Good Irish movies

POSTED BY: PirateCat
UPDATED: Sunday, March 30, 2008 03:58
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PIRATECAT

Sunday, March 16, 2008 3:34 PM

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".

KIRKULES

Sunday, March 16, 2008 3:45 PM

"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.

PHYRELIGHT

Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:03 PM

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.

ECGORDON

Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:37 PM

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."

SISTER

Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:22 PM

two words - Boondock Saints.

SAMORAN

Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:31 AM

"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

PIRATECAT

Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:58 PM

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".

SPOOKYJESUS

Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:30 PM

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/

DERANGEDMILK

Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:27 PM

"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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COSMICFUGITIVE

Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:50 PM

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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