FAVORITE IRISH MOVIES

Now were doing what I wih to try to avoid'Flash titles" Id like to see a discussion of a movie rather than a long list of Irish films.

I really liked The Commitments and hoped somone would discuss it.

Maybe Im not one to host threads, I lose patience too quickly when they turn into long lists of candidates. ASSUME THAT I DONT KNOW OF WHAT you are speaking re: one (or more ) of the last films youve just listed but didnt say whether you like them or not

Nods...

Ehbeth, I have only liked a few of DAniel Day Lewis films and "My Left Foot" wasnt one of them. I feel he is an OVERACTOR. I recall his lines in LAst of the Mohicans where I think he thought he was doing William Bloody Shakespeare and not a film about the French and Indian Wars.

My Left Foot could have been a much more engaging movie without him. (I care not what the Academy said)

thanks, I'll check. Lordy, I loved that film.

On the Commitments, I think I saw it and don't remember.
I remember Hear My Song.

Joseph Strick's 1977 film of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is well done. The book is so well known, I don't know that a summary is necessary.

and I'm not much of a reviewer. I can tell you that I liked or didn't like a film/movie, but I usually won't/can't go much past that. I tend to get annoyed by people who go on about FILM , so I want to avoid discussion/interaction with them.

jst a little bit of the plot?

HOW bout the MAgdelene Sisters. Thats a movie abot 4 girks whove been sent to this convent becase they were loose women (this takes place in the 1960"s) and its a movie that is like a car wreck, its not entertaining bt yove gotta watch

I was raised in Los Angeles, family there in the twenties. I don't give a **** if people call movies as movies, cinema, flics, or film. My father was an early editor, and a bit past that. An uncle was Selznick's treasurer (um...), another a cbs treasurer. Another uncle was sort of disbarred and went to sea.

If I call something a film, you will not respond?

I just wish the book covers would quit announcing "Now a Major Motion Picture". How about "It's now a Movie"?

I loved this movie. It's not a nice movie, no happy hollywood ending, it's very similar to what happened to my grandfather and his field. These characters are very true to life and it's acted by some of the greats.


This one is charming, two traveler boys, living in a slum apartment are gifted a horse and salvation ensues.

The Secret of Roan Inish.
A bittersweet fairy tale, poetic language and the stunning scenery make this a favourite too. A little girl goes to live with her grandparents on an island, her baby brother disappeared years ago and people attribute it to his grandfather almost drowned, was saved from certain death by a seal. The sea gives, the sea takes away.

I don't mean to not pay attention, Ceili. So I will be back tomorrow, it being near midnight here.

Me, I wish book backs would stop giving away the scenario - I've learned not to check those.

Two selections, off the top of my head:

The Commitments, which I saw years ago.
Lots of fun, loved the characters & learning about their lives & their neighborhood.
The music, too, of course.



My second choice I would recommend for when you're feeling totally wretched & want a good film to match your mood.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
It is a good, very interesting film, but the complete opposite of my first choice above.

The Commitments is my second favorite and I agree its jst great fn . I will now look for "Wind...".
Noone has even mentioned any AMerican attempts at Irih movies

The funniest Sit Com ever written is Father Ted.

Wow! No one apparently mentioned one of the best musicals in the past decade:
Once (2006)!

John Sayles' modern day fairy tale, The Secret of Roan Inish (1994);
The magnificently-beautiful Oscar nominated animated Medieval film, The Secret of Kells (2009) .

I couldn't get into The Commitments partly because I didn't like the music. I couldn't find any characters I could sympathize with. I remember they weren't too nuanced.

But if you have or haven't noticed, Glen Hansard is the lead actor in Once as well as one of the actors in The Commitments. His only two acting credits outside a small role on the Simpsons in 2009.

Is Father Ted better than EDOC MARTIN?

uhhhhh, I saw that one when I was a wee kid I think. Or else I dreamt it up.