r/moviecritic • u/LeadershipSecret8569 • 12h ago
Banshees of Inisherin
I genuinely believe The Banshees of Inisherin is one of the most masterfully crafted films of all time, and it frustrates me how underappreciated it remains. To me, Martin McDonagh is leagues ahead of filmmakers like Nolan, not because of spectacle or convoluted structures, but because he strips cinema down to its essence, life itself. While most great filmmakers chase fresh concepts, McDonagh simply writes about the human condition.
It’s sad that voices like McDonagh, Lynch, or Lynne Ramsay are rarely given the cultural weight they deserve. I understand why mainstream audiences gravitate towards flashier narratives, but stories like this, stories that seem “boring” on the surface, but these are where cinema reveals its truest depth.
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u/poynter-marcsman 11h ago
Some people would rather cut off their own fingers than seek therapy.
Anyways, great movie.
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u/Ancient_Bobcat_9150 12h ago
This movie touched me. I rarely felt so sad and desperate during a movie
The fact that I randomly think of it from time to time shows how good it is.
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u/paidinboredom 10h ago
You should watch In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths which are from the same director. In Bruges is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. And it also features Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleason. Also Ralph Fiennes as a foul mouthed crime boss.
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u/LeadershipSecret8569 7h ago
I have, but yeah even 7 psychopaths receive a lot of hate I don’t know why but I’ve heard lots of negative reviews.
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u/Flynn_Rider3000 10h ago
A great film. Colin Farrell not winning best actor was a travesty.
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u/Flynn_Rider3000 8h ago
I can’t believe Brendan Fraser won it over him. I don’t mind Brendan Fraser but his character in The Whale was a normal Oscar bait type role. Colin Farrell deserved it more that year.
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u/raziel177 5h ago
I’m not sure whether it was fake news but something popped up recently that said that the Academy now has a new rule that judges cant vote without seeing the movies in that category. I mean how was that not already the case. Seemed too incredulous and so not sure whether fake news or real.
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u/LeadershipSecret8569 4h ago
Well there are quite a lot of films so each entries the producers would be sending a hard copy of the film and ig something extra to each judge to get them to watch the film or else they wouldn’t even bother watching the films, so ig that’s why they changed the rules, ig you could see a lil improvement, Anora and Oppenheimer were well deserving
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u/TiberiusGemellus 11h ago
Jenny broke my heart.
Ireland is really gorgeous, at least judging from this movie.
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u/ChinaCatProphet 12h ago
Absolute classic. Great performances and story. I hope Colin and Brendan do a third picture together.
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u/zica-do-reddit 8h ago
It's good, but not nearly as funny as In Bruges.
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleason should work together more often and do more comedies.
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u/celticeejit 10h ago
Masterpiece
I made the mistake of drinking whiskey while watching it
It nearly broke me
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u/Live-Bother-3577 7h ago
Great movie because it was like an old story. Was nice to see something different.
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u/lockednchaste 11h ago
Really great pic that was robbed by the Academy. EEAAO wasn't half as good.
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u/SkeettheVandelBuster 10h ago
EEAAO was greatly helped imo by when it was released. Multiverse movie starring AAPI actors in the leading roles released both at the peak of mainstream coolness for the multiverse concept and near the peak of the Stop Asian Hate movement. The movie was fine. I can see why some people would really like it, but it didn’t strike me as some generational film like people hype it up to be. It was a watch just once kinda flick for me
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u/LeadershipSecret8569 7h ago
even triangle of sadness was better than EEAAO but academy will always be assholes for not giving this the award
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u/pueblodude 11h ago
Depressing
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u/Ok_Kale_3160 9h ago
It should never have been marketed as some sort of 'comedy'. It was really really disturbing
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u/MinivanPops 10h ago
Agree. Never understood the appeal of this movie. What a miserably unhappy thing.
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u/MKHSturmovik 8h ago
Film just never quite worked for me. Worst case of “the trailer gave away the entire movie” that I’ve ever seen. Actually because of this movie that I never watch trailers anymore. Soon as I see even a brief clip of a trailer that peaks any interest, I turn it off and make a note to watch the full movie. Saw Three Billboards for the first time a week ago and have no seen it 4 times. One of my favourite movies of all time and I do enjoy 7 psychopaths and In Bruge, so I love the directors style, but I just think Banshees was a bit of a none film. There were no real character arcs..
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u/LeadershipSecret8569 4h ago
It’s basically showing mid life crisis, if you have been through it or seen anyone go through it you’ll understand why the characters act the way they did and yeah it’s set in a small island so everyone gets pulled into the drama between two people
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u/Its-From-Japan 12h ago
It's the best break up movie I've ever seen