Blarney! Ten Great Irish Movies
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Today, Rotten Tomatoes digs deep and celebrates everyone's favorite fifth-century snake-banishing missionary with a list of some of Irish cinema's finest -- movies that capture the distinctive rhythms, as well as the struggles, of life in the country. Back to Article
Today, Rotten Tomatoes digs deep and celebrates everyone's favorite fifth-century snake-banishing missionary with a list of some of Irish cinema's finest -- movies that capture the distinctive rhythms, as well as the struggles, of life in the country. Back to Article
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on Mar 14 2008 05:11 PM I'd add "Braveheart", just for David O'hara's performance as Stephen. Even though it's not really what this list is going for, that's one of my favorite performances ever :) (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2008 05:17 PM As an Irishman, I always shudder when I look at the 'finest' films we have made. Of this list, the only films really worth watching are Once (the one Irish film that doesn't make a fool out of itself by rubbing its oirishness in your face at every opportunity) and Darby O'Gill (for pure kitch, nostalgic nonsense). Everything else is usually just OK, with no ability whatsoever to capture the Ireland I know. Watched The Snapper today, which was admittedly enjoyable but ultimately throwaway film which drew on the old working class stereotypes to get its laughs. Bloody Sunday is OK too, as is the Butcher Boy. But the vast majority of stuff we are currently sifting through in our National Cinema course in college is shocking. Just always think our work gives viewers a false image of modern Ireland (see the recent and IMO overrated Garage). (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 05:19 PM Where's The Departed? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 06:21 PM In reply to this comment (#1632707) What? The Departed? That wasn't an Irish movie. It was American. Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Whalberg, Alec Baldwin... all American. And it takes place in Boston. Maybe the characters' heritage was Irish, as was some of the soundtrack, but that's it. Once was a fantastic movie. I'm glad to see it on the list. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 07:09 PM I'm not into splitting hairs about who shot the movie or it's country of origin but the following are recent movies with an Irish Theme I've enjoyed: The Wind That Shakes the Barley Borstal Boy (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2008 07:26 PM Braveheart is set in Scotland not Ireland...geez, the U.K is just one solitary, unified blob on the map to you eh. And frankly I be;ieve Braveheart to be highly overrated. 'My Left Foot' - now there's a movie worthy of the list, hell, i'd say that's one of of the best films i've ever seen. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 07:51 PM Ok... girlie chick flick but extremely irish... Circle of Friends with Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell! (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2008 07:52 PM honorable mention for boondock saints...yes while not irish movie its a ****in great one to watch on st pattys day (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 08:09 PM jomo999 do you mean to imply that Ireland is part of the UK????!!!! People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 08:19 PM What about "The Secret of Roan Inish"? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 09:08 PM In reply to this comment (#1632707) i agree with you bro... red_grace seems to be f***ing stupid (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2008 09:44 PM jomo999... feeling a little sensitive today are we??? Read his comment again, since the character he's talking about is the mad Irishman "Stephen", in the "Scottish" movie Braveheart. He's talking about the performance, and says that this is probably not what the list is going for though. ...no need to start blowing people up in retaliation just yet. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 09:48 PM What about Waking Ned Devine? Not really a "great" film, but still pretty funny, charming, and not at all pretentious. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 10:37 PM Braveheart? Please pass go, collect $200 and go to Stirling to learn some history. Just because someone has a pleasing accent doesn't mean they're Irish! Waking Ned Devine, Circle of Friends, Roan Inish, The Quiet Man, The Commitments, In the Name of the Father. Here's a new category. Irish-themed films in the US/Irish actors portraying Irish personas in US-released films. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 14 2008 10:38 PM Braveheart? Please pass go, collect $200 and go to Stirling to learn some history. Just because someone has a pleasing accent doesn't mean they're Irish! Waking Ned Devine, Circle of Friends, Roan Inish, The Quiet Man, The Commitments, In the Name of the Father. Here's a new category. Irish-themed films in the US/Irish actors portraying Irish personas in US-released films. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 12:39 AM Although there haven't been many true Irish movies, I am glad that RT put Darby O'Gill on the list. It was one of my favorite films growing-up as a kid. I do agree that Boondock Saints should receive an honorable mention, even though it is set in the US. