Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

Birneybau

I'm sorry, but what DOES Esther know. Contant I don't know, I didn't know. She's the least informed film reviewer I've ever heard.

ballsymchugh

jaysis the movies wan really needs to look up her stuff, without admitting it on the radio!

CatFromHue

I think she's all right. Her slot is much harder than the TV slot, which I also like, as she can't actually talk that much about the film without giving away too much. The TV slot tends to be a review so they're not too pushed on holding back that much info about the show they're talking about.

Some other film reviewers end up telling you way too much about a film that by the time they're finished you know pretty much everything that happens.

Birneybau

I well imagine that Sean doesn't listen to High Noon now, if he had ever, but he's covering a topic that the bould George literally did in the previous 2 hours.

Grolschevik

Birneybau wrote: »

I well imagine that Sean doesn't listen to High Noon now, if he had ever, but he's covering a topic that the bould George literally did in the previous 2 hours.

They don't have 'joined up' production/research teams. Noticed it many times.

quintana76

They have started on the Halawa bull**** already on Moncrieff. It is like Nelson Mandela has just been released.
It is more than ironic following the Hook affair.

Wonder what the Muslim Brotherhood advise as regards responsibility for rape?
Oh I know. The woman is always guilty and gets punished or ostracised.
The same people who bandwagoned Hook are totally behind Halawa and his Fellow Muslim Brotherhood members.
The hypocracy is shocking. It is also plain idiocy.

Slieve Gullion

Great news to hear this innocent lad is free. The torment for the family is over.

ballsymchugh

Henry got married, so now he's asking around the ploughing championships about successful marriages.
tomorrow, he successfully has a shyte after a long dose of constipation, and will consult with the farmers on similar issues.

Vorenus400

The wine and beer people on Movies N Booze have to know their stuff for the show and you can tell they have dedicated years to their craft. Ester on the other hand bluffs her way through. Gattaca is not an underrated movie. Its a great film that has excellent reviews from critics and audience alike. I used to like Ester for the craic on the show but her movie knowledge sounds like someone on reddit. Her catch phrase seems to be "I've been hearing good things about it," it is most often heard when anyone asks about any major movie release. Compare that to the wine guys who have to know about every grape and then about all the different wineries

Vorenus400

Vorenus400 wrote: »

The wine and beer people on Movies N Booze have to know their stuff for the show and you can tell they have dedicated years to their craft. Ester on the other hand bluffs her way through. Gattaca is not an underrated movie. Its a great film that has excellent reviews from critics and audience alike. I used to like Ester for the craic on the show but her movie knowledge sounds like someone on reddit. Her catch phrase seems to be "I've been hearing good things about it," it is most often heard when anyone asks about any major movie release. Compare that to the wine guys who have to know about every grape and then about all the different wineries

In fairness, to Esther, there aren't a dozen multi-million euro wineries and grape varieties coming and going every month.

The wine experts are talking about varieties that are fairly constant, many of which have been around for decades; with very few new entrants to the market.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Esther is brutal. She's not someone who loves films, who knows about them, or is good at watching them. She's always making basic mistakes about who made a film, when something came out, what an actor's name is etc. and the amount of stuff that goes over her head is shocking. And that's quite aside from her inability to articulate what she thought of something any further than "it's really really good" or "it didn't do it for me". She frequently misses the point of questions that come in if they're about editing, cinematography, reference or homage to very very very famous films or directors.

I'm very interested in film, I don't have the luxury of it being my job to watch films for free. I spend a lot of my free time watching, reading about and talking about films, and have friends who are the same: enthusiastic amateurs. Everyone makes the odd slip like but not one of us would make the gaffes she makes with such frequency. We're able to keep up with the world of film despite working jobs that aren't watching films and following the industry. It's easy to retain the information when you're genuinely interested, and she's clearly not.

That's a fair comment electro. I wouldn't be a movie buff by any stretch (I almost invariably nod—off at the cinema) so I guess she comes across grand for listeners like me, but probably is hard to listen to if you're already very familiar with film.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

The film programme at the weekend on newstalk is good though!

CatFromHue

I would have considered Gattaca an underrated film in the public's eye, maybe not the critics. Just looking at it's wiki page and it didn't do well at the box office for example, and I've never seen it either.

