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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
I wanted to rate it higher
I gave 6/10, which felt like I should hand my passport back in. A stellar Irish cast, but the storyline was derivative and vaguely predictable.
That it was meant to be about the animation first and foremost is understood, but the film stood to gain from better pacing and perhaps another 15 minutes run time could have achieved that. Far too rushed as it was.
Tommy Tiernan was recognisable barely a syllable into his first word, but his part in it was never ever explained... (other than as a plot device) If they were to push on and make a TV series of this, I could see them plugging all the holes in the script very easily indeed.
Jason Byrne was unrecognisable by the same token... and while it might have been the sound, it seemed much of his dialogue was mumbled.
Neil Delamere, sure that fella could be picked out of a crowd of millions, and his small part was pretty funny.
Child actors being chosen for child characters? Hollywood wouldn't approve... Keep up the great work!
Will 100% watch any sequel or TV series *if* they keep as much of the cast in situ as possible - I hate when they recast voices.
Calvary (2014)
Two down, one to go...
The third part in the so-called Suicide Trilogy (which sort of ruins the ambiguous ending to The Guard in many ways, but sure what can you do?), this was almost a surreal yet entirely realistic expose of Irish rural life in the West of Ireland. To my mind, the most important aspect of the movie was the evolution of the characters involved - as those who were so quick to be seen at mass soon shed their masks (with several questions remaining even as the credits rolled as to who knew what, and what hand did any have in the events as they unfolded). Indeed, Pat Short dispenses with the Kilnascully schtick quickly enough, replacing it something more present in the Overlook Hotel than the Irish countryside.
Those who were less inclined to be part of what is even yet a very traditional aspect of Irish life, as the movie nears its climax, so clearly yearn for that which they did not seem to enjoy hitherto (Dylan Moran, Owen Sharpe, the beautiful Kelly Reilly). Chris O'Dowd, so often a comic actor and one simply born to such roles, steps outside his comfort zone in portraying a pained butcher, and does so wonderfully. Sligo is not too far from his native Boyle, so that helps somewhat. Aidan Gillen, whom can be so menacing even in saying hello, still has that sort of forced accent - but which might really be his for all I know. Killian Scott. Genius. Those who watch Love/Hate should have seen a mirror of post-assault Tommy in the simple-esque Milo, and had he been seen drinking a fizzy orange in any of the pub scenes then I don't think many would have missed the nod to RTÉ's most recent hit series.
The third movie, which we might see in 2016, is to be at once anticipated, and feared. For in its coming we will see the end of this story.