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 01:37 AM my left foot was booorring... but funny lol (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 01:38 AM i also gave it 2 big toes down (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 03:35 AM In reply to this comment (#1632962) He's talking about the Irish actor in Braveheart, easy on the bashing before you read the substance. I thought Micheal Collins was a fantastic Irish Film. Although having an Englishman play Eamon DeValera was a bit off putting to me even if it was the delightful Alan Rickman. I can forgive it though since his parents were Irish and Welsh. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 06:40 AM Am I the only guy who saw BOONDOCK SAINTS?????....Come on people!!!! If anyone has not seen it, I highly highly recommend it. Two of the best monologes of all times are in this movie. And one pretty funny joke too. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 06:43 AM In reply to this comment (#1633179) I almost forgot....WILLEM DEFOE as you've never seen and and will never forget.....too freaking funny. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2008 08:42 AM Secret of Roan Inish was GREAT (although John Sayles, I don't think is Irish) If you like Boondock Saints you should watch "OverNight" which focuses on the creater and what an *** money made him become. But it does have the stars from the film in it, etc. I'm not a cat lover in any sense. . .I think that scene was the biggest laugh for me. . .with the cat. MEOWKABOOMSPLAT. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2008 09:00 AM In reply to this comment (#1632707) oh gosh. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 09:04 AM i said boondock saints... play drinking games to it every st.patricks day (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 09:57 AM In reply to this comment (#1632889) The Departed was a fantastic movie, no doubt. It's one of my favorites. But this list is for actual Irish movies, not movies with vague Irish themes or characters in them. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 10:08 AM In reply to this comment (#1633180) Irish movies folks, not boston Irish movies. Otherwise we'd have to include alot more movies. If we're counting movies about Irish Immigrants Gangs of New York would have to be in hte discussion with DDL pulling a "Highlander" being legitimately Irish, but playing one of the "Natives" (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 10:37 AM Sorry, but Boondock Saitns is terrible. To answer a previous posters question, no, you are NOT the only person to have seen Boondock Saints. In fact, I'm not sure there's anyone anymore that hasn't seen Boondock Saints, and therein lies the problem. I enjoyed it the first time I rented it, and on subsequent viewings decided I liked it less. Then it got introduced to the college crowd, and anyone with even the slightest "edge" began listing it as their favorite movie... as though they were cool for being aware of such a commercial failure. This really ruined the movie for me, personally. I'm trying to sit through it and enjoy it, and all I can think of is the three dozen frat boys I've see on Facebook "informing" their friends of what a "great" movie it is. It's NOT an Irish movie -- so let's just get that out of the way -- and, really, not nearly as clever as it's made out to be, either. The cat scene was surprising (and admittedly funny), but the rest of the movie is done much better by folks like Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 10:40 AM The Wind That Shakes the Barley.... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 12:10 PM i agree boondock saints should be on there on eof the best movies ive ever seen. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2008 12:21 PM MY LEFT FOOT and ONCE are bothe cinema classics, I'm talking modern, of course. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 04:32 PM I'll have a coke then... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 05:40 PM I dont know whats worse the retards who mention movies Boondock Saints or the Departed as Irish movies or the morons who defend them. Anyone that thinks that either is an Irish film needs some help and probably buy into every sterotype and should go eat some lucky charms and watch a celtics game because that is a pretty Irish thing to do. BTW Boondock Saints = Overrated (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2008 05:53 PM i was just about to say Boondock Saints... movie is amazing, and the two main characters are as irish as they come. -MIKE (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 05:57 PM How about The General? That movie was great. Brendan Gleeson was phenomenal. Boondock Saints was made with a bunch a McPaddies. Boo. lol I liked Intermission as well... and The Field. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 06:17 PM Boondock Saints equals also Boston. People aren't really getting the point of this are they? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 06:25 PM BOONDOCK SAINTS...the Irish movie of all time. It has the strongest hold to Irish background. This is the best irish movie by far! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 08:27 PM Hundreds of years of English oppression, decades of religious angst, a famine that almost wiped out the country and a strong and proud catholic and family valued country, yeah I bet that boondock saints is exactly what the irish want to be the movie that represents their backround just like the italian people probably want goodfellas representing them. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2008 08:54 PM Movie throwdown: "Michael Collins" v. "Braveheart" I'll put two pints of Guiness on Collins. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2008 10:50 PM I'm embarrassed for anybody who takes watching Boondock Saints as seriously as the people who made it did. It's in its own category of 'so bad it's good' and there is a reason why it was near direct-to-video. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 16 2008 12:12 AM In reply to this comment (#1635563) No doubt. Check out Michael Collins everyone. Totally underseen flick. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 07:50 AM Never heard of Boondock Saints until today, never mentioned in any Irish Media debates, newspaper articles etc. Good Irish flicks mentioned before and must see are The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Michael Collins, The Snapper, My Left Foot, In The Name of The Father.. The Van, In America and Intermission are definately worth checkin' out aswell (Reply to this) |
