Film

[open face surgery]

One of the lads went to see Banshees today and went immediately to the civil war when I mentioned the ending. Maybe it is a more obvious metaphor than I picked up on. Also, makes more sense the more I think about it but my block is potentially thatI don't want an underlining theme to be the thing that carries it. I've gone to see 4 of McDonagh's plays and they are all directly amazing, as was In Bruges and that had it all. Looking forward to the second viewing now, and discussing it with my old man when I get home.

[astfgyl]

The Road is a spectacular film. Book is great too.

Would the book be worth the read after seeing the flick? Think the mother has a copy somewhere

I can't stand the fact he decided to not bother his hole to put quotation marks in the book.
I'm sure he has some pretentious reason for not putting them in but it annoys the hell out of me lol
Lazy fucker.

What an odd sounding idea. Sounds like something done just to be different but I don't know anything about it though

[CorkonianHunger]

I didn't take it as a metaphor for the civil war, more that it showed the separation between the island and the mainland. While a major event was happening on the mainland the insular nature of the island left them to be preoccupied by more menial issues.

Admittedly, the civil war may have been a factor in Gleeson questioning his own mortality and leading to the full on existential crisis.

Yep totally thought that myself. Saw the island as a condensed version of Ireland ("Inish-Erin"), the insular mentality seperate from the wider continent.

[CorkonianHunger]

re: McCarthy, I love the punctuation style. Really got me wrapped up in Blood Meridian, probably my favourite book. There's some unbelievable passages in it and the style helps keep it flowing I thought. Didnt' matter who was saying what at times.

[nukeabuse]

Read a good few McCarthy books and it can take a couple of goes to get into the flow sometimes, been when you do nothing flows like it and you don't miss the punctuation at all when you get into it.

There was a bit in banshees when Farrell's sister goes to the post office towards the end of the movie and the post woman is painting the red post box green, I thought that was a nice reference to the change from royal mail to an post.

[Eoin McLove]

Rambo 3 is on telly. I've never seen it. In fact, I've only ever seen the first one and the fifteenth or sixteenth one, but I was still more or less able to follow the plot. Does that make me a genius?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Aye, I pointed out the post box thing to herself as well. The original green-washing 

[hellfire]

Got around to watching Black Swan last night. Loved it.

[astfgyl]

Rambo 3 is on telly. I've never seen it. In fact, I've only ever seen the first one and the fifteenth or sixteenth one, but I was still more or less able to follow the plot. Does that make me a genius?

Watched First Blood the other evening it's a great flick. Haven't seen the third one

[Eoin McLove]

I ended up not staying up for it. I watched the first half an hour and he went to Afghanistan to fight the Russians. I'll pick up the book at some point and see what happens because I reckon in the 80s the entire Russian army would have given John Rambo a run for his money; I wouldn't want to put money on who I think might win that one.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Rambo IV, whatever it was called, was class.

[warhead]

Rambo 3 is on telly. I've never seen it. In fact, I've only ever seen the first one and the fifteenth or sixteenth one, but I was still more or less able to follow the plot. Does that make me a genius?

Watched First Blood the other evening it's a great flick. Haven't seen the third one

What I remember of the movie is USA soldiers fighting side by side with Mujahideen against Russian commies. It is a great history lesson. It was by far the weakest movie in the original trilogy.

[jobrok1]

First Blood was in ITV last night. Quality flick. Went fair cheesy for the next 2.
4th was decent.
Last Blood was pointless and a wasted opportunity to see the character off with.

[astfgyl]

Just watched the banshees of whatever. Hape of shit but sort of a likeable hape of shit. Was basically bollix from start to finish though.

Violent night on now. God bless the dodgy box

[Eoin McLove]

I saw an ad for Banshees. It's on in the cinema over here so I'm tempted, but the ad somehow put me in mind of Calgary, which was one of the worst films I've ever seen so I'm conflicted.