Everything was fine yesterday.
Absolute classic.
Wonderfully darkly comedic, brilliant characters. Fantastic acting, directing, cinematography. The lucky shamrock of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh. Moments of concentrated silence where viewers, seated in the dark cinema, tried to stifle their tears, and failed, moments after laughter. An island so beautiful that when we left the cinema we immediately wanted to go live there...or maybe visit. And please, please, see it at the cinema.
An interesting 20th century time period - I did not know that the Republic of Ireland was still governed by the British then, so I learned something historic on top of learning something about myself.
It's an-anti buddy movie of sorts. Why does Colm now hate Padraic? Colm must hate him, because of the extremes he goes too with his fiddling fingers. Literally as I'm writing this, a couple of weeks later, I'm musing on these two former friends, Pad's sister Siobhan and donkey, the pub; Dominic, Pad's young friend, grown up like the psychological version of rickets from the island-isolation from his own age (covid-lockdown, anyone?) cemented in by an abusive father-son relationship which everyone ignores, and his dazzlingly awkward precursive monologue with Siobhan. And island life - the beauty but how beauty is not enough, not even in the sea and the cliffs and the hills. So much but I won't say anymore because, please see it and let it talk to you, quietly.
Wonderfully darkly comedic, brilliant characters. Fantastic acting, directing, cinematography. The lucky shamrock of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh. Moments of concentrated silence where viewers, seated in the dark cinema, tried to stifle their tears, and failed, moments after laughter. An island so beautiful that when we left the cinema we immediately wanted to go live there...or maybe visit. And please, please, see it at the cinema.
An interesting 20th century time period - I did not know that the Republic of Ireland was still governed by the British then, so I learned something historic on top of learning something about myself.
It's an-anti buddy movie of sorts. Why does Colm now hate Padraic? Colm must hate him, because of the extremes he goes too with his fiddling fingers. Literally as I'm writing this, a couple of weeks later, I'm musing on these two former friends, Pad's sister Siobhan and donkey, the pub; Dominic, Pad's young friend, grown up like the psychological version of rickets from the island-isolation from his own age (covid-lockdown, anyone?) cemented in by an abusive father-son relationship which everyone ignores, and his dazzlingly awkward precursive monologue with Siobhan. And island life - the beauty but how beauty is not enough, not even in the sea and the cliffs and the hills. So much but I won't say anymore because, please see it and let it talk to you, quietly.
- AgentLouisa
- Oct 31, 2022