43
Enjoyable Netflix slop. Probably would've been better if it had any sort of heft or believability in the world - terrible green-screen throughout. Still, there's a good dragon in this. And Ray Winstone!
93
Bonnets swaying in the wind. Booze and greenery and ritual. A man of violence returns to his homeland in order to reckon with himself and the possibility of a romantic future. Maybe, just maybe, on a sheer compositional level, the most beautiful picture in the history of the cinema. I might be saying that a bit loud but gosh just look at those images! On a big screen, the fantastical trials and tribulations of John Ford's Ireland manifest in a mythic register. Larger than life.
Christian Bale deserved an Oscar.
So quotable.
So funny.
So twisted.
So delirious.
So amazing.
Sorry this review is so short, I have to return some videotapes.