on Mar 16 2008 09:19 AM I agree that Boondock Saints was a highly entertaining movie and should be on this list. I was also thinking that State of Grace would make it. That movie made me fall in love with Gary Oldman and get hooked on Irish mob movies. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 09:39 AM In reply to this comment (#1635740) why im not ****ing embarrased i love the boondoock saints...from the 1st time i've seen it to the like 15th time(have no idea how many times ive seen it over the years) maybe falls into its own category "so badass it's good" to each their own so **** off buddy (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 09:56 AM Another good Irish movie that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned is the 1935 movie, "The Informer" with Victor McLaglen. Check out a synopsis at (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 12:10 PM Waking Ned Divine should definitely be on that list! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 12:11 PM What about "Cal"? A great movie for understanding the "troubles" between Catholic and Protestant.. and great performances. Being of Irish descent (Peggy Monaghan O'Malley Kelly - maiden name), I found "Waking Ned Devine" silly and stereotypical. Then there is "Dancing at Lunasa", "Into the West", "...Roan Inish..." - my grandparents still remembered the legends and blended Catholicism with belief in fairy trees and little people - so PLEASE get rid of "Darby O'Gill" which offended me even as a child! If you actually know the true legends (oxymoronic unless you are Irish then you get it) - pots of gold and green-clad elves are totally Disney... the little people were tricksters mostly and sometimes helpers but never visible and never cute. In fact, their invisibility is what saved them from the Celts (brutes) when they invaded their land (look it up) - I hate St> Patrick's Day - It is a saint's day and it falls during Lent so all this foolishness is for non-Irish. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 01:36 PM In reply to this comment (#1636622) Wow, unless you're more than 2000 years old then they stories are very much part of your heritage. While in the original Celtic stories you're right Lugh the Long Hand (The original Celt who we draw the word Leprechaun from)and his Tuatha DeDanaan were not Small little people looking to hide gold that is what the stories evolved into. Much like Fairy tales from the Grimm Bros, Beowulf and Greek myths evolved thru time as their people changed. Its a legend that adapted as it's people adapted and they had become the stories we know today long before Walt Disney was even born and since most of these stories originated with the Celts I doubt they painted themeselves as "Brutes" it's more likey you are confusing the Celts with stories of The Formorii and the invasions of Saxons and Welsh from across the Isles. The Celts generally considered themselves the inheritors of the land from the Tuatha who were the original inhabitants of the Isles who as part of a natural progression were dying out and going into hiding becasue there was no place in the world for magic anymore. These are the stories I remember anyway from my grandmother and I've never heard or read anything that would disparage me from that and SERIOUSLY?!? Darby O'Gill offended you? and like I said unless you are somehow pre-christian Irish then St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and the vast majority of people in Ireland being Catholic would probably resent aspersions on their nationality because of their celebration of him. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 01:49 PM In reply to this comment (#1636622) The more I think about it the more baffled I am by those statements. It's like saying Swede's aren't really Swedish unless they worship Odin and Heimdal or Muslims in Egypt aren't really Egyptians unless they worship Ra or Believe in Djinn. Please if you can explain to me what you were getting at? Oh and for all the Boondock St's people once and for all even though I enjoy that movie too, Boston and New York are not in Ireland and as most Irish and Scots are more than happy to tell you being 3rd generation descendants of Irish and Scots does not make you Irish or Scottish you're still just Americans and should be proud of it. Though they welcome your tourist dollars :) (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 01:51 PM In reply to this comment (#1636696) Oh and just so I don't leave myself open to ridicule, I didn't mean to say Lugh the Long Hand was a Celt. I meant to say the original Celtic Mythic character who we draw the word Leprechaun from. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 16 2008 02:08 PM What about The Crying Game?! One of the best movies ever made! