THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

TL;DR Be bored enough and you will become a shit person and or self-mutilate. 6.8/10

I had this movie recommended to me by 2 seperate people and they both hyped it up quite a bit, but I know that one of them *really* likes Colin Farrell so maybe it's that. Who am I to say.
 
The movie is set in an island off the coast of Ireland, where, like in my village, people have nothing to do so they gossip about each other and cut off their fingers (maybe not the last one ok - but I wouldn't know now would I). Colin Farrell plays Patrick (oh wait we are in Ireland so it's spelled Padraic what the fuck Irish people) who is best friends with a dude named Colm. Colm randomly decides to stop hanging out with Patrick (yes I refuse to use the proper spelling) and refuses to give an explanation. Patrick repeatedly tries to talk to Colm, who gets so pissed he cuts off one of his left-hand fingers each time that happens, leaving him with no fingers at the end of the movie, and unable to play the fiddle which was the whole reason he stopped talking to his friend - to become a composer and be remembered foreveer or some shit.
 
Now, I will be honest - I did not, on one hand, get the hype, mainly because for a movie where nothing "important" happens it is a little too convoluted, as in I had a hard time writing what it is about. On the other hand that is kind of the point and I like it. I think what we are trying to get to is, when people have nothing better to do, they play musical instruments and gossip and chop off their limbs and kill each other's animals and set houses on fire during a murder attempt - but who am I to say my life is so interesting (sarcasm). And it tries to pose the question of which one is better - to be a good person while you are alive or to be remembered after you die, with each question corresponding to each of the two main characters. And to be honest I think both succeed - mostly - in getting that.
 
I will say that I wanted to punch everyone in this movie except Patrick's sister (whose name is fucking Siobhan for fucks sake) who is idol I love her she slayed, I think we all want to be the mysterious woman in the village who is not married and very educated and eventually leaves dramatically to work in a library or something.
Everyone else had their heads up their asses to the point where I genuinely think that they could not interact with a person outside of their village.
 
My friend said that that is just what happens when people are too bored, and that anyone could just gather a  few stories and make a new movie called The Banshees of Rodotopin (Rodotopi is my village, I used the name as a placeholder for her quote). She is right. Although I didn't get the movie at first and it was weirdly paced, I do appericiate it especially after getting the point which I did not do at first.
 
In conclusion, we should let people who live in villages have internet, and we should be nice. Because personally I still remember Picasso as a massive dickhead who made overrated art. Fuck Picasso.