*THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN* (2022) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING 

This movie was beautifully depressing. I don't know else to describe it. But the movie is about despair, loneliness, legacy and lost friendships. Amazing they made it funny in parts at all.

the whole thing is a metaphor for the Irish civil war, it was a pointless feud between friends and neighbors that hurt everybody, not just the ones fighting and accomplished nothing and left people bitter.

To me the movie felt like an allegory for the Irish Civil War. The older generation want to fall into tradition and leave a legacy while the young either move to break away from the old way or kill themselves in order to escape.

One of my favorite films from last year. Wonderful performances and cinematography. The central conflict of a male friendship disintegrating almost overnight over dumb sh*t struck a chord with me because I’ve been in a few friendships like that (luckily without self mutilations and an innocent donkey getting caught in the crossfire)

Movie isn’t just about the Irish civil war, it’s also about trying to find meaning in a life that doesn’t come with any beyond surviving. The man who wanted nothing was the happiest at the start and the loneliest at the end due to the misery of others.

I think this movie symbolises the irish civil war and how brothers and friends turned on eachother in an instant, and the innocent lives caught in the crossfire. I loved it

I love Irish movies. They're so damn interesting and strange. People in them say things nobody else would say, anywhere else in the world.

Martin McDonagh did it again! Superb performances by the casts all around. That Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon scene by the lake is top tier

Such a gorgeous film of despair and comedy with a violent undercurrent - sublime McDonagh writing as always ;)

You should look up Irish civil war, it makes much more sense

So within the last two weeks my wife told me she would like to separate. We’d been best friends since freshman year of high school and married ten years. Obviously I’m having a tough time and I’m feeling a bit like the Pádraic in our situation.

"So, no, we won't call it quits. We'll call it the start."

This movie perfectly captured my deepest most intense fear and source of immense anxiety. A life spent alone, having added nothing to the lives of others, being considered a waist of time by those that know or knew me.

pádraic goes and talks to colm a second time

My favourite film of last year. Thank you for your thoughtful reaction.

As someone who is in Pádraic's position (not 1:1, but the broad strokes) in high school.... It just fucking sucks. It's not more painful than a breakup, but it's definitely more confusing lol.

It's interesting to see which of the 2 main characters someone relates to more, which one they are most sympathetic to.

This movie is absolutely brilliant and beautiful. It's about different kinds of loneliness and how people deal with it:

"Wouldn't you say punching a policeman is a sin?"

Many years ago, I came across this Bulgarian folk song called, "Polegnala e Todora" on Spotify. I listened to and LOVED it. It had this very sincere, magical, simple quality to it.