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"Banshees" was an interesting but puzzling film. I enjoyed it but I didn't think it was quite as approachable as McDonaghs other films. I suppose it's supposed to be an allegory to the futility of the Irish Civil War? If we the audience can't make a connection to something like that it feels a bit too abstract. I didn't make it far into the game, but it is a neat project.
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.
Absolutely loved the film. The acting and directing is superb. Colin Farrell's and Kerry Condon's performances are incredible, but Barry Keoghan steals the show. This is one of my favorite scenes in recent memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIsqYO9l8w
What acting.
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.
But if you don't like the start of that path, you probably won't like the middle or end.
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Umm... the two terms are synonymous to me. What distinction are you drawing?
There's another genre also commonly called Black Comedy where Black is African American not Dark. To be fair, it is genuinely confusing to have that genre name collision.
Ah, well, that would explain it. I'm not American. I have never before now heard the term "black comedy" refer to comedy solely by African Americans.
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.
Absolutely loved the film. The acting and directing is superb. Colin Farrell's and Kerry Condon's performances are incredible, but Barry Keoghan steals the show. This is one of my favorite scenes in recent memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIsqYO9l8w
"Banshees" was an interesting but puzzling film. I enjoyed it but I didn't think it was quite as approachable as McDonaghs other films. I suppose it's supposed to be an allegory to the futility of the Irish Civil War? If we the audience can't make a connection to something like that it feels a bit too abstract. I didn't make it far into the game, but it is a neat project.
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Absolutely loved the film. The acting and directing is superb. Colin Farrell's and Kerry Condon's performances are incredible, but Barry Keoghan steals the show. This is one of my favorite scenes in recent memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIsqYO9l8w
For me, it was the proposal scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6oF9OpmjGw What acting.
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.
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 = English
- Blues = Anglo-Irish Treaty supporters (?)
edit: formatting
To me the film just made the Irish look like dumb and uncivilized drunkards.