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cantwatchscottstots t1_ja1syfc wrote

Reply to Question about Banshees of Inisherin? by Past-Confusion-3234

To me the movie was about living in the moment versus creating something that lasts. Colm wants to play music that lasts after he dies. His time spent with Padric directly conflicts with that goal.

When Padric and Colm spend time together, he loses a finger. This makes playing music much more difficult. It’s a very dark ironic bit, when he goes back to spending time in the moment, it negatively effects his ability to creat lasting music. In this case, it a very physical manifestation of the theme of the film.

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Sir_Sparda t1_ja1rjrq wrote

Reply to What's with all the super high IQ movie stars? Have they been actually verified? by TheRedditornator

While those numbers do seem high, you have to think about how these are elite people that are in positions that not the average joe can get into. Their public persona does not translate to their intelligence. Acting may seem easy, but to convey a feeling or emotion is rather difficult, let alone be casted several times in major motion pictures. You’re literally judging these books by their covers. Do you think you could talk to a crowd of people every night and host famous celebrities and have engaging and comedic interactions with the audience like Conan OBrien? Do you think you can effectively and succinctly talk about human trafficking like Ashton Kutcher? Can you make people laugh by creating an aloof character like Mr. Bean as does Rowan Atkinson? Celebrities are (mostly) famous for good reasons, thus to dismiss their intelligence based on some biased viewpoint doesn’t seem like the best way to go about this.

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AirbagOff t1_ja1r2rq wrote

Reply to Question about Banshees of Inisherin? by Past-Confusion-3234

Colm Doherty was clearly in a dark, dark place (end of life existential crisis + deep depression). The part that seemed off to me was that he was still as functional as he was, in terms of being able to interact with others at the pub (and even play music). In real life, he probably would have invented reasons NOT to go to the pub anymore and would have become even more isolated than he already was.

The part that I didn’t like about the movie was that Colm seemed to think that change would come for him if he could just slip loose from his friendship with “dull” Padraic. The reality is that he saw his whole life as dull and pointless, and thought that if he could maybe just change this one thing, other dominoes might fall in his favor as well, which is obviously not how life works. But if you think of it from the perspective of a “junkie” refusing to speak to his old drug dealer, with the drug being “dullness”, you can kind of see the method to his madness.

Personally, I think Colm wanted to kill himself long before the story began, but didn’t for religious reasons and/or wanted to remain alive to care for his dog. The fingers were that big “cry for help” prior to suicide.

In the end, it probably doesn’t matter, because I believe that the characters in the movie were all metaphors for the state of infighting in Ireland, so you could think of each character as representing a group of people within Ireland who couldn’t see eye-to-eye. Arguably, cutting off fingers and burning of houses might represent the loss of life and property in pursuit of (meaningless?) political and religious philosophies during a time of war in Ireland.

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meliorayne t1_ja1q91y wrote

Reply to Question about Banshees of Inisherin? by Past-Confusion-3234

I've disagreed with others about this, but I've always felt as though Colm was somewhat relieved by the end. The pressure of greatness was gone now that he'd cut off all his fingers, and in his mind he could both blame it on Padraic and now count himself among the "ordinary" and try and mend fences with the man. The tragedy in my mind was that it was too late; Padraic would forever be his enemy for what he had done.

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