• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 6 11:45:15 2023
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    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly recommended.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Irish Mike on Fri Jan 6 18:04:06 2023
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    On 1/6/2023 5:24 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Serious reply: I found this to be a personal contender for the (past)
    year's best movie so far (as did more than a few pro critics) and that
    has nothing to do with "artiness" but rather with its wealth of content.
    That said, however, I've found that movies that send some viewers over
    the top tend also to send some others straight to the bottom -- while
    the most generally agreed-upon "quality" seems to be mediocrity.

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  • From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to pwal...@moviepig.com on Fri Jan 6 14:24:19 2023
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Irish Mike on Sat Jan 7 12:32:47 2023
    On 2023-01-06 22:24:19 +0000, Irish Mike said:

    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous.

    It's meant to be, it's a "dark comedy" ... and those are usually weird,
    silly, and best avoided unless you've got a warped brain.

    It could have been far worse: it might have been made by wacko Tim
    Burntbum and starring his favourite co-horts Johnny Dipstick and Helena Boneyham-Crapter. :-)




    I sat through it to the end but you'd have to pay me to
    watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sat Jan 7 06:35:58 2023
    On 1/6/23 10:45 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly recommended.


    I would think out of respect you'd actually refer to Martin Donavan by
    name. He's a consistently interesting filmmaker.

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 12:46:39 2023
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two >thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly >recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we
    talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny. And I want to have a pint outside that pub
    with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

    -- Bob

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bice on Tue Jan 10 10:00:25 2023
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we
    talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny. And I want to have a pint outside that pub
    with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

    At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's pyrrhic
    plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the mainland.
    And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal best of '22.

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 12 12:14:42 2023
    On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:00:25 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:

    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's pyrrhic
    plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the mainland.

    That would certainly go along with:

    "You don't care who's executing who?"

    "For six bob and a free lunch, I don't care. They could be executing
    you."

    -- Bob

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to Irish Mike on Fri Jan 13 17:47:35 2023
    Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike


    SPOILERS below:

    Mike, I have to say I agree with everything you wrote. Yes, the movie was beautiful to look at and the setting was charming (I really want to have a
    pint at that pub) and the acting was outstanding (just look at the despair
    and puzzlement play out on Colin Farrell’s face) and yeah, on the surface
    the film looks terrific.

    But I hated what I was seeing so much that I turned the movie off about
    halfway through, not too long after the first finger was flung. Instead of watching I went to Wikipedia and read everything revolting thing that
    happens. I don’t want to watch that movie. I don’t understand how anybody could enjoy watching that movie. Moviepig liked it, but he likes horror
    movies and that is pretty much what this thing is.

    But let me be clear, it isn’t the horror that turned me off so much as it
    is the stupidity. Sure, I see the parallel between the story and the
    troubles on the mainland. The movie practically clobbers you over the head
    with metaphor. “We used to like each other. We used to fight only the
    British and now we are fighting each other. We are not nice to each other anymore. We are being self-destructive.” And yada yada gloom despair and agony on me.

    King Lear is regarded as a great play, but I hate that story because Lear
    is stupendously stupid. I don’t enjoy watching stupid.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Fri Jan 13 15:09:55 2023
    On 1/13/2023 12:47 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote: >>> In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike


    SPOILERS below:

    Mike, I have to say I agree with everything you wrote. Yes, the movie was beautiful to look at and the setting was charming (I really want to have a pint at that pub) and the acting was outstanding (just look at the despair and puzzlement play out on Colin Farrell’s face) and yeah, on the surface the film looks terrific.

    But I hated what I was seeing so much that I turned the movie off about halfway through, not too long after the first finger was flung. Instead of watching I went to Wikipedia and read everything revolting thing that happens. I don’t want to watch that movie. I don’t understand how anybody could enjoy watching that movie. Moviepig liked it, but he likes horror movies and that is pretty much what this thing is.

    But let me be clear, it isn’t the horror that turned me off so much as it is the stupidity. Sure, I see the parallel between the story and the
    troubles on the mainland. The movie practically clobbers you over the head with metaphor. “We used to like each other. We used to fight only the British and now we are fighting each other. We are not nice to each other anymore. We are being self-destructive.” And yada yada gloom despair and agony on me.

    King Lear is regarded as a great play, but I hate that story because Lear
    is stupendously stupid. I don’t enjoy watching stupid.

    For the record... if I'd felt it stopped at the "parallel", I'd have
    rated it lower. But I think it reached for more, and then it had me.

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Jan 15 00:33:03 2023
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 12:47 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike


    SPOILERS below:

    Mike, I have to say I agree with everything you wrote. Yes, the movie was
    beautiful to look at and the setting was charming (I really want to have a >> pint at that pub) and the acting was outstanding (just look at the despair >> and puzzlement play out on Colin Farrell’s face) and yeah, on the surface >> the film looks terrific.

