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Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by messe » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 2:55 AM UTC

kiernanmcgowan wrote: post #59

sph wrote: post #6

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 =…

Interesting, I'm going to have to rewatch and see if that's the case.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by d--b » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 2:56 AM UTC

This game is unplayable on iphone

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by atum47 » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 2:57 AM UTC

I appreciate that is a full game with nice graphics. I found the controls a bit unresponsive. Had to press multiple times in order to turn a corner.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by xeromal » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 2:59 AM UTC

imiric wrote: post #43

sph wrote: post #6

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

If I'm being honest, I have no idea what's going on in this scene.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by messe » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:00 AM UTC

MikeOfAu wrote: post #52

imiric wrote: post #43

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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.

That scene is heartbreaking to watch. Keoghan deserved the academy award for best supporting actor this year IMO (as for best screenplay, while I think Banshee's should've gotten it, it was pretty close and EEAAO would've been my second choice anyway),

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by spywaregorilla » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:11 AM UTC

I'd like to see the end but I cannot get past level 6. I'd enjoy a spoiler if anyone has it.

I enjoyed the film. There was this nagging feeling the whole time that there was supposed to be some sort of metaphor for the conflict in Ireland but I knew nothing about it, so it felt like I was missing something. I don't know that I really understood what it was trying to say either way. I liked 'In Bruges' a lot more personally.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:18 AM UTC

k2enemy wrote: post #4

I found it incredibly hard to turn when I wanted to. Not sure if it is key detection or if I needed to have more precise timing.

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Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by nier » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:19 AM UTC

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #16

mjklin wrote: post #10

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It’s an allegory for something, but I can’t quite put my finger on it…

I'd have to hand it to you, that's a good one.

I thought this was simply one person trying to keep another one at arm’s length.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by spywaregorilla » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

NoboruWataya wrote: post #44

wyldfire wrote: post #8

"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.

The Civil War connection is obvious (it's explicitly referenced at several points in the movie) but my interpretation was that the Civil War was a mirror for the characters' interactions, not the other way around. To me the movie was more a commentary on various aspects of Irish society which can exacerbate problems and inhibit progress and healing - lack of communication, holding of grudges, a tendency towards self-…

Yeh, I made a similar comment. It didn't really connect with me. Like, Parasite went hard on the Korean life allusions, and it felt very clear even to foreign audiences what it was trying to say.

Banshees felt distant. Was it about Irish society specifically? I don't know much about Ireland but I got the feeling that this was a really fringe island community and probably not representative of Ireland realistically or figuratively. I don't really feel like the themes it was presenting were universal. Perhaps the timeliness was an issue. idk.

In Bruges is like peak black comedy. the themes itself, on some level, are pretty damn funny, which isn't a thing you really see in many works.

Re: Banshees of Inisherin: The Game

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Post by itisit » Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 3:26 AM UTC

esrauch wrote: post #50

messe wrote: post #19

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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.

That’s not true in colloquial American English. Movies like “Friday” or “Madea Goes to Jail” are just referred to as “Comedy”.