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ps i love you

  • 29-10-2008 6:46pm
    #1
    constance74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    hi, i am a new member here and in fact i am french, so it is sometimes difficult for me to understand or to write very well; so sorry for all!
    I just would like to say that i recently saw PS i love you and i remembererd why i love ireland so much!
    Your music, and musicians, your country... I went in dubli nwhen i was 18 for a schol exchange, and i still keep a great souvenir. Thank you irish guys!


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  • #2
    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    constance74 wrote: »
    hi, i am a new member here and in fact i am french, so it is sometimes difficult for me to understand or to write very well; so sorry for all!
    I just would like to say that i recently saw PS i love you and i remembererd why i love ireland so much!
    Your music, and musicians, your country... I went in dubli nwhen i was 18 for a schol exchange, and i still keep a great souvenir. Thank you irish guys!

    lol. PS I Love You have everything I hate about Ireland in it. It was so stereotypical.


  • #3
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    That's why I love the movie Amelie. It reminds me of everything I loved about Montmarte. Empty walkways up to Sacre Coeur bereft of slackjawed tourists, sex shops that aren't run by North African pimps and elfin French women who are charming &reserved rather than rude & arrogant.


  • #4
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    evil-monkey wrote: »
    lol. PS I Love You have everything I hate about Ireland in it. It was so stereotypical.


    +1

    Welcome to the boards but god damnit that movie sucks ass in every conceivible way.


  • #5
    vincenzo1975
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭vincenzo1975


    constance74 wrote: »
    hi, i am a new member here and in fact i am french, so it is sometimes difficult for me to understand or to write very well; so sorry for all!

    I just would like to say that i recently saw PS i love you and i remembererd why i love ireland so much!

    Your music, and musicians, your country... I went in dubli nwhen i was 18 for a schol exchange, and i still keep a great souvenir. Thank you irish guys!

    Welcome constance, from someone with a country with such a rich film making history, its a compliment indeed. What you may be finding is that the irish dont really see eye to eye with Hollywood on how the irish or ireland are portrayed in their movies. psI love you did for ireland what made of honor did for Scotland, or Taken for france, yet no-one here would see scotland or France portrayed poorly.

    The problem is when the US try to involve an Irish theme, they make oirland a main character. instead of just getting on and telling the story in the different setting.
    What the Irish dont realise, is that this is how we look to the rest of the world. When they come here, this is what they see.

    Reality Bites.

    Good replies though, Offensive in a charming kind of way.:rolleyes:


  • #6
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    constance74 wrote: »
    hi, i am a new member here and in fact i am french, so it is sometimes difficult for me to understand or to write very well; so sorry for all!
    I just would like to say that i recently saw PS i love you and i remembererd why i love ireland so much!
    Your music, and musicians, your country... I went in dubli nwhen i was 18 for a schol exchange, and i still keep a great souvenir. Thank you irish guys!
    I just got a little sick in my mouth.


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    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    I love Braveheart... it paints a picture of Wicklow that's actually glamorous! :D


  • #8
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    vincenzo1975 wrote: »
    The problem is when the US try to involve an Irish theme, they make oirland a main character. instead of just getting on and telling the story in the different setting.
    Now, I haven't seen the film - nor do I intend to - but it's worth remembering who wrote the story: Bertie Ahern's daughter Cecelia. It's about as Irish as Colin Farrell, then. :cool:

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #9
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    You know The Quiet Man paints a much more realistic interpretation of what life is like in modern Ireland.


  • #10
    vincenzo1975
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭vincenzo1975


    ive talked to a few american people who thought ps I love you was a fair representative of ireland.

    they see us as strange little fairy type folk.


  • #11
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    The complete inability of a lot of Irish people to take a compliment about their country really shines through in this thread. It must be an extremely poor introduction to boards for you Constance, and that's a shame, I really hope it doesn't put you off.

    I haven't seen PS. I Love You, so I can't speak for it painting an accurate picture of Ireland, I do wonder if there's a film that accurately portrays the sense of national masochism in Ireland?


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  • #12
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    The complete inability of a lot of Irish people to take a compliment about their country really shines through in this thread. It must be an extremely poor introduction to boards for you Constance, and that's a shame, I really hope it doesn't put you off.

    I haven't seen PS. I Love You, so I can't speak for it painting an accurate picture of Ireland, I do wonder if there's a film that accurately portrays the sense of national masochism in Ireland?

    I dont know yet but I have been meaning to watch Shrooms for ages.
    Too right though! Very poor introduction. I didnt realise OP Was a first time poster. Welcome Constance! I hope we havent scared you off.
    I would put it this way though: PS I love you does to Irish culture what the Pink Panther does for french Inspectors if you get my drift.


  • #13
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    The complete inability of a lot of Irish people to take a compliment about their country
    It's not a compliment tho. It's like telling an old guy that he looks "distinguished".

    BTW, I forgot to mention that The Road Warrior is an accurate representation of my time in Australia. I mention this because I felt that Mad Max 1 tried but really missed the mark in this regard.


  • #14
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    vincenzo1975 wrote: »
    ive talked to a few american people who thought ps I love you was a fair representative of ireland.

    they see us as strange little fairy type folk.
    There you go :rolleyes:
    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    I haven't seen PS. I Love You, so I can't speak for it painting an accurate picture of Ireland, I do wonder if there's a film that accurately portrays the sense of national masochism in Ireland?
    The Field ;)

    Intermission, Garage, The Commitments. Now they are fantastic, real Irish films dealing with real aspects of Irish society and life.


  • #15
    vincenzo1975
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭vincenzo1975


    dont forget Man About Dog - fantastic.


  • #16
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    inspecter cluso reminds why i love french men :P


  • #17
    constance74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭constance74


    i am sorry but i haven't see this film amélie. But i think you don't really agree with me, and i apologize. I went in dublin 10 years ago and the people i met were really nice. That's what i wanted to say about this film; irish are very friendly, in any case when i went in ireland, but perhaps i was wrong?!


  • #18
    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    I haven't seen PS. I Love You, so I can't speak for it painting an accurate picture of Ireland

    exactly


  • #19
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    That movie was P.S. poor.


  • #20
    Davei141
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    constance74 wrote: »
    i am sorry but i haven't see this film amélie. But i think you don't really agree with me, and i apologize. I went in dublin 10 years ago and the people i met were really nice. That's what i wanted to say about this film; irish are very friendly, in any case when i went in ireland, but perhaps i was wrong?!

    People everywhere hate ridiculous stereotypes no matter how well intentioned.


  • #21
    nicklauski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭nicklauski


    constance74 wrote: »
    i am sorry but i haven't see this film amélie. But i think you don't really agree with me, and i apologize. I went in dublin 10 years ago and the people i met were really nice. That's what i wanted to say about this film; irish are very friendly, in any case when i went in ireland, but perhaps i was wrong?!
    Irish people are actually nice. Its just Hollywoods interpretation of the Irish is so sterotypical. The whole we all go to the pub, everyone knows everyone type of deal that is just ridicolous. She goes to a town, second time around, and ends up sleeping with a guy that used to be in a band with her husband!? Bit far fetched, I know its a small town, but come on . :pac: Oh and he rescues them off of a lake, what is this guy, Superman. And I tought Whealans (Whelans! For **** Sake!) was in Dublin!


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