The Banshees of Inisherin

First thoughts

My first impression of this movie was that it was stunning and boring at the same time. That is perhaps the reason why it took me two viewings to finish it. First time seeing it, I lasted for 30 min. The visuals were beautiful, the colour palette, Colin Farrell is perfect as always. I guess it was the fact that nothing was happening so I couldn’t keep my Attention. Therefore, I ended up doing something else. But two days ago on December 26 2022, I decided to finish the movie. And as always I realized that I am a very moody watcher and reader as a matter of fact. I will like a movie when I’ve set myself to watch it. It was really upon revisiting it that I finally understood the point of this film. The very simple premise was laid out to the viewer in the first 5 minutes. It is a story about a guy who no longer wants to be friend with another guy. Funny and dark at the same time, it navigates the relationship between friends and its abrupt stop. It takes a look on anger, despair, depression on both sides whenever you are the one deciding to stop the relationship, or the one being told so. It resonated with it. And not until the very end of the movie, or towards the end that I come to realize this. I don’t know why but I was expecting something more, like maybe Colm has a terminal condition or whatnot. But no. There is no reason. I guess he did say that he was boring and he wanted to have some quiet and leave some trace in his case music to the world.

Subtly executed with a ton of care, the movie captivated me. To see their relationship deteriorate and the insane self mutilation that sounded hilarious at the beginning became a nightmare to watch. Especially the cutting part. Disgusted me trully. This is definitely a movie that I will have to revisit. I feel like I would pick up on more details upon a rewatch.

On Relationships

Sometimes friendship works that way. I’ve experienced it first hand too. I really don’t like going into the details, but people will choose to stop being friends with me. It can be for various reasons such as we go to different schools, no longer in the same city, etc.

Interview between Martin McDonagh and Taylor Swift

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