The Banshees Of Inisherin

I agree with this. I said as much watching it that they were very clean looking and very well dressed. I was thinking I'd love to live there at that time because everyone and everything looked so clean. But it would have been anything but.

I also thought it was a good film but cannot understand the number of nominations. At the time of watching I thought Barry Keoghan played his character well but everyone else I thought just did fine.

Storyline was good and the ending was full of suspense wondering who was going to die, but I don't think the suspense will be there on a second watch. Plus the finger cutting thing was ridiculous and was so visibly graphic, coupled with the film being just ok in my mind, that it'd put me off watching the film again. Overall I don't see the film as worthy of a nomination or any of the actors, so I can't see me bothering to rewatch it.

Is this just a bad year for good movies?

The people were clean and reasonably dressed back then in the West. Were people expecting rags it wasn't famine times.

No way, he is 3rd fav now so no chance. I still think the Elvis lad will win it.

At the end of the day, the popularity of the film (and McDonagh) is due to how it appeases Irish stereotypes in England and Anglo-America. It is still safely within Hollywood Irish stereotypes of the quiet man unable to express himself emotionally that erupts in violence.

Joyce wrote novels a hundred years ago that destroyed these English stereotypes of Paddy and his pig and his inability to be intelligent and reserved and yet here we are... sigh...

I think this sums up McDonagh's shock portrayals of Irish people. It's all very gimmicky and violent but it's fun. How it's taken so seriously to be award worthy is beyond me though. A sign of the current state of film?

The new McDonagh film...

Nothing delicate or beautiful? I think there is, as for the Coen brothers they are crude in comparison and that's saying a lot!

Modern cinema is dominated by The Coen Brothers. Their influence is everywhere. You'll find them on every list of top contemporary directors- usually in the top five/ten. You wouldn't get McDonagh in the top 100 and that is correct.

Joel & Ethan Coen - Shot | Reverse Shot - YouTube

Many people thought " Blonde " was unwatchable. I think the Banshees is unwatchable. It feels like Martin McDonagh had some ideas to write a screenplay about two friends falling out but he didn't know what else to write. We never understand their friendship cos we never get a glimpse of it so we understand why Paedric was so upset. There is no character developments, all the characters are underwritten. There are some dynamics in the village but nothing fleshes out. All we get is some stereotypical, caricature of Irish villagers as if It is not written by an Irish but feels like written by a non-Irish who imagines how the Irish would be. I really dislike the idea of the " if you talk to me again I will cut my fingers" thing. I was screaming at the TV "just stop it ".

There are only two goods about the film, Kerry Condon and its cinematography. The worst thing in the film is Colin Farrell. People call this performance settled, I call it dull. He looks as if he is sucking a lemon while he is sleepwalking.

The film got 9 Oscar nominations ( what ???), and It will get nothing. Its best shot is the original screenplay because cos They didn't give him the award in 2018 and he won't get the best director but TAR, EEAAO, and Triangle of Sadness (or even the Fablemans ) are much stronger in this category and the other categories are almost locked. Colin Farrell ?? No, he is not getting an oscar either. If you look at the previous oscar winners you will see Colin Farrell's performance is way too "settled".

Some people think TAR is overlong and boring but this is how you write and explore a complex character. The Banshees lack a proper, well-written character and a plot.

I really like in Bruges and Three Billboards but The Banshees is super disappointing. Sorry, Martin.

Anyway the Oscar is overated. Any film (most) are not great to watch really.

Q did Colm get to complete his piece of music (legacy) before chopping off all his fingers? I can't fully recall

Not a chance

Ah begrudgery, this is progress of sorts, its better than the patronising "some people don't get all the layers in the story" kind of response I suppose

But eh....go check out the thread for An Cailin Ciuin, people are positively creaming themselves for the film, the love for it is almost unanimous last I looked, no begrudgery there at all it seems!

I reckon some people think Banshees is a bit crap for no other reason than...its a bit crap

As far as the costumes etc go...that was the least of the movies worries imo

It's not an accurate depiction. A lot of the language wouldn't have been used back then. McDonagh was certainly not going for accuracy of the age.

A lot of comments lauding the film give very little reason to back it up.

I said I liked it. But, in my opinion, it's simply not a great film by any means. And not a very good one either.

There's only one thing more worn out than begrudgery and that's dismissing criticism as begrudgery. And continuing on a ridiculous idea that begrudgery is somehow an Irish thing is just... shite to be fair.

It's right up there with people who say, 'That's a bit too Irish now.'

Yes. He was dancing with the dog.

It wasn't.