The Banshees Of Inisherin

It must have something going for it given all the plaudits, but it left me unmoved unfortunately. I didn’t care about any of the characters and the whole thing had a self-indulgent almost am-dram feel. The comedic sequences, for instance the confession scene, didn’t land at all for me, nor did the supposedly ‘shocking’ scenes.

Watched this the other night. It was alright, but not worth all the praise it's getting. Acting was superb, but the 'funny' parts weren't very funny and the 'shocking' parts were just silly in my opinion. I kept thinking of The Field when I was watching it. And thinking of how much better that film was.

Didn't really like the film at all. The base premise was ridiculous ("stop talking to me or ill cut my fingers off"), but played too serious for such a silly concept. Thought the overuse of "feck this and that" was a bit oirish. Not sure where the love for Barry keoghan is coming from either, thought his portrayal was bordering on cartoonish.

It felt like a bit of a pisstake of island living from people who had only read about island living from a book

Yes, Harris it was alright. Don't know why I always get them confused.

I'd completely agree. The Field is a great film. Much better than this nonsense.

The best thing he's done, banshees would have been better as short film as well. Maybe an anthology type thing should be his next film project.

I liked this film but I don't understand why it is quite so highly regarded.

It's extremely well made and the performances are superb across the board. But I'm not surprised to see so many "huh?" reactions now that it's on streaming.

As a film, it's not particularly clear in what it's trying to say. And while that may appeal to my inner film snob who "gets it", there's a pretension to its execution. The ending isn't particularly satisfying. I wouldn't watch it again.

Banshees would have been sh1t as a short

And they were both as drunk as a flock as skunks and loving every moment of it

I watched it, no phones no distraction but the fingers thing went right over my head. No clue what it was about. As i said it wasn't into the film from the start maybe i disengaged from the plot.

Sure, a film can absolutely be as subtle as it wants to be. No dispute there. All I'm saying is that I'm not surprised by the reaction people are having watching it on TV.

I watched it in the cinema after having read about it (without using my phone). For what it's worth, I "get" the film. But the average viewer looking for some evening entertainment may not be so keen on a film of this style.

I like the film, I just didn't think it was as satisfying an experience as the phenomenal critical acclaim would have suggested (admittedly a very high bar).

I thought the film had a grim depressing feel to it. I ended up watching it as i was in the company of a couple of people during the week and one said he liked it and the other said it was terrible. I was interested to see if it was any good.

Fair enough. I just think art should be judged by the people who are paying attention

It's a dark comedy. You're supposed to extract humour from the grimness.

Not everyone finds the humour but for those who do, it's very funny

So you don't like a film you didn't watch.

Fair enough