INTERMISSION
I agree with JP on this one. I also thought it was going to be more crime/caper oriented in a Guy Ritchie-ish kind of way (maybe it was the look of the case) but it surprised me and turned out to be a good, multi-charactered story of people, relationships, loneliness, selfish needs, and all that goodness. A little bit of everything for everyone, I thought. I dug it.
There were several storylines going on that all seemed to intertwine in some ways. Like 6 degrees of seperation from Cillian Murphy. Thats how I saw it. CM had his story about how his unforgiving girl from Trainspotting was mean to him and left him for some baldy old dude. The Old dude left his poor wife for Trainspotting girl. Poor wife discovers her single self and has a fling with CM's friend. CM's friend gets friendly with Trainspotting girl's sister with a mustache (who is also from Trainspotting). Also some Colin Farrell action, some other people too. JP explained the plot pretty well. Gave you about the same feel as Full Monty only without the nakedness.
I loved how this was an irish movie. I love irish accents and couldn't get enough. I could listen to these characters talk all day. It was also one of the first movies I've actually heard Cillian crank his accent up to 9, it was so charming. Lately in american movies like RED EYE or BATMAN BEGINS, he buries it under an american accent. Much smoother in B.B. than RED EYE, where you could very much tell he had a little irish accent behind his voice dying to come back out. I loved it anyway.
Overall, I like this movie. It flowed very well, with realistic characters. Not all of them likable but still interesting and solid. It had me into it from the beginning to end. It was good fun.
Cillian of course was great. Shorter hair, less smooth but he played it very sincere. Even though I thought he was way too cute and lovable for his girlfriend, who didn't appreciate his awesomeness enough, I still rooted for him to win her back because that seemed like the only thing he was interested in through out the whole movie. He was a bit of a rebel and a bit of an idiot and totally clueless on how to go about winning back his girlfriend but his eyes make him forgivable for all of it. Like a kitten that scratches up your furniture and poops in your refrigerator and you want to yell at him and be mad but then he looks up at you and you just can't stay mad. That is just one of the powers possessed by Cillian Murphy and why he is so fun to watch on screen. He's awesome.
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