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Good Irish movies

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:34 AM

to watch.... I'll take in Michael Collins later.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:45 AM

KIRKULES

"The Quiet Man" with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is a great movie. O'Hara was one hot redhead.

Mary Kate Danaher: Could you use a little water in your whiskey?
Michaleen Flynn: When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:03 AM

PHYRELIGHT

I highly recommend The Quiet Man too. If that film had been in anyone else's hands, it would have been really terrible, but John Ford and the cast and crew all did an incredible job that withstands the test of time. Also, Far and Away begins in Ireland and ends in Oklahoma. And there's also the drama Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan about a father who loses his children because his wife left him and he's out of work (it's heart wrenching to watch).

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:37 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I'd recommend another John Ford film, "The Long Gray Line" starring Tyrone Power. It is set in the U.S., at West Point, but it is about an Irish immigrant's experiences there and the influence he had on so many of the cadets. Another Tyrone Power film would be "Luck of the Irish."

Then there's David Lean's "Ryan's Daughter."

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:22 PM

SISTER

two words - Boondock Saints.

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Friday, March 21, 2008 10:31 PM

SAMORAN

"Divorcing Jack" is very good and irreverently funny with a somewhat high body count for a comedy. Set just after the peace accords in the late 90's mostly in and around Belfast.
"The Wind that shakes the Barley" is another movie set around the 1919-1923 period of independence and civil war, but set away from Dublin with no national figures really shows how terribly hard the choices were in that time. Really well done.

"The Secret of Roan Inish" is one of my all time favorite movies about a girl sent to live with her grandparents and rediscovers her families history. A really well done movie by John Sayles and an excellent cast.

"Into the West" about two poor young brothers who find a special horse and have an adventure. This one some may like and others not. It seems like it would be a childrens movie, but it is not really.

"The Commitments" about a young group of musicians trying to make it in Blues music in Ireland. From the book by Roddy Doyle and part of the excellent "Barrytown trilogy"

Those are a few good Irish movies and probably a lot more I forgot as well.

Ken

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:58 AM

PIRATECAT

Well Samoran I will be checking these good irish movies out. Irish independent films are usually pretty good. Now I have some I haven't seen yet. Into the West is a really cute movie. Their going to Arizona it cracked me up. lator gator pc

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:30 AM

SPOOKYJESUS

Adam and Paul

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419420/

My Left Foot

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097937/

Disco Pigs

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236157/

Breakfast on Pluto

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411195/

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469691/

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:27 AM

DERANGEDMILK

"Intermission" & "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
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"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:50 AM

COSMICFUGITIVE

I'm surprised that noone has mentioned 'Waking Ned' yet. There are so many laugh out loud moments.

Trailer:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0166396/trailers-screenplay-E10456-310

On a more serious note, 'Angela's Ashes.' That's a good drama.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0145653/

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:27 PM

REGINAROADIE

Yes on THE COMMITMENTS. That and AMADEUS are my two favorite music movies (not musicals, movies that are about music).

The bit that Joey tells Jimmy at the end is one of my favorite end bits in a movie. I thought of that when SERENITY didn't do too well at the box office and it seemed like our hopes for further films or a new series had been dashed.

"Success of the band was irrelevant. You've exceeded their expectations in life, you've lifted their horizons. Sure we could have been famous and made albums and all that, but that would have been predictable. This way it's poetry."

"It's a fuckin' pisser is what it is, Joey."

It's the same way I feel about JERICHO being canceled for good this time. Just the fact that we loved it so much that we managed to get a movie spin-off or another season get greenlit is amazing enough for me. Whether it succeeded or failed is beside the point.

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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."

Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 1:02 PM

SAMORAN

Yes I forgot about "Waking Ned Devine", that was really good and had lots of funny moments.

I didn't know Jericho was cancelled again. I am kind of sad about it because I thought they had a lot of good stories left to tell. I think CBS has a history of dumping shows that have no future like "Star Trek". That one sunk like a stone just like they thought. At least there is still "Battlestar Galactica".

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:03 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

All of these are good movies and I think the "Quiet Man" is one of my all time favorite movies.

Another one about an Irish American is "Cinderella Man" with Russell Crowe about James Braddock, a heavyweight boxer during the Depression. A true "rags to riches" story. It's an excellent and mainly over looked movie despite being directed by Ron Howard.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:22 PM

SPOOKYJESUS

Quote:
Originally posted by derangedmilk:
"Intermission" & "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
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"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

Vote for Firefly at http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html]

Completely forgot about those two -

The Wind that shakes the Barley is especially amazing. There are places in it where it's like sitting in a pub listening to people go on.....

http://mahoneyfats.ning.com/

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:00 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA

Come on people, "The Crying Game."

Transvestites, terrorism, sex, explosions, a love story all wrapped in one. And it was a shocker at the time, the secret of the love interest being kept a secret for so long and nominated for Oscars. Really great movie. Even if Forrest Whitiker was badly cast.

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Monday, March 24, 2008 7:44 AM

SICKDUDE

Definitely "The Crying Game".

Also a new one, "Once". Fantastic!

Lastly, it's impossible to find, but "The Hard Way" starring Lee van Cleef and Patrick McGoohan.

"Your gratuitous jello awaits." - Dr. Helen Magnus, Sanctuary

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Friday, March 28, 2008 10:41 AM

DUN

nods head

i liked the snapper,commitments,check out man about dog and in bruges but be warned lots of bad language and bad taste

wheres the send button

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:50 PM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

Gangs of New York.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:58 PM

GRIZWALD

Oh good, I see my two faves have already been suggested:

The Commitments, for the Republic
The Crying Game, for the Northern Counties

(You'll note they're both "The" titles, heh.)

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