Anybody else seen this yet on Disney+? What a brilliant film. It’s a bit dark, a bit strange, a bit sad but brilliantly funny. From the makers of In Bruges and has Brendan Gleason and Colin Farrell playing great roles.
Film The Banshees of Inisherin
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I saw the preview earlier tonight for the first time. It looks awesome! I'll make a point of watching it when we have electricity again. Hope it wouldn't be too dated by then 
Yeah we talked about it in the movie review thread. I enjoyed it.
Hated it. It was so shite. Story was just stupid to me. Even the humour was bad. Tried to recapture that Bruges magic but it just didn't do it for me. Good acting from the cast though. But the whole thing was boring.
I enjoyed it and the parallels with the futility of the civil war. My only gripe was how ridiculously extreme Gleeson’s character went by cutting his fingers off. It just felt so strange. .
also as good as the performances were it was definitely an Englishman’s interpretation of what he thinks Ireland was rather than what Ireland actually was. The dialogue was very piss takey at times. But maybe that was the point.
also as good as the performances were it was definitely an Englishman’s interpretation of what he thinks Ireland was rather than what Ireland actually was. The dialogue was very piss takey at times. But maybe that was the point.
Great film.
Edit: It's probably his least favourite of mine, but they're all great.
Edit: It's probably his least favourite of mine, but they're all great.
Director or actor?
Director. Three Billboards is the best for me.
Mm... Never even heard of it... Must check it out.
Yeah Three Billboards and In Bruges are both better, I think. Haven’t seen Seven Psychos.
It's a bit different (I guess they're all different), but it's good.
I loved Seven Psychopaths
Another majestic feather in Martin McDonagh's cap.
Good but not great, thought Farrell was the worst of the main characters, so don't get why he wins the plaudits.
Best popular writer/playwright out there, and I'll happily die on that hill like a flappy hat wearing psycho who has stolen someone's dog.
Tonally, all of his work should be a mess and yet he nails it every time.
Fully agree with this - it was the only part of the film that didn’t fit. Otherwise I really enjoyed it.
I think it was extreme because Colm simply refused to believe that his own life failures were his own fault, so he backed himself into a corner where he had made such an insane threat and then had to follow through with it. He was only happy when he was creating drama between him and Padraic, shown in the pub when tells others that he likes him again after their fight. His actions are definitely extreme but he was someone who was deeply unhappy, desperate to make his mark on the world, when even deep down he knows that he never will (nobody is going to remember the song of some random islander, after all).
I just thought of the fingers thing as a fairytale or parable type threat - a fiddler cutting of his own fingers to punish someone else. In other words deliberately heightened rather than intending to be in any way realistic or true to life.
Exactly. It felt like you were watching a brothers Grimm folklore tale. Don't analyse the film as a realistic portrayal of real life.
I agree with your interpretation and I think it might be even simpler than that.
In his second confessional scene, the priest makes reference to Colm’s despair which I think is an allusion to depression (something he scoffs at earlier). But it could be that his mutilation is just a very macabre and dressed up way of self harming, coupled with his denial about his life and unfairly blaming Pádraic for stopping him reach his potential.
In his second confessional scene, the priest makes reference to Colm’s despair which I think is an allusion to depression (something he scoffs at earlier). But it could be that his mutilation is just a very macabre and dressed up way of self harming, coupled with his denial about his life and unfairly blaming Pádraic for stopping him reach his potential.
I think you're completely right there.
I enjoyed it, really loved the humour and dialogue
felt it so of lost its way a bit towards then end.. still a very enjoyable film nonetheless
felt it so of lost its way a bit towards then end.. still a very enjoyable film nonetheless
Thought it was great personally.
I took it as a parable about Brexit and its impact on culture in particular. An act of self harm that to outside observers seems extreme and ridiculous.
Got this on the watchlist.
This sums up my view. I've really enjoyed all his films but Three Billboards is definitely the best just a cut above his other films. Great filmmaker though for sure. Seven Psychopaths might actually be my favorite though.
Worst film I think I've seen in a few years although I can't recall what could be poorer and I was disappointed because everything else the two have done together has been great. Fan of both Farrell and Gleeson. Not my cup of tea. Dark, humourless and overflowing with pathos.
Saw it 2 weeks ago. It had a really weird plot. Fecking hell like!
Watched it yesterday in the cinema. Did not think it was great, it was ok. And funny it wasn't either, bar a couple of instances.
I like all the actors involved and McDonaghs other movies. The cinematography was beautiful. Some good dark humour. My girlfriend knows Kerry Condon and it’s surely going to do wonders for her career in Hollywood. I thought she was good in it. I just… didn’t really like it overall. I wouldn't be rushing to watch it again. I think the Americans audiences will lap it up,
I thought it was showing the two leads as each one representing a different side of the civil war but maybe that was too simple
Incredible movie
One of the best of the year for me.
One of the best of the year for me.
Yeah I didn’t really get the point of the civil war thing, unless it wasn’t actually meant to be subtle in any way.
(I watched this last night) I thought their whole falling out was a metaphor for the civil war? Not subtle but it worked.
The closing line from Padraig kind of nailed down that metaphor IMO.
Was I the only one who thought Colin Farrell was basically playing Dougal from Father Ted? Once that popped into my head it was all I could see.
I don't like his treatment of Ireland and our 'taboos', all so cliched and typically ex-pat. If it was 30 years ago maybe they'd have a place. Calvary in particular was a disgrace. Would have been a brave film in the 80's, just pointless when it was made.
There were scenes in this that were such a caricature of “de oirish” that it reminded me of that Tom Cruise movie (can’t remember the name)
I think Calvary was one of his brother's films, along with The Guard.
Well yeah, if it’s as simple as “look, here’s two guys falling out, it’s like a civil war, nudge nudge” then I get it. But it doesn’t really say anything beyond that does it?
I see, well they both do a bit of paddywhackery that irks me.