The Snapper

efb

On RTE1 now


Good girl Sharon

Dirty Dingus McGee

Massively over rated film in my opinion.

Both it and The Commitments are grand but their nowhere near as good as they're being made out to be.

efb

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Massively over rated film in my opinion.

Both it and The Commitments are grand but their nowhere near as good as they're being made out to be.

They're not Oscar material but they are cult classics

ziedth

I agree,

They are classics but I actually thought Intermission was better then both of them

miss luce

Oh I love this filim!! 😂

Fr Tod Umptious

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Massively over rated film in my opinion.

Both it and The Commitments are grand but their nowhere near as good as they're being made out to be.

The Commitments is totally overrated.
But The Snapper never got half the media attention that The Commitments got, it just built the cult following on its own, just as any cult film should.

c montgomery

ziedth wrote: »

I agree,

They are classics but I actually thought Intermission was better then both of them

Intermission is my favourite irish film and probably in top 5 films of all time

efb

I hated intermission- left after 20 minutes

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Roddy Doyle is a genius, the Barrytown trilogies are nothing short of hilarious. The Van is actually my favourite, but all of them are super.

doolox

.....a doubtful culinary "classic" along with that other dublin classic coddle.

nullzero

OK film, like the other two, but they are like time capsules of late eighties early nineties Dublin.

myshirt

Talking about intermission.

I brought a girl to the cinema before and later that afternoon her mother asked us how we got on. I was in the kitchen talking to her father, and she was in the hall. She proceeded to tell her mother that we left for 10 minutes mid movie for intercourse and then went back to watch the rest of the film.

My god....

She meant we left for 10 minutes for the intermission of course.

Anyway, the Snapper, what a film lads. Yes, no Oscar winner, but there's a lot in it for what was the Irish family of the late 80's / early 90's. Sentimental.

Tipsy McSwagger

efb wrote: »

On RTE1 now


Good girl Sharon

Hasn't aged well at all. Go watch The Butcher Boy for a dark comedy Irish classic.

efb

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Hasn't aged well at all. Go watch The Butcher Boy for a dark comedy Irish classic.

Didn't like the butcher boy- too creepy

Wanderer78

ah +1 to the rescue!

Technocentral

It's no "Eat The Peach", IMHO.

Dozen Wicked Words

I Went Down is the finest Irish film I've seen. Honorable mention to Disco Pigs because it's the first thing I saw Elaine Cassidy in.

endacl

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Roddy Doyle is a genius, the Barrytown trilogies are nothing short of hilarious. The Van is actually my favourite, but all of them are super.

Which six films did I miss?!?

:pac:

Strazdas

In it's defence, it was only ever intended to be a fairly low key TV movie (it was made for BBC2), not some enduring cinematic classic. It's probably Irish people who have overhyped it in the meantime.

It hasn't aged particularly well, it was very much a snapshot of life in early 1990s working class Dublin rather than simply putting it's comedy and humour to the forefront.

Wanderer78

i was still buckled watching it

commonsense.

Well worth a watch every couple of years.
Brilliant performance from Colm Meaney.

Fr Tod Umptious

Strazdas wrote: »

In it's defence, it was only ever intended to be a fairly low key TV movie (it was made for BBC2), not some enduring cinematic classic. It's probably Irish people who have overhyped it in the meantime.

It hasn't aged particularly well, it was very much a snapshot of life in early 1990s working class Dublin rather than simply putting it's comedy and humour to the forefront.

And even though The Snapper was the low key TV movie it has stood the test of time better than The Commitments IMO.

No one is posting on boards.ie on an October Bank Holiday Monday, or any other day, that The Commitments just started on RTE 1.

No one knows the names of any of the characters in The Commitments, everyone knows who Georgie "Bleedin" Burgess is.

"Good girl Sharon" and "A1 Sharon" have become part of the Irish lexicon, nothing from The Commitments ever has.

Tipsy McSwagger

efb wrote: »

Didn't like the butcher boy- too creepy

It's dark comedy not over the top garbage like The Snapper.

super_furry

When you look back on it now it seems a lot darker as Sharon was basically raped by Georgie Burgess.

Technocentral

efb wrote: »

I'm aware of that it is- I'm not a fan of behan

Or Patrick Mc Cabe as we call him.

walshb

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Massively over rated film in my opinion.

Both it and The Commitments are grand but their nowhere near as good as they're being made out to be.

Couldn't agree more. Couple of funny bits here and there, but its problem was that the dialogue-humor was too forced. Never felt natural. As for Shardin. About as convincing as a chocolate teapot.

Oh, and that bedroom scene with the mam and dad was truly horrendous.

I never ever thought the film was good, and until now I always thought I was alone.

walshb

Two far better Irish films are Crush Proof and Intermission.

Strazdas

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

And even though The Snapper was the low key TV movie it has stood the test of time better than The Commitments IMO.

No one is posting on boards.ie on an October Bank Holiday Monday, or any other day, that The Commitments just started on RTE 1.

No one knows the names of any of the characters in The Commitments, everyone knows who Georgie "Bleedin" Burgess is.

"Good girl Sharon" and "A1 Sharon" have become part of the Irish lexicon, nothing from The Commitments ever has.

Agree that The Commitments is a terrible movie, I find it unwatchable.

The Snapper is brilliant in parts, some of Colm Meaney's scenes and one liners are hilarious.

kfallon

On again tonight, TV3 at 9pm!

marklazarcovic

isnt georgey burgess pat mustard also?

