Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's nothing like Calgary. It is good.

[astfgyl]

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.

It's not the worst ever or anything but the accents and the acting seem like it's presented for the yank audience. Maybe that's not even it, maybe it's more that it had a sort of stage play feel to it. It's the presentation of it that I didn't enjoy but the story itself wasn't bad

[Ollkiller]

It's nothing like Calgary. It is good.

Isnt it Calvary. And that was the other brother that directed that. And the guard. The fella that did Vansee is Three Billboards and In Bruges. Defo the better filmmaker of the two.

[Ollkiller]

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.

It's not the worst ever or anything but the accents and the acting seem like it's presented for the yank audience. Maybe that's not even it, maybe it's more that it had a sort of stage play feel to it. It's the presentation of it that I didn't enjoy but the story itself wasn't bad

It totally felt like a stage play. That's what I liked about it.

[Ollkiller]

It's nothing like Calgary. It is good.

Isnt it Calvary. And that was the other brother that directed that. And the guard. The fella that did Banshee is Three Billboards and In Bruges. Defo the better filmmaker of the two.

[astfgyl]

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.

It's not the worst ever or anything but the accents and the acting seem like it's presented for the yank audience. Maybe that's not even it, maybe it's more that it had a sort of stage play feel to it. It's the presentation of it that I didn't enjoy but the story itself wasn't bad

It totally felt like a stage play. That's what I liked about it.

Yeah I guess it's just different strokes. I haven't looked up about it at all but was it originally a play or anything?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

No, but McDonagh is originally a playwright, and it seemed clear he wanted to evoke a bit of a JM Synge island play vibe with Banshees.

[Ollkiller]

Edit. Double post

[astfgyl]

No, but McDonagh is originally a playwright, and it seemed clear he wanted to evoke a bit of a JM Synge island play vibe with Banshees.

Funnily enough not long before I saw this, I said to the wife that it reminded me a bit of Playboy of the Western World

[jobrok1]

Just after watching Banshees... and I don't get it at all. What was the fucking point of it all, like?

[astfgyl]

Black comedy with some sort of overarching theme of something to do with the futility of the civil war.

Or something.

[nukeabuse]

Why does there need to be a point, did it keep you engrossed for 2 hours and make you feel things? If so that's the point, if not stick to watching avatar.

[Circlepit]

Why does there need to be a point, did it keep you engrossed for 2 hours and make you feel things? If so that's the point, if not stick to watching avatar.

Miaow.

I watched it last night.
It's very good. Farrell has it in him to deliver the goods when he wants.
If Roy Keane was a gentle soul he'd be like that character.

[jobrok1]

Why does there need to be a point, did it keep you engrossed for 2 hours and make you feel things? If so that's the point, if not stick to watching avatar.

Hahaaa...  feck off you narky hoor.
And no... I certainly wasn't engrossed for 2 hours. Quite the opposite. Kept waiting 2 hours, more like. For pretty much nothing.

Great cinematography, very Good performances all round, etc. Just the story was aimless and didn't make any sense. I get there was some some link to the Civil War and all, but it didn't work for me. Just felt Kinda stupid. And not the 'war is stupid'... just fucking stupid.

Avatar can go and jump as well. First one was a terrible heap of shite. Can't for the life of me understand the praise and success it had. This new one looks worse.
Might have been a hoot to watch in 3D, but that novelty lost its appeal fairly quick at the time.

[astfgyl]

Why does there need to be a point, did it keep you engrossed for 2 hours and make you feel things? If so that's the point, if not stick to watching avatar.

No it didn't really do that but I don't see how that will make me want to watch avatar. Like it wasn't the worst in hindsight, there was something in it but I wouldn't be raving about it or looking to watch it again.