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 02:48 PM Nice to see some love for Darby O'Gill. And The Boondock Saints has to be on my list of the 10 worst movies. I absolutely despise that film. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 03:33 PM I did go off on a rant - the St. Patrick's thing is more about the Americanization - green beer - cartoonish quality of the whole thing. In my family, it was a sacred holiday, not an excuse to get wasted. It was a day for family and gratitude during a holy time of year, Lent. And yes, even as a young child I found "Darby O'Gill" offensive because I was surrounded by real Irish people (recent immigrants) who were dignified despite their poverty. Perhaps if you think of characters like Buckwheat as offensive you will see what I mean. And to Big Brother - about the religious comments - Irish Catholicism combines many aspect of both Roman Catholicism and Pagan lore. Anyone who has lived with real Irish people knows what I am talking about. That is most likely true of Swedes, Italians, or any other group who bring part of their own culture and lure into all aspects of their lives. My grandmother prayed to St. Anthony and the little people for help when she lost something. She was a DEVOUT Catholic who also believed that fairies actually lived in certain trees (this belief still exists.) Back to the movies - go see "In Bruges" - while not an Irish movie, it may remind us that Colin Farrell is actually an actor, not just a "star" - (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 03:38 PM I did go off on a rant - the St. Patrick's thing is more about the Americanization - green beer - cartoonish quality of the whole thing. In my family, it was a sacred holiday, not an excuse to get wasted. It was a day for family and gratitude during a holy time of year, Lent. And yes, even as a young child I found "Darby O'Gill" offensive because I was surrounded by real Irish people (recent immigrants) who were dignified despite their poverty. Perhaps if you think of characters like Buckwheat as offensive you will see what I mean. And to Big Brother - about the religious comments - Irish Catholicism combines many aspect of both Roman Catholicism and Pagan lore. Anyone who has lived with real Irish people knows what I am talking about. That is most likely true of Swedes, Italians, or any other group who bring part of their own culture and lure into all aspects of their lives. My grandmother prayed to St. Anthony and the little people for help when she lost something. She was a DEVOUT Catholic who also believed that fairies actually lived in certain trees (this belief still exists.) Back to the movies - go see "In Bruges" - while not an Irish movie, it may remind us that Colin Farrell is actually an actor, not just a "star" - Oh, I almost forgot, the Celts were seen as violent brutes by the Greeks long before they ever got to Ireland. While they "inherited" the land from the Tuatha it was not an easy transition. The clay in the hair, the plaid sash over nothing, as they ran into battle - all made for a fierce foe. (NOT BRAVEHEART) You want a real quandry? Try to research the Picts... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 04:11 PM why was I posted twice? I give up! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 07:30 PM boondock saints is over rated, a shoot em up movie up, with very cliche' scenes and dialogue. That movie reminds of me of an awful segal movie with an irish theme. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 10:59 PM breakfast on pluto? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 16 2008 11:54 PM In reply to this comment (#1636820) Ahhhh, Fair enough then. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 03:26 AM FATHER TED, RULES THEM ALL!!!!!! rip, Ted Crilly. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 05:01 AM JCRAIG66...I agree. Boondock Saints should be on there. What a great film. Very Tarantino-esque. Very good dialogue and a huge fan favorite amongst anyone I talk to, bordering on cult classic. I know it was direct to video but still...this is my favorite Irish film. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 06:29 AM I loved the Commitments, but it should have had subtitles. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 07:20 AM I am glad that you included the "Magdalene Sisters". That movie was hard to watch but the acting was wonderful. "The Snapper", "The Committments", and "Once" are all good choices. Other Irish movies that I have really enjoyed but that didn't make your list were: "Rory O'Shane Was Here" (aka "Inside I'm Dancing") "Breakfast on Pluto" "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 08:05 AM I'm not going to defend "Boondock", I thought it sucked. But granted that Ireland and New York aren't the same thing, there is much cultural closeness between Ireland and the USA, especially NYC. De Valera, perhaps one of the great modern Irish heroes, was an American. When I was in Ireland they celebrated the 4th of July, purely out of cultural solidarity with America. So there's a lot of love crossing the Atlantic, both ways. As for movies, yes, "Michael Connelly" is great but a bit boring at times. "The Field" is depressing but awesome. "Roan Inish" is an acquired taste, but worth the effort. "Quiet Man" is a no-brainer. "Magdelene Sisters" was an insult to faithful Irish Catholics everywhere. Did things like the movie portray happen? Sure. Was it the norm with nuns, like the movie implies? Of course not. Anti-Catholic tripe, through and through. Unfortunately I'm not surprised to see RT recommending it. This might be a slightly radical suggestion for a movie website, but there are great Irish histories and legends out there worth reading. Sorry, Americans -- I meant "reading drunk". (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 09:11 AM If people are going to suggest movies like The Departed that aren't really "Irish", I'm going to throw "Duck, You Sucker" in there. At least that movie has flashbacks to Ireland. And it's one of my faves. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 09:18 AM In reply to this comment (#1632788) Where is Boondock Saints on this list? Or Patriot Games, The Devil's Own, Michael Collins.... I'm really dissapointed! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 09:20 AM The Butcher Boy Intermission Inside I'm Dancing (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 09:35 AM "The Field" should be on there most definitely. Richard Harris as Bull McCabe, excellent performance. Tom Berenger is very good as the American. I've tried to like "Boondock Saints" but, it is terrible. "The Reservoir Dogs" will show those the Saints, the door. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 10:01 AM Sad to see Secret of Roan Inish isn't on this list. That's a lovely film in all ways, and very Irish (but not in the cheesy "Seamus McIrishon" fashion of The Quiet Man). (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:13 AM In reply to this comment (#1638129) I would contest also that Eamon De Valera was American. While he was born in Manhattan he was raised by his mothers parents in Country Clare, but I see what you're saying about the cultural bond between Ireland and America. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:20 AM Love the Commitments, I have it at home right now from netflix, maybe tonight. I have to agree that it's stupid to mention Braveheart just because it has one irish character. Come on. How about WORST irish movies? I'd like to nominate "Far and Away". (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 10:20 AM Boondock Saints is very enjoyable but come on it's not a great piece of film at all. Where is The Field, secret of roan inish, the Wind That shakes the Barley and Ryan's Daughter? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:32 AM WHY is it when people have nothing to new to say, they spend time making a list of things. What is wrong with us humans? All the other creatures of the world, including Wombats and the Duck-Billed Platypus, are laughing at us. Where in any religious text does it mention we should make lists? The only one I know of are the 12 step programs. Is that what we have denegrated ourselves to become? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:59 AM boondock saints is highly overrated. i hate people who think it's the best thing they've ever seen; it makes me wish i could meet them from the interwebz just to punch them in the face. ...also, do people not understand that ireland is a country that ISN'T part of the greater boston area? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 11:13 AM In reply to this comment (#1633179) i totally agree....boondock saints is one severely underrated movies ever (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 11:37 AM Also, I ws just thinking about this cause I saw it on Sky Movies, but how about The Eagle has Landed? Donald Sutherland Robert Duvall AND Micheal Caine (Who goes Nazi for the role). (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 11:55 AM To add to your list of favorite Irish films, "Young Cassidy" starring Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, Flora Robson, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Sian Phillips, Jack MacGowran and members of the Abbey Theater company. It's the early life of Sean O'Casey and, if you've never seen it, it's on Turner Classic Movies today at 6:00pm ET. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 12:08 PM what about gangs of new york?.....o wait, nevermind. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 12:19 PM (ho topo tha marnin ta ya, im hezikiah munson. any shingling er butter churning ne doin?) was a joke. everytime st. patricks day rolls around that movie comes to mind. dont know why. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 12:54 PM Good choices except for Once, which astoundingly found an audience for a 10 minute screenplay and interminably inflated songs. (Yes, I know I'm in the vast minority on that one.) Glad to see The Magdalene Sisters on the list. I'd forgotten about that fine movie. What about The Quiet Man? The Dead? Young Cassidy? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 12:55 PM what about far and away? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 01:08 PM definitely "Micheal Collins". and i know i will be lambasted for this one, but i will also throw down "An Everlasting Piece". i found it quite enjoyable. i don't know if it counts but i liked "Da" as well. and if this was a list of american movies with irish or irish-american characters i'd toss in "Road to Perdition". but it's not, so i won't. lambaste away! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 01:18 PM In America is a good Irish immagrant story...Very Well Acted. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 03:21 PM Odd Man Out! Brilliance on a stick, one of my all time favourite films. I can't believe it didn't occur to me (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 05:51 PM I don't know...I would still put The Departed in there. It had shades of Ireland. Even my wife liked it because of the Irish color in Boston. But hers is in the Top Ten: Darby O' Gill. :) (Reply to this) |