    But I hated what I was seeing so much that I turned the movie off about
    halfway through, not too long after the first finger was flung. Instead of >> watching I went to Wikipedia and read everything revolting thing that
    happens. I don’t want to watch that movie. I don’t understand how anybody
    could enjoy watching that movie. Moviepig liked it, but he likes horror
    movies and that is pretty much what this thing is.

    But let me be clear, it isn’t the horror that turned me off so much as it >> is the stupidity. Sure, I see the parallel between the story and the
    troubles on the mainland. The movie practically clobbers you over the head >> with metaphor. “We used to like each other. We used to fight only the
    British and now we are fighting each other. We are not nice to each other
    anymore. We are being self-destructive.” And yada yada gloom despair and >> agony on me.

    King Lear is regarded as a great play, but I hate that story because Lear
    is stupendously stupid. I don’t enjoy watching stupid.

    For the record... if I'd felt it stopped at the "parallel", I'd have
    rated it lower. But I think it reached for more, and then it had me.




    What “more” do you think it was reaching for? Something to do with mid-life, or in this case old-life crisis? This is a serious question.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Sat Jan 14 23:29:30 2023
    On 1/14/2023 7:33 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 12:47 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an >>>>> unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two >>>>> thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously >>>>> teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The >>>>> reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly >>>>> recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike


    SPOILERS below:

    Mike, I have to say I agree with everything you wrote. Yes, the movie was >>> beautiful to look at and the setting was charming (I really want to have a >>> pint at that pub) and the acting was outstanding (just look at the despair >>> and puzzlement play out on Colin Farrell’s face) and yeah, on the surface >>> the film looks terrific.

    But I hated what I was seeing so much that I turned the movie off about
    halfway through, not too long after the first finger was flung. Instead of >>> watching I went to Wikipedia and read everything revolting thing that
    happens. I don’t want to watch that movie. I don’t understand how anybody
    could enjoy watching that movie. Moviepig liked it, but he likes horror
    movies and that is pretty much what this thing is.

    But let me be clear, it isn’t the horror that turned me off so much as it >>> is the stupidity. Sure, I see the parallel between the story and the
    troubles on the mainland. The movie practically clobbers you over the head >>> with metaphor. “We used to like each other. We used to fight only the
    British and now we are fighting each other. We are not nice to each other >>> anymore. We are being self-destructive.” And yada yada gloom despair and >>> agony on me.

    King Lear is regarded as a great play, but I hate that story because Lear >>> is stupendously stupid. I don’t enjoy watching stupid.

    For the record... if I'd felt it stopped at the "parallel", I'd have
    rated it lower. But I think it reached for more, and then it had me.

    What “more” do you think it was reaching for? Something to do with mid-life, or in this case old-life crisis? This is a serious question.

    You know, the usual: the folly and absurdity of man's idealism, of which
    the troubles on the mainland were just another example.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sun Jan 15 04:26:33 2023
    On 1/6/23 5:32 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2023-01-06 22:24:19 +0000, Irish Mike said:

    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com
    wrote:
    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed. Highly
    recommended.

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous.

    It's meant to be, it's a "dark comedy" ...


    Holy fuck this guy is one stupid kiwi.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Jan 15 04:24:35 2023
    On 1/6/23 10:45 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly recommended.


    Just watched this and had the same reaction. Top notch all the way
    around: writing, directing, acting, cinematography, music--top notch in
    every category. Really interesting characters in a struggle you
    probably wouldn't have imagined. Interesting themes about human
    relationships. Slightly mystical to boot. Every movie McDonagh has
    done has been outstanding. (I may have called him "Donahue" previously
    due to a brain cramp.) I may or may not watch this again, the only
    issue I would have is the death of animals is very disturbing to me,
    even if fictional. But I would recommend it to anyone who likes movies.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Jan 15 04:30:40 2023
    On 1/10/23 9:00 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly
    recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we
    talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny.  And I want to have a pint outside that pub
    with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

     At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's pyrrhic
    plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the mainland.
    And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal best of '22.


    Colm was grappling with existentialism. Period. I didn't see any
    parallels with the civil war other than he was having a "civil war" with
    his erstwhile friend. In fact, in retrospect I think that is the parallel.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sun Jan 15 04:27:12 2023
    On 1/7/23 6:35 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/6/23 10:45 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly
    recommended.


    I would think out of respect you'd actually refer to Martin Donavan by name.  He's a consistently interesting filmmaker.


    McDonagh-my bad.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sun Jan 15 10:55:37 2023
    On 1/15/2023 5:30 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/10/23 9:00 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an
    unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two >>>> thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously
    teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The >>>> reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly >>>> recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we
    talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny.  And I want to have a pint outside that pub
    with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

      At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's
    pyrrhic plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the
    mainland. And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal best
    of '22.


    Colm was grappling with existentialism.  Period.  I didn't see any parallels with the civil war other than he was having a "civil war" with
    his erstwhile friend.  In fact, in retrospect I think that is the parallel.

