I was gonna ask was anyone willing to go see this......fair play for taking the hit. Let us know what it's like
There was a press screening this morning apparently, so we should be getting some reviews shortly.
My money is on it actually being quite boring - even with vanity projects, most bad films are just 'plain old bad' rather than the much rarer 'funny bad'. Happy to be proven wrong and for it to be a campy riot... although the odds of it actually being 'good' or 'good adjacent' are minuscule to non-existent 😅
I thought this would never see the light of day.
Looks like a complete turkey.
Flatley my dear, I don't Riverdance.
Sounds good to me.
that review really makes me want to see it
Does sound like it will be exactly as the entire concept sounds, and trailers suggests: a boring ego-stroking exercise for Flatley to show off how wealthy and terribly desirable he is. AKA, boring. Doesn't even seem like there'll be much unintentional comedy to be gleaned.
Yes a highlights video on youtube might be enough but if it appears on Netflix/Prime I'll be tempted.
I think people have to give Flatley a touch of slack, he wrote, directed and starred in this, his first, if you can suggest another person who has done this first time around and created a complete blockbuster can you let me know?
Tommy Wiseau did!
That he did it at all says ego, not enthusiasm. Plenty of artists write direct and star in their own film true - but usually they have some prior skill or experience in one of those three talents. Flatley has none: he's a dancer with money to live his midlife crisis. He had a healthy enough bank account to hire a hack director or writer, but choose to do it himself? As I've said before, it's all very Garth Marenghi.
Off the top of my head... Hopper with Easy Rider, Welles with Citizen Kane, Tarantino with Reservoir Dogs.
I saw Blackbird last night. It is not good. And disappointingly, not even so bad it is good. Short on action, long on confusing talky scenes with random characters. Unforgivably, it is just boring for most of its runtime. Somebody compared it to a 'fat Steven Seagal movie', which is about right.
I'm honestly tempted just for sh*ts and giggles.
Imo :)
That Guardian review above😅😆
Sure let's see what a Turkey Detective acts like. Different from a dancing Irish Elk from Flatley's other movie. Flatley is no ordinary Dustin the Turkey.
Gerard Barrett
what's more he's Irish and did it on a shoestring budget, and made a great movie
The reviews are hilarious, pure comedy Gold.
Donald Clarke: "The hat action in particular, is something else. Blackbird is rarely seen without the sort of sub fedora titfer that deluded men pull on when the eldest child has left for college"
Hopefully I get to see it at the weekend, he should have had some sort of Q Branch rip-off where traditional Irish items would become weapons... a shillelagh that turns in to a gun etc.
Mario had some craic with it this morning...
I despise how RTÉ are REALLY forcing the whole “it’s so bad it’s good har har har” vibe with this steaming pile of sh1te.
ray darcy was particularly pathetic earlier on but sure that’s par for the course with him. Gormless
I wonder will Mark Kermode have a chance to watch it; his rants are often good value for money.
I know the answer is "cos he's an arrogant twit", but I still don't get why Flatley didn't at least hire a director to shoot his script. Even vanity projects will hire a Yes Man to point the cameras correctly, use the right lens'
... and as if by magic! I haven't listened to it myself 'cos I want to enjoy the podcast itself later;
Both the Gift Grub and the two lads above hit the nail on the head..😅
Bizarre to see a film which is seemingly so horrendously bad (and horribly reviewed) on so many times a day in the lighthouse?! I am guessing it was part of the deal for hosting the premiere (I think they did)
What I would like to know is where the distain for Flately comes from?
I'd be surprised if there was any deal... I think they're just banking - accurately or not - on there being an 'ironic' audience for this. I don't know if last night's shows were sold out, but I've no doubt there was an audience there just for the car crash spectacle of the thing.
I'd imagine the amount of screenings will drop dramatically next week. I think there was some hope this would be a 'The Room' level cult watch, but going by the reviews it sounds extremely boring to actually sit through.
It will never get close to this Masterpiece starring one of the boyzone as a baddie....
I have no particularly strong feelings on him. But the fact he has publicly backed Gemma O Doherty is not a good look imo.
Including giving out about immigrants in ireland..when he was one himself in ireland...before he didn't want to pay taxes and then became an immigrant to Monaco...a true patriot...
Anyway off topic.
That Fatal Deviation a certifiable classic that surely should have been Oscar nominated.
I was honestly asking. Don't tend to keep up on their private views.
Good to know though
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