on Mar 17 2008 06:18 PM I agree with others who have said that Michael Collins and The Field should be on the list. One movie I really enjoyed that I have not seen mentioned is The Boxer (1997 staring Daniel Day-Lewis). (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:53 PM I'm tellin ya peeps that are Irish lovers... check out The General. A good friend who grew up off of South Circular introduced me to it... ****as!!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 17 2008 10:53 PM I'm tellin ya peeps that are Irish lovers... check out The General. A good friend who grew up off of South Circular introduced me to it!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 18 2008 10:09 AM gangs of new york?? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 18 2008 04:52 PM In reply to this comment (#1632707) Why would The Retarted, oops I mean The Departed, be on any "Greats" lists. IT was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, might actually be the worst. Glad Once is on there loved that one and My Left Foot as well was a very moving picture. Gotta check out most of the others. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 24 2008 07:12 PM What about Pulp Fiction, moreons? One of the guys in it has an accent that is sort of Irish. And Quentin is a shades of Irish name. Morover, the movie is kind of like Snatch, which has Brad Pitt playing a guy who is kind of Irish!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 27 2008 07:13 AM In reply to this comment (#1632806) Ireland isn't part of the UK you ignorant fool. And Braveheart was shot in Ireland. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 27 2008 07:20 AM In reply to this comment (#1632806) These lists always choose the cheeziest OIRISH films. The Quite man and D'arby o'Gill are both rubbish. Where is The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Intermission, Adam and Paul, Michael Collins, The Butcher Boy or The Crying Game? In America deserves a mention aswell. I'm also not too sure if In Bruges was out when this list was collated but that is a fantastic movie. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 13 2008 06:05 PM Which is hotter?/? TALLHUB. c om Or this !111 (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 26 2008 08:38 AM I really really love him. He is attracted by lots of beautiful women like me. We have a good talk on the FREE & HOT celebrity dating site ' R i c h M a t c h M a k i n g . c o m'. I am a part-time model. He said I am his ideal match. I like the site. I like him. (Reply to this) |
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on May 06 2008 05:30 PM The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Boxer (Reply to this) |
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on May 06 2008 08:43 PM CANT BELIEVE THAT INTERMISSION DIDNT GET MORE PRAISE . ALSO ACCELERATOR WAS GOOD WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2008 06:32 PM In reply to this comment (#1633453) This is for JoshTee! if he even reads this, but really stop complaining about why you don't like Boondock Saints just because it got popular, if thats all you care about cry, just because " Frat Boys " started liking it doesn't mean that you should dislike it, and just because it was not directed by someone you like does not mean that its a crappy movie, I think if Troy Duffy wrote the movie he has every right to direct it also, it's his movie, he should be able to direct how he wants not some other director! (Reply to this) |
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on May 20 2008 10:02 PM boondock saints was plain stupid......eastern promises was better, hell, a prayer for the dying was better....hidden agenda...and what about the field?????after daniel day lewis....richard harris' performance is superior to anything else on the list, bar fookin none (Reply to this) |
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on May 20 2008 10:03 PM boondock saints was plain stupid......eastern promises was better, hell, a prayer for the dying was better....hidden agenda...and what about the field?????after daniel day lewis....richard harris' performance is superior to anything else on the list, bar fookin none (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 04 2008 06:53 PM In reply to this comment (#1632806) Yes, Braveheart originates from Scotland, but portions were filmed at Trim Castle in Ireland...so there is a connection. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 04 2008 07:03 PM In reply to this comment (#1632830) Yes, Braveheart originates from Scotland, but portions were filmed at Trim Castle in Ireland...so there is a connection. And I second the listing of: Waking Ned Divine, Circle of Friends, Michael Collins, Bloody Sunday, Once, The Snapper; and I raise you: Matchmaker, Tristan and Isolde, Excalibur (portions filmed at Rock of Cashel), Evelyn, This is My Father, Angela's Ashes. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 06 2008 04:23 PM Run out and get "The Playboys" (1992) and "Quackser Fortune Has A Cousin In The Bronx" (1970) (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 14 2008 04:10 PM In reply to this comment (#1633179) I would have to say boondock saints is the best, just sidelined to the departed, that i would ever concider watching. although the irish heritage is interesting it just cant be put into movie form better than the departed and boondock saints were! (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 20 2008 11:22 AM In reply to this comment (#1632705) i want every1 to recommend few very good, must watch movies.... frm india saurabh (Reply to this) |
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