    The parallel would lie in the ultimate silliness of the two conflicts.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sun Jan 15 10:51:31 2023
    On 1/15/2023 5:24 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/6/23 10:45 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have
    an unusual falling out. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax,
    stars two thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson,
    previously teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same
    writer-director. The reach here is deeper and more affecting, and
    not to be missed. Highly recommended.


    Just watched this and had the same reaction. Top notch all the way
    around: writing, directing, acting, cinematography, music--top notch
    in every category. Really interesting characters in a struggle you
    probably wouldn't have imagined. Interesting themes about human relationships. Slightly mystical to boot. Every movie McDonagh has
    done has been outstanding. (I may have called him "Donahue"
    previously due to a brain cramp.) I may or may not watch this again,
    the only issue I would have is the death of animals is very
    disturbing to me, even if fictional. But I would recommend it to
    anyone who likes movies.

    Yes about animal death, although this was the rare flick wherein human
    death was nearly as affecting.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Jan 16 03:37:51 2023
    On 1/15/23 9:55 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/15/2023 5:30 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/10/23 9:00 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an >>>>> unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two >>>>> thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously >>>>> teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.  The >>>>> reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.  Highly >>>>> recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we >>>> talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny.  And I want to have a pint outside that pub >>>> with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic
    away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

      At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's
    pyrrhic plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the
    mainland. And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal best
    of '22.


    Colm was grappling with existentialism.  Period.  I didn't see any
    parallels with the civil war other than he was having a "civil war"
    with his erstwhile friend.  In fact, in retrospect I think that is the
    parallel.

    The parallel would lie in the ultimate silliness of the two conflicts.


    That's not entirely true. The casual observer sees it as silly but the participants don't. In both cases. Colm as dead serious about his
    existential plight and wanting some semblance of substance in his life.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Mon Jan 16 10:14:46 2023
    On 1/16/2023 4:37 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/15/23 9:55 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/15/2023 5:30 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/10/23 9:00 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an >>>>>> unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars two >>>>>> thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously >>>>>> teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director.
    The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.
    Highly
    recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so much we >>>>> talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and
    not just wry smile funny.  And I want to have a pint outside that pub >>>>> with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic >>>>> away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well
    thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to
    play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

      At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's
    pyrrhic plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on the
    mainland. And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal best
    of '22.


    Colm was grappling with existentialism.  Period.  I didn't see any
    parallels with the civil war other than he was having a "civil war"
    with his erstwhile friend.  In fact, in retrospect I think that is
    the parallel.

    The parallel would lie in the ultimate silliness of the two conflicts.


    That's not entirely true.  The casual observer sees it as silly but the participants don't.  In both cases.  Colm as dead serious about his existential plight and wanting some semblance of substance in his life.

    Yes, 'silliness' only from the ultimate cosmic view.

    http://www.goalcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Moli%C3%A8re-quote-tragedy-comedy.jpg

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Wed Jan 18 05:20:46 2023
    On 1/16/23 9:14 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/16/2023 4:37 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/15/23 9:55 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/15/2023 5:30 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/10/23 9:00 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/10/2023 7:46 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:45:15 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> >>>>>> wrote:


    In a 1923 Irish coastal island village, two lifelong friends have an >>>>>>> unusual falling out.  THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, on HBOMax, stars >>>>>>> two
    thespian heavyweights, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, previously >>>>>>> teamed by the delightful IN BRUGES from the same writer-director. >>>>>>> The
    reach here is deeper and more affecting, and not to be missed.
    Highly
    recommended.

    My daughter and I watched it over the holidays and liked it so
    much we
    talked my wife into watching it, mostly so we'd have an excuse to
    watch it again.

    Parts of it were really funny, like actual laugh out loud funny and >>>>>> not just wry smile funny.  And I want to have a pint outside that pub >>>>>> with the view of the coast.

    On the other hand (no pun intended), Colm's plan for keeping Padraic >>>>>> away in order to be able to work on his music didn't seem very well >>>>>> thought out since it would obviously prevent him from being able to >>>>>> play violin.

    Still a great movie though.

      At the risk of committing "symbolism", I'll offer that Colm's
    pyrrhic plan might've meant to parallel the enduring conflict on
    the mainland. And, yeah, I'm expecting this flick to be my personal
    best of '22.


    Colm was grappling with existentialism.  Period.  I didn't see any
    parallels with the civil war other than he was having a "civil war"
    with his erstwhile friend.  In fact, in retrospect I think that is
    the parallel.

    The parallel would lie in the ultimate silliness of the two conflicts.


    That's not entirely true.  The casual observer sees it as silly but
    the participants don't.  In both cases.  Colm as dead serious about
    his existential plight and wanting some semblance of substance in his
    life.

    Yes, 'silliness' only from the ultimate cosmic view.

    http://www.goalcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Moli%C3%A8re-quote-tragedy-comedy.jpg


    I'll see you one Moliere quote and raise you the opening line from DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover:"

    "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."

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