Boys and Girl of County Clare Out

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:12 am

Got it last night. It was disapointingly bad. Damn shame too.

Nothing irks me more than when a movie has great subject manner, hilarious characters and a decent story and then the director or producer goes and buggers it up with cheap gags that nobody laughs at anymore. Does a story about an Irish Music competition need puke jokes, completely gratuitous nudity (and I do mean blatantly pointless, other than to drag on one of the aformentioned puke jokes... and it's not even Andrea Coor!!!) and a false teeth gag???

The funny parts that do shine through just make the whole thing more frustrating. The goofy accordion players, the UPer who is constantly fiddling around with his pipes, the bajrON ("Know all the tunes do ya?") players from across the pond and the quirky pub one-liners are all worth a laugh, but you just end up hoping, to no avail, for more. Not to mention the fact that actual music is oddly absent. Why not get some great musicians to do cameos for the festival? Obviously people are seeing the movie because they like the subject matter, so give them what they want. Instead, everytime there is the possibility of actually watching people play the movie goes off to watch some Brit humping an American hippie in his tent!

For the Canadian chiffers, I thought it was alot like Men With Brooms. Huge possibility, but terrible end-product.

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:18 am

That's a crying shame. I was looking forward to that from the trailers on the web. Is this another case of "all the best bits are in the trailer" and the other 87 minutes are pants?

I think I'll have to see it when it's out over here, just to make up my own mind. Of course, the completely pointless and blatantly gratuitous nudity hasn't influenced my decision to remain objective until I've seen it for meself.

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:48 pm

Going to see it probably won't kill you. It's more disapointing rather than "Worst movie ever!" Almost like they knew that their subject matter was funny, but decided to "Yank it up abit" by throwing in "American style" humour and failed miserably at it, as usually happens. I'm actually a fan of that kind of stupid comedy, but leave it to Hollywood. Work with what you've got.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:27 pm

By way of Idleness...

http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/n ... =Eircomnet

I agree with the number one choice, though I have serious objections to the fourth

Slan,
D.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:26 pm

Yes, I'm surprised to see The Quiet Man on the list, as it was every cliche of the stage Irish to appeal to American nostalgia. Waking Ned Divine is noticibly missing.

However, I thought Intermission was brilliantly funny, slow to start up, and then just built up in ridiculousness - excellent. I haven't seen all of these films, but Eat the Peach was too dull to believe. I don't know how it got on any list.

djm

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:04 pm

My favorite Irish film is probably the 'Match Maker'.

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:29 pm

The Secret of Roan Inish was not at all shabby. Best music sound track for a movie I've heard to date.

Into the West kept my interest.

And, what can you say bad about Darby O'Gill and the Little People????

I'm hoping they do one about Brian Boru some time. (Or better yet, Balor of the Evil Eye.)
Tony

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:43 pm

I didn't see it mentioned in the article Dubh linked, but I thoroughly enjoyed "War of the Buttons".

Others already mentioned that I liked:
The Secret of Roan Inish
Waking Ned Devine
The Way West
The Commitments
The Quiet Man

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few...

John

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jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:55 am

dubhlinn wrote:though I have serious objections to the fourth

I still think you should read the book Dubh. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.

Come on though Big D, how can you not like The Quiet Man? That's like not enjoying the 1938 Robin Hood coz it's not historically accurate.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:02 am

jbarter wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:though I have serious objections to the fourth
I still think you should read the book Dubh. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.

Come on though Big D, how can you not like The Quiet Man? That's like not enjoying the 1938 Robin Hood coz it's not historically accurate.

What about liking the Robin Hood with Kevin Costner?

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:18 am

Yeah right... You'll be telling us you liked the Bryan Adams soundtrack next, Flydood!

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:52 am

GaryKelly wrote:Yeah right... You'll be telling us you liked the Bryan Adams soundtrack next, Flydood!

Don't tell me it's not worth dying for.

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:55 am

For me it all started at the movies.

I'm 4th generation Irish American. Being Irish without much meaning was part of growing up, but Irish music was not.

Saw Waking Ned Devine, lead to liking Fisherman's Blues, led to buying soundtrack, led to liking pipes on the cd, led to suggesting that my wife get me a whistle for Christmas a few years back, led to ... you've all lived the rest of the story

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:05 am

dwinterfield wrote:For me it all started at the movies.

I'm 4th generation Irish American. Being Irish without much meaning was part of growing up, but Irish music was not.

Saw Waking Ned Devine, lead to liking Fisherman's Blues, led to buying soundtrack, led to liking pipes on the cd, led to suggesting that my wife get me a whistle for Christmas a few years back, led to ... you've all lived the rest of the story

Just be grateful you didn't go to see "Dude, Where's My Bodhran?"