ciaranboland

ciaranboland

Favorite films

  • La Dolce Vita
  • Seven Samurai
  • La La Land
  • Manchester by the Sea

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★½

  • Trainspotting

    ★★★★

  • Guys and Dolls

    ★★★½

  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★★

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★½

    We’re all merely tourists in viewing other people’s pain. Not a knock on compassion or empathy. But there are limits on how much we can put ourselves in other’s shoes. 
    Both guys here want to be like the other. 
    We all are in pain.

  • Trainspotting

    Trainspotting

    ★★★★

    Just such a brilliant film to watch with lads in your college years. I can totally see why this is such a cultural classic.
    One of those ones that gets you on a literal fucking buzz.

    On a simple level; great shots, great music, great dialogue and fucking gas scenes mixed with some poignant moments. Just a brilliant movie that is only lacking in how it rounds out some of the plot points. 

    Gonna delve a bit deeper because i’m…

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  • Ella Enchanted

    Ella Enchanted

    ½

    Watched this because Nut wanted a short one. He didn't watch the movie (played games on his phone) and went to bed halfway through. It was 10:17pm.

    Is there any redeeming facet to this movie? Anything at all man that makes it worth fkn seeing? Maybe some nice scenery, or a small, funny moment, a leng ting or a flash of charm. Let me think. I'm sitting here. I'm thinking. I'm looking at the list of cast members... Anne Hathaway,…

  • La La Land

    La La Land

    ★★★★★

    Alright bais. Watched this w mike the bike and told him about letterboxd. Still remains to be seen if he’ll get an account or not but for one night and one night only I’ve lent him my account to write up the review on La La Land. Let him cook now on the Macbook:


    Musicals made me a romantic. They taught me that some emotion is so powerful that it can’t be put into mere words—it must be sung. Some…

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