[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's on You tube Ammi

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…I loved this……I loved the mom and dad, well all of the characters…who strangely felt quite familiar in some ways as well, it felt as though I knew similar characters…not that storyline but the family were so likeable and Dessie’s relationship with his family and love for his family was a joy…there was only one thing ….

Spoiler:

…obviously the scene which showed her with George and how drunk she was, this very young girl who could have been his daughter…and how eagerly this ‘father figure’ abused that situation ….obviously that wasn’t good to watch…

….I’m also now addicted to the Lick the Tins version of I Can’t Help Falling in Love….

[Ammi]

…thank you for that, though……I just need to find Local Hero to watch, now…

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I loved this……I loved the mom and dad, well all of the characters…who strangely felt quite familiar in some ways as well, it felt as though I knew similar characters…not that storyline but the family were so likeable and Dessie’s relationship with his family and love for his family was a joy…there was only one thing ….

Spoiler:

…obviously the scene which showed her with George and how drunk she was, this very young girl who could have been his daughter…and how eagerly this ‘father figure’ abused that situation ….obviously that wasn’t good to watch…

….I’m also now addicted to the Lick the Tins version of I Can’t Help Falling in Love….

Spoiler:

Yes, I mean it was of it's time but nowadays we'd be calling that rape. That aside, it's such a funny film and Dessie absolutely steals the show

The film is actually an adaption of a tirlogy of books by Roddy Doyle called the Barrystown Trilogy, they're not exactly sequels about the same people but they're all centered around the same area. The Commitments and The Van are the other two, they're both very good as well (you may have seen the Commitments? the was the most famous of the 3)

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Spoiler:

Yes, I mean it was of it's time but nowadays we'd be calling that rape. That aside, it's such a funny film and Dessie absolutely steals the show

The film is actually an adaption of a tirlogy of books by Roddy Doyle called the Barrystown Trilogy, they're not exactly sequels about the same people but they're all centered around the same area. The Commitments and The Van are the other two, they're both very good as well (you may have seen the Commitments? the was the most famous of the 3)

…yeah, I know the Commitments movie/story…I didn’t realise it was part of a trilogy…

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…yeah, I know the Commitments movie/story…I didn’t realise it was part of a trilogy…

The Van is the lesser known of them all but Colm Meaney is the main character again (although not playing Dessie) it's also very good

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Van is the lesser known of them all but Colm Meaney is the main character again (although not playing Dessie) it's also very good

…I’ll look out for that as well…although Colm Meaney is excellent, I thought all of the casting was perfect….

[Ammi]

Spoiler:

….a funny line/bit right at the end was when Dessie was in the pub and celebrating ‘7lb 12oz’ and the old guy says…was it a baby or a turkey…?…when Dessie said it’s a baby/ahhh, that’s a grand size baby….small turkey, though….…I just love that kind of wholesome humour….some of it wasn’t so wholesome and I liked that as well… …

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Spoiler:

….a funny line/bit right at the end was when Dessie was in the pub and celebrating ‘7lb 12oz’ and the old guy says…was it a baby or a turkey…?…when Dessie said it’s a baby/ahhh, that’s a grand size baby….small turkey, though….…I just love that kind of wholesome humour….some of it wasn’t so wholesome and I liked that as well… …

Yeah that was funny

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Spoiler:

Yes, I mean it was of it's time but nowadays we'd be calling that rape. That aside, it's such a funny film and Dessie absolutely steals the show

The film is actually an adaption of a tirlogy of books by Roddy Doyle called the Barrystown Trilogy, they're not exactly sequels about the same people but they're all centered around the same area. The Commitments and The Van are the other two, they're both very good as well (you may have seen the Commitments? the was the most famous of the 3)

Spoiler:

…yeah, it was of it’s time but it’s that he kept her underwear as well so that he could ‘brag’ and had a ‘souvenir ’…I found that all very difficult…

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Spoiler:

…yeah, it was of it’s time but it’s that he kept her underwear as well so that he could ‘brag’ and had a ‘souvenir ’…I found that all very difficult…

Spoiler:

And I think they probably dealt with him/his character as harshly as he could have been dealt with at the time, it just wasn't considered sexual assault or rape back then (horribly and wrongly) him being made out as a sleazy pervert was about as much as he could get

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Spoiler:

And I think they probably dealt with him/his character as harshly as he could have been dealt with at the time, it just wasn't considered sexual assault or rape back then (horribly and wrongly) him being made out as a sleazy pervert was about as much as he could get

Spoiler:

…yeah, it was dealt with well, I have to say…because even ‘of its time’, it didn’t portray that behaviour and those actions from George as being any acceptable thing, it was shown as him being perverted…I mean, Dessie wasn’t that man…it was very specific at being that one older guy…what was nice, I thought…is how much mindsets had actually moved on…(…I’m thinking about mindsets and judgement with things like the Magdalene Laundries…)…and how accepting the family and outer community were with single motherhood…the judgement being laid was that it was that older pervert, George…and even now in these times…?…there would be some judgement in Sharon also for being a victim….on social media etc…we see similar stuff often, that older guy just couldn’t help himself, poor thing……

[Ammi]

Spoiler:

…see how the marital ‘sexy time’ has changed as well and that was also ‘of its time’….’you don’t even clean your teeth…’….’…let me just finish this line of knitting and we’re good to go…’….…

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Spoiler:

…yeah, it was dealt with well, I have to say…because even ‘of its time’, it didn’t portray that behaviour and those actions from George as being any acceptable thing, it was shown as him being perverted…I mean, Dessie wasn’t that man…it was very specific at being that one older guy…what was nice, I thought…is how much mindsets had actually moved on…(…I’m thinking about mindsets and judgement with things like the Magdalene Laundries…)…and how accepting the family and outer community were with single motherhood…the judgement being laid was that it was that older pervert, George…and even now in these times…?…there would be some judgement in Sharon also for being a victim….on social media etc…we see similar stuff often, that older guy just couldn’t help himself, poor thing……

Spoiler:

Yeah people would still absolutely judge her nowadays I think, sometimes I think we're even regressing in ways, people are extreemly judgmental on social media

Originally Posted by Ammi

Spoiler:

…see how the marital ‘sexy time’ has changed as well and that was also ‘of its time’….’you don’t even clean your teeth…’….’…let me just finish this line of knitting and we’re good to go…’….…

Spoiler:

haha yeah, you could imagine that was true in a lot of cases back then