the Irish look like dumb and uncivilized drunkards.
It’s a remote island right, and I think the history makes the more recent transformation more impressive and interesting.
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Loved it too, It's funny in the absurdity of it all and the dialogue. There's a delicate balance of dark humour, the Irish charm of the setting and characters, and subtle deeper aspects that emerge from initially simple seeming characters that tops it all off. Not to mention the excellent acting. But I suspect a lot of that is a subjective taste, so it's not surprising it's not widely appreciated.
> the Irish charm of the setting and characters I find Irish people perfectly charming, but when it comes to the themes of Irish film and literature, charming does not oft spring to my lips. Did you watch this film to the end? warmed the cockles of your heart did it?
To me the film just made the Irish look like dumb and uncivilized drunkards.
Great concept. Has anyone else finished the film? I'm a bit past the thump on the door and not sure if I want to finish the movie if things keep going that way.
Things keep going that way. First movie I saw from that director, so I didn't expect he'd actually lead the film down that path so quickly and determinedly. But if you don't like the start of that path, you probably won't like the middle or end.
Based on a recent "black comedy" movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/ Which is one of the weirdest and heaviest hitting films I've seen recently, and while there is some comedy, it is not a funny movie.
Gleeson and Farrell are good actors, but for me the script let them down. It felt like it was trying too hard to be meaningful or symbolic but nothing landed.
Barry Keoghan was the best thing about it, amazing performance.
Based on a recent "black comedy" movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/ Which is one of the weirdest and heaviest hitting films I've seen recently, and while there is some comedy, it is not a funny movie.
Its a truly incredible film, but has a few subtleties that may be hard to catch at first glance. Pay attention to the colors that people are wearing (green, orange, red, and blue) for the deeper subtext of relationships of the political situation in Ireland. I may be missing a detail or two, and would happily be corrected, but for the curious: - Green = Catholics / IRA supporters - Yellow/Orange = Protestants - Red =…
Not the sectarian "troubles" and IRA, circa the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles
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> but I knew nothing about it You're probably better off not knowing - any attempts at serious commentary on that conflict by the film didn't land well with anyone more informed. It's an enjoyable, likeable film, but cultural or political insights aren't McDonagh's strong points. I also really liked Three Billboards, though I heard it received similar criticisms for its clumsy portrayal of US political themes (which…
As a USian, I thought that Three Billboards was nuanced and not clumsy at all. Having grown up with racism everywhere, I find it interesting that there’s not much art that shows the complexity of racism where it isn’t nazi-esque monsterism of pure evil, but also banal and pervasive. The portrayal of the super racist sheriff who does some good reminds me of a horrible family member who comes through when there’s a dea…
The specific critique I recall being levelled at it in this context was more "racist has apparent redemption arc by helping white people, despite never addressing/showing remorse for past acts of racism", which doesn't seem as simplistic.
Personally I didn't come away feeling the character was redeemed anyway, so if that was intended as a redemption arc I missed it. But mostly I just didn't treat it as serious political commentary & just enjoyed the witty writing & delivery.
Based on a recent "black comedy" movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/ Which is one of the weirdest and heaviest hitting films I've seen recently, and while there is some comedy, it is not a funny movie.
Surprised it got that much hype
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Its a truly incredible film, but has a few subtleties that may be hard to catch at first glance. Pay attention to the colors that people are wearing (green, orange, red, and blue) for the deeper subtext of relationships of the political situation in Ireland. I may be missing a detail or two, and would happily be corrected, but for the curious: - Green = Catholics / IRA supporters - Yellow/Orange = Protestants - Red =…
do you know this definitively? was it in the book? I'm asking because I picked up a hitchhiker way back when that was an ordinary thing to do, and he was a vocational school grad, but told me this whole thing about how the Wizard of Oz was a parable about the gold standard (follow the yellow bricks to the Emerald City) vs greenback dollar, with the cowardly lion (Dept of Defence) and the Tin Man (midwest industrial m…
I can't really speak to this, which is why I have a (?) around the meaning of Blue. I can say that green, orange, and red have pretty obvious connections, especially given the context of the film taking place during the Irish Civil War, which directly followed the Irish War of Independence (from England, who wore red in battle).
If it helps assuage your fear, you can take a look at the meaning of the colors of the Irish flag to see context for green and orange.