First off, i didnt casually stumble into a cinema showing this film; i know who Gleeson is and would not have missed it for the world.
(to be honest, i had been left wanting for more since The Tragedy of MacBeth)
Banshees Of Inisherin is, in media res, the story of of one person out of a couple of friends (Gleeson) who decides he isn't friends with the other no more.
Being this a isolated Irish island in the 1920s, the other (Farrell) wants to know why.
Now, despite what IMDb may think, this film is *not* a comedy. This very early section may seem vaguely farcical at the very first, making you think it's gonna go down as one of those light comedies "how will the good simple man win back this friendship? With the Power Of His Heart !" but, nah, nowhere near.
No, we are not a long walk away from Gleeson's character starting to mutilate himself. This film got GORE, and not even the splatter kind that you can laugh at.
As the .. ugh .. "script" progresses, Gleeson and Farrell fight over Gleeson's unwillingness to concede, and Farrell incapability to understand. But, the film doesn't have a moral, doesnt have a point to make about, idk, pick any topic already done a million times, the inevitability of death, the desire to leave a mark on the world, the importance of friendship, whatever.
And neither character has the means to help this point appear. Because Farrell isn't a man with a heart of gold, he's just a moron. And Gleeson isn't a poet, he's delusional. They are both bad, but not bad and damned, just bad and mediocre.
Unfortunately there is no acting, no photography that can hold up when you script is this weak.
You can't just throw a cloak on an old lady and have her cosplay as Death from Seventh Seal, and call it art.
About halfway through, this film reminded me of another film i didn't like, but, i have to now consider that the other film Hrutar (2015) was better. Two brothers, no longer on speaking terms, are forced to swallow their pride and rejoin as a family due to the hardships of life.
Yeeah, Banshees doesn't even have that. It's got nothing.
My vote: for being competently filmed and with, you know, spectacular acting, 5.5/10 - the script is terrible.
(to be honest, i had been left wanting for more since The Tragedy of MacBeth)
Banshees Of Inisherin is, in media res, the story of of one person out of a couple of friends (Gleeson) who decides he isn't friends with the other no more.
Being this a isolated Irish island in the 1920s, the other (Farrell) wants to know why.
Now, despite what IMDb may think, this film is *not* a comedy. This very early section may seem vaguely farcical at the very first, making you think it's gonna go down as one of those light comedies "how will the good simple man win back this friendship? With the Power Of His Heart !" but, nah, nowhere near.
No, we are not a long walk away from Gleeson's character starting to mutilate himself. This film got GORE, and not even the splatter kind that you can laugh at.
As the .. ugh .. "script" progresses, Gleeson and Farrell fight over Gleeson's unwillingness to concede, and Farrell incapability to understand. But, the film doesn't have a moral, doesnt have a point to make about, idk, pick any topic already done a million times, the inevitability of death, the desire to leave a mark on the world, the importance of friendship, whatever.
And neither character has the means to help this point appear. Because Farrell isn't a man with a heart of gold, he's just a moron. And Gleeson isn't a poet, he's delusional. They are both bad, but not bad and damned, just bad and mediocre.
Unfortunately there is no acting, no photography that can hold up when you script is this weak.
You can't just throw a cloak on an old lady and have her cosplay as Death from Seventh Seal, and call it art.
About halfway through, this film reminded me of another film i didn't like, but, i have to now consider that the other film Hrutar (2015) was better. Two brothers, no longer on speaking terms, are forced to swallow their pride and rejoin as a family due to the hardships of life.
Yeeah, Banshees doesn't even have that. It's got nothing.
My vote: for being competently filmed and with, you know, spectacular acting, 5.5/10 - the script is terrible.