Ireland in Films

JupiterKid

I was watching a film on TV this evening called Haywire which
featured Dublin in a thrilling escape/chase scene.

I was thinking at how few action films have been shot here. Do you think Ireland is portrayed well in films? -As a cool, energetic place or do you
think films portray Ireland as a priest-ridden, lashing rain backwater where the
majority of the populace are toothless ignorant peasants?

Thoughts?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

You'd have to say backwater, mainly.

The likes of the Roddy Doyle trilogy, and Adam and Paul kind of painted us as gombeens. But who cares, you can have a sense of humour about it, as Jimmy Rabitte says the Irish are the blacks of Europe, well "I'm black and I'm proud"

demanufactured

Were portrayed as begoragh wheres me pot of gold

Mr. CooL ICE

Ek Tha Tiger is unrealistic. Not one person asking for a few yoooro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2m_kblFArE

Intensive Care Bear

The greatest action movie of all time was made in Ireland - Fatal Deviation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX4td1XCkP0

Mint Aero

Saving Private Ryan

Nodster

Educating Rita

timthumbni

There's nothing more annoying than an american playing an Irishman in Hollywood movies. Particularly when they are trying an Northern Irish accent they fail miserably every time. I'm sure I've noticed similar when they try the southern accent.

Mickey rourke in prayer for the dying wins the crap accent award though there are many close runners up. Tom cruise for one. Di caprio another.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

timthumbni wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than an american playing an Irishman in Hollywood movies. Particularly when they are trying an Northern Irish accent they fail miserably every time. I'm sure I've noticed similar when they try the southern accent.

Mickey rourke in prayer for the dying wins the crap accent award though there are many close runners up. Tom cruise for one. Di caprio another.

Colin Farrell and Pierce Brosnan too.

timthumbni

Walkin Talkin Stephen Hawkin wrote: »

Colin Farrell and Pierce Brosnan too.

Aidan Quinn comes to mind as well. They seem to wheel him into loads of Irish films just because he is Irish American.

david75

Gene Wilder was in a film shot here in the 70s called Quackser Fortune has a cousin in the Bronx. It's deadly.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Not a film but Cork comes across pure daycent like in this Polish cookery/travel show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0hx1TEfEEI

timthumbni

Forgot about Julia Roberts in mickey Collins and the Frankenstein film she did. Why would anyone have cast her??? Oh and Sean Connery.. Darby and the untouchables. Though saying as he played a Russian with a hard Scottish accent it's hardly surprising.

British and Irish actors are much better at doing american accents. That's possibly because most of them are trained actors as opposed to some pretty boy underwear model who turns to acting.

murpho999

Mint Aero wrote: »

Saving Private Ryan

Nodster wrote: »

Educating Rita

Neither were set in Ireland so the majority of viewers had no idea they were looking at Ireland.

kneemos

timthumbni wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than an american playing an Irishman in Hollywood movies. Particularly when they are trying an Northern Irish accent they fail miserably every time. I'm sure I've noticed similar when they try the southern accent.

Mickey rourke in prayer for the dying wins the crap accent award though there are many close runners up. Tom cruise for one. Di caprio another.

Brad Pitt in The Devils Own had a good northern accent,didn't say an awful lot though.

weldoninhio

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was watching a film on TV this evening called Haywire which
featured Dublin in a thrilling escape/chase scene.

I was thinking at how few action films have been shot here. Do you think Ireland is portrayed well in films? -As a cool, energetic place or do you
think films portray Ireland as a priest-ridden, lashing rain backwater where the
majority of the populace are toothless ignorant peasants?

Thoughts?

That is quiet possibly the worst movie i have ever seen. Unless its a tourism film, i don't think Ireland is portrayed in any way at all. Its portayed however the movie need it. The movie is portrayed in a certain way rather than Ireland. If that makes sense.

For example, Hollywood is portrayed as a fabulous, glamorous place in movies. However is is a scaldy place full of junkies and sex shops. It is a horrible place.

Jagdtiger

The Blue Max


Edit* Disregard, filmed here but not set here (got distracted while reading the op )... Great film though!

Fridge

LordChessington wrote: »

Ek Tha Tiger is unrealistic. Not one person asking for a few yoooro

It bothers me that yer man didn't tag on.

It would be nice if we were portrayed more accurately, but for that to happen more (decent) Irish film makers would need to be funded. And I can't see any more money being freed up for that.

IvySlayer

We got a mention in Battle: LA about a meteroite shower falling off the coast of Ireland. The whole cinema cheered

Boom__Boom

IMDB's list of what has been sot here.

http://http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Dublin%2C%20County%20Dublin%2C%20Ireland&ref_=ttloc_loc_1

bodhrandude

For me it has to be Garage with Pat Shortt and probably his most serious role. It deals with isolation in a Tipperary backwater town, I just think it summed up that kinda country attitude, when someone desperately reaches out to make friends.

lc180

There's a film from a few years ago called 'Leap Year', its horrific stuff.

Ughh

Into the West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAb-sUCm7U

The Commitments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MN02oTCOT8

It's not a film but Captain Planet got it fairly spot on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJrovKgrTw

Auldloon

bodhrandude wrote: »

For me it has to be Garage with Pat Shortt and probably his most serious role. It deals with isolation in a Tipperary backwater town, I just think it summed up that kinda country attitude, when someone desperately reaches out to make friends.

I've never heard of that, must watch it. Gets great reviews.

biketard

timthumbni wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than an american playing an Irishman in Hollywood movies. Particularly when they are trying an Northern Irish accent they fail miserably every time. I'm sure I've noticed similar when they try the southern accent.

Or as quite often happens, they end up with a mixture of Northern and Southern accents.

biketard

timthumbni wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than an american playing an Irishman in Hollywood movies. Particularly when they are trying an Northern Irish accent they fail miserably every time. I'm sure I've noticed similar when they try the southern accent.

Or as quite often happens, they end up with a mixture of the two accents.

force eleven

Eat the Peach & Taffin, for those who remember those awful days of the mid eighties....

Dyr

force eleven wrote: »

Eat the Peach.

Jaysus

biko

Not that many action films shot here but plenty of good films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfrxaR9nh4

dd972

That low budget mid 00's flick Headrush had the best piss take of a call centre ever.

gobnaitolunacy

Caught that awful drivel 'Flight Of The Doves' recently, dear God, the script must have been written by a chimp.

'This Must Be the Place' starring Sean Penn had quite a bit of it set in and shot in Ireland. The annoying twat from the Tesco ads was in it and as such there was a lot of talk of Tesco and their shares. The Irish scenes were a pointless waste of time which added nothing to the plot and simply delayed the main story from getting up and going. The one great thing was that, much like Haywire it made Ireland look nice. It was shot in such a way as to enhance the beauty of the city and not simply present a drab and depressing depiction of the city as much Irish cinema does.