I'm fairly sure I've said it before on here but Ester's job is actually very tricky in that a lot of film reviewers end up telling you so much about the film that you don't need to see it, even while they're saying they don't want to tell you too much.

Vorenus400

CatFromHue wrote: »

I would have considered Gattaca an underrated film in the public's eye, maybe not the critics. Just looking at it's wiki page and it didn't do well at the box office for example, and I've never seen it either.

I'm fairly sure I've said it before on here but Ester's job is actually very tricky in that a lot of film reviewers end up telling you so much about the film that you don't need to see it, even while they're saying they don't want to tell you too much.

Its a great film and well worth a watch. I would consider it underseen and very well rated. I havent read Ester's reviews in a few years so maybe they are better on paper.

I shouldnt have posted a comment half way through the show yesterday as she was much better for the second film about tennis. It came across that she was very knowledgeable about tennis and the era and had a real passion for it. I just wish she brought this to her other film reviews. She does work well with Moncrieff and the two dont mind pulling the piss out of each other. I just wish she was put a bit more research in whats in the cinema and upcoming releases

Ol' Donie

Heheh. Pester McCarthy.

Gwynplaine

Is the some quota they have to fill every day? Annoying americans talking utter rot. There's at least 3 every day.
Ummmm ehhhhh ehhhhh ehhhhh ehhhhh.

tampopo

Slieve Gullion wrote: »

Great news to hear this innocent lad is free. The torment for the family is over.

True. Maybe he won't return to that country he's not from. :rolleyes:

Ol' Donie

TV on the radio is my favourite segment these days.

Apart from Movies & Booze, although I have to admit that's not quite as much fun as it used to be.

BPKS

Ol' Donie wrote: »

TV on the radio is my favourite segment these days.

Apart from Movies & Booze, although I have to admit that's not quite as much fun as it used to be.

I dont know. I think yer man is so far up his own hole he's nearly tickling his tonsils.

honeybear

Ol' Donie wrote: »

TV on the radio is my favourite segment these days.

Apart from Movies & Booze, although I have to admit that's not quite as much fun as it used to be.

I love both of those segments

CatFromHue

I think moving Movies and Booze to over an hour has done wonders for it, which is kinda surprising really.

When it was shorter I thought they were getting bored doing it, and it was becoming a boring listen, but the extra time has really given it extra life.

I'm a fan of the TV bit too. If they made that bit longer, which I'd say they two of them would like as they do seem to get on very well together, that could be an idea.

marieholmfan

BPKS wrote: »

I dont know. I think yer man is so far up his own hole he's nearly tickling his tonsils.

I agree and again as with Esther Mór O'Donoghue he doesn't seem to have any actual expertise. He isn't exactly Clive James.

kunst nugget

marieholmfan wrote: »

I agree and again as with Esther Mór O'Donoghue he doesn't seem to have any actual expertise. He isn't exactly Clive James.

He's got a pretty decent grasp of what he's talking about and seems willing to watch some of the stuff people are asking him to. I enjoy the slot. Tbh, I don't have a problem with most of the regular contributors on the programme and Sean works well off them all.

marieholmfan

kunst nugget wrote: »

He's got a pretty decent grasp of what he's talking about and seems willing to watch some of the stuff people are asking him to. I enjoy the slot. Tbh, I don't have a problem with most of the regular contributors on the programme and Sean works well off them all.

It would be a dull world if we all felt the same way.

ballsymchugh

heard an ad on the radio earlier for the Irish Times, Sean is doing something in a weekend supplement or something.

i wonder how that's going down with the current ban?!!

Ol' Donie

ballsymchugh wrote: »

heard an ad on the radio earlier for the Irish Times, Sean is doing something in a weekend supplement or something.

i wonder how that's going down with the current ban?!!

Noticed that too. Certainly odd timing.

Still, you can't beat a bit of one rule for one...

Always ends well.

Vorenus400

Think it was on last weeks Movies and booze that Sean read out a tweet and then said it was by Paul Howard who writes for the I.T. He made a joke about getting in trouble for it.

Havent heard any of the Newstalk guys mention the Irish Times ban other than Sean. Are they banned from even mentioning it

Birneybau

Tom 'Everything is Awesome' Dunne in for Sean today.

Dub13

First item, Music....FFS it's always music with him.