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  • "Banshees of Inisherin" - No Spoilers

    From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 16:37:45 2022
    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous. I sat through
    it to the end but you'd have to pay me to watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the judge.

    Irish Mike

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Irish Mike on Sat Dec 24 15:51:27 2022
    On 2022-12-24 00:37:45 +0000, Irish Mike said:

    Two things:
    First thing. I love Ireland.
    My family is from there, I've been
    going there for decades and I've traveled
    extensively in every Province and County.
    I love their music, literature, history and culture.

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    Second thing: This is one of the dumbest plot lines
    I've ever seen! Silly, idiotic and ridiculous.

    It is meant to be a "dark comedy", which usualy does mean all those things.




    I sat through it to the end but you'd have to pay me to
    watch it again!

    Now in all fairness, the movie won several artistic awards
    and I freely admit I ain't a very artistic guy. Possibly
    Mr. Pig and his artsy-fartsy friends found something in this
    film that escapes me. Entirely possible - but you be the
    judge.

    Irish Mike

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  • From Ed Stasiak@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 24 06:19:36 2022
    Irish Mike

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.

    I watched about half of the movie last night but started too late
    and had to go to bed but so far, I thought it was a pretty good
    flick, with Barry Keoghan as goofball Dominic being particularly
    good as was Kerry Condon as Colin Farrell's exasperated sister.

    And while the setting is realistic (it is filmed in Ireland) I can't
    say it's beautiful, as the complete lack of any trees would drive
    me up the wall if I lived there.

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  • From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Sat Dec 24 11:34:59 2022
    On Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 9:19:38 AM UTC-5, Ed Stasiak wrote:
    Irish Mike

    "Banshees of Inisherin" is set on a (fictitious)
    island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1923.
    The setting is realistic, the scenery is beautiful
    and Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are both
    excellent actors.
    I watched about half of the movie last night but started too late
    and had to go to bed but so far, I thought it was a pretty good
    flick, with Barry Keoghan as goofball Dominic being particularly
    good as was Kerry Condon as Colin Farrell's exasperated sister.

    And while the setting is realistic (it is filmed in Ireland) I can't
    say it's beautiful, as the complete lack of any trees would drive
    me up the wall if I lived there.

    The beauty of the Aran Islands is an acquired taste.

    Irish Mike

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