Father Hernandez

YES !

Agent Smith

Great film,

Its getting dated now

Agent Smith

Great film,

Its getting dated now

TCDStudent1

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

And even though The Snapper was the low key TV movie it has stood the test of time better than The Commitments IMO.

No one is posting on boards.ie on an October Bank Holiday Monday, or any other day, that The Commitments just started on RTE 1.

No one knows the names of any of the characters in The Commitments, everyone knows who Georgie "Bleedin" Burgess is.

"Good girl Sharon" and "A1 Sharon" have become part of the Irish lexicon, nothing from The Commitments ever has.

People do remember characters from the commitments. Jimmy rabbitte, Joey the lips, imelda quirke. However, your point is correct that everybody remembers Georgie burgess. Might be because he is mentioned in almost every scene!

darkdubh

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

People do remember characters from the commitments. Jimmy rabbitte, Joey the lips, imelda quirke. However, your point is correct that everybody remembers Georgie burgess. Might be because he is mentioned in almost every scene!

Youre not wrong there.Haven't seen it in a few years but Sharon repeatedly shouting "Mr Buuuuuurgeees" in the scenes where theyre arguing is burnt into my consciousness.

squonk

After all these years I think it's something about the 'no frills' production when compared to the Commitments that elevates The Snapper. I like The Commitments and I think it's got some great scenes and is very quotable but it's a little bit more fantastical and theatric. I think because of that it has a kind of detachment from the Dublin of the time whereas The Snapper is right down there and I think the lesser budget actually adds to the film. I guess it's a bit darker too than The Commitments and the humour is probably more memorable as a result but it's still a great cult movie. "Good girl Sharon!!!"

Dean12319

Why is the snapper being repeated so much over the last few months?

bazermc

Dean12319 wrote: »

Why is the snapper being repeated so much over the last few months?

Cause it's bleedin deadly so it is. And if you don't agree I'll send Jimmy rabbit around to throw bins through your front window

Ralf and Florian

The bit that sticks in my head the most is when Colm Meany asks his wife if theres any chance of a ride?

squonk

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

The bit that sticks in my head the most is when Colm Meany asks his wife if theres any chance of a ride?

Ah though if I remember right it's even classier than that. "Any chance of me hole?" Classy or wha!

Iang87

super_furry wrote: »

When you look back on it now it seems a lot darker as Sharon was basically raped by Georgie Burgess.

I've always looked at the scene where he gives her the nickers back and offers her the tenner to get "yourself some sweet.... drinks" and coupled it with being manager of the football team and thought some very dark things

seamus

Iang87 wrote: »

I've always looked at the scene where he gives her the nickers back and offers her the tenner to get "yourself some sweet.... drinks" and coupled it with being manager of the football team and thought some very dark things

I think you're probably reading too much into it tbh.

That scene really just shows up what a complete idiot the guy is; he's standing in front of the woman he got pregnant, but in his eyes she's still just a kid from the road. The whole thing has him completely off-guard and he's too dumb to know what the right thing to do is.

The whole "she was raped" thing isn't that straightforward either too. I've read the book a million times, and I don't know if it's in the movie (or in the heavily cut version you see on TV3), but at least in the book Burgess says that he barely remembers the night, he was "buckled".

I'm not sure if the movie deliberately mixed it up a bit, but certainly in the flashback scene it's heavily implied that she was twisted and he wasn't at all drunk.

Iang87

Ah I'm definitely reading too much into it. I've never read the book but him being drunk stands to reason. Arent they celebrating some team winning a trrophy

ofcork

squonk wrote: »

Ah though if I remember right it's even classier than that. "Any chance of me hole?" Classy or wha!

Ride i thought it was just let me finish this line here!

TCDStudent1

seamus wrote: »

I think you're probably reading too much into it tbh.

That scene really just shows up what a complete idiot the guy is; he's standing in front of the woman he got pregnant, but in his eyes she's still just a kid from the road. The whole thing has him completely off-guard and he's too dumb to know what the right thing to do is.

The whole "she was raped" thing isn't that straightforward either too. I've read the book a million times, and I don't know if it's in the movie (or in the heavily cut version you see on TV3), but at least in the book Burgess says that he barely remembers the night, he was "buckled".

I'm not sure if the movie deliberately mixed it up a bit, but certainly in the flashback scene it's heavily implied that she was twisted and he wasn't at all drunk.

Its a long time since I read the book but didn't Sharon say something like "It wasn't rape but it wasnt far off"? I might be getting it mixed up with another book as its a while since I read it. But if I'm correct and the character did say that, I would think that by today's standards, it could be construed as rape. She was certainly too drunk to give consent by today's standards.

eagle eye

Whether you like the film or not, Colm Meaney's performance was fantastic.

Deviso

On atm. Brilliant watch.

bladespin

Have seen it dozens of times and still enjoy it, if that's not a brilliant movie then I've no idea what is.

nullzero

bladespin wrote: »

Have seen it dozens of times and still enjoy it, if that's not a brilliant movie then I've no idea what is.

A time capsule of late 80's early nineties Dublin.

Gwynplaine

Best line of the film....

"Did you not see me over by the vegetables"

bladespin

nullzero wrote:

A time capsule of late 80's early nineties Dublin.

Much more than that, wasn't tgere so wouldn't really understand that but the dialogue and interraction that gets me every time.
Colm was gold in it, the role was made for him or him for it.