re: The Banshees of Inisherin

Im laughing at all the wife comments. My wife hated it as well. I got to say, Jennys plot line hit me hard.

Watched this yesterday. It was fantastic. Reminiscent of an Irish Cohen Brothers movie, imo. Humorous character dialog like The Big Lebowski and pacing/cinematography similar to No Country For Old Men. Loved it.

I didn’t realize how much Dominic/Barry Keoghan looks like song/dance man Donald O’Connor.

May be a dumb question, when in life did everyone learn that Colin Farrell is Irish?

He's in the Damien Lewis category of actors who have so many noteworthy "American" roles that I'm always a bit jarred when I hear the native accent.

I really wanted to like this movie, but I would put it in the category of interesting but not entertaining.

I love how the Irish Civil War was tied in and how the whole plot seemed to be an allegory to the War. I think the whole idea was just too jarring for me, the setting, dialogue, mood, and the characters all seemed so real, and the idea of a musician hacking off his fingers for such a silly reason seemed so unreal, my brain had a hard time connecting the two together.

Like I said I was interested in the movie and what would happen, but I don’t think I was entertained by it like I was In Bruges

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the idea of a musician hacking off his fingers for such a silly reason seemed so unreal,

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He was mentally ill and coming to terms with his mortality. The priest asked him about "the despair". Playing music didn't matter as much as leaving a legacy which he thought would be his composition.

Pretty good flick. It was just a dark, Frog and Toad book.

I enjoyed it, but not the type of movie I could re-watch. I did cry like a bitch when Jenny died.
But I did find some of the trivia about the movie funny, esp about the donkey.

Trivia from IMDB

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Colin Farrell had several incidents with animals during the shoot. Jenny, the miniature donkey, kicked him while he was hand-feeding her. Second, the dog portraying Brendan Gleeson's pet bit him. Thirdly, a horse leading a cart Farrell was in tried to reverse the cart into the ocean.

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Jenny, the miniature donkey portraying Colin Farrell's pet (also named Jenny, likely to help her react to cues,) had never been in a movie before. She was not a trained animal actor, and seemed to detest the experience (Farrell himself joked that she was the biggest diva on set.) A second donkey with ample experience on sets, Nosy Rosy, filled in as her double.

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Is anyone’s life better off at the end?

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The sister’s life maybe.
Colm got the worst of it. He is a nut, but also he would’ve been ok if Padraic would have just left him alone instead of chasing him like a jilted lover. Now he’s a homeless musician who can’t play music so won’t leave behind anything to be remembered.