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Post by queenzod on Nov 13, 2020 21:49:45 GMT
The Irish are getting het up over this movie. Comments are gold!
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Post by ellie on Nov 14, 2020 0:10:44 GMT
Lol. I saw the reaction. To be fair it does look as though they think Ireland is stuck in the 1950s, the accents are terrible and they have used every “Oirish” cliche in the book. I mean the woman wears a shawl at one point and the man is seen using a coracle boat. Holy bejaysus & all his blessed saints I tink they be after makin’ us look like a pack of pure eejits. 😀
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Post by mllemass on Nov 14, 2020 1:05:17 GMT
It wasn’t until she says something about freezing her eggs that I realized that this is set in present day! Ha! My best friend growing up went back to Ireland each summer, and always returned with the coolest, trendiest stuff that hadn’t come out here yet. And they lived on a ranch while they were there!
The movie Mamma Mia was terrible for doing this. They showed everyone living on this modern-day Greek island wearing 1940’s peasant clothes. It made me want to scream when I watched it! And they do that on tv shows all the time - they show someone newly arrived from Italy wearing what looks like folk-dancing outfits. Then they have to be taught to dress properly by the helpful Americans. In reality, any time I’ve been to Italy, everyone (men and women) looks like they walked out of a fashion magazine. No matter how well I think I’m dressed, I always feel dumpy and underdressed when I’m there.
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Post by queenzod on Nov 14, 2020 1:23:08 GMT
Lol I don’t even understand what it’s *about.* love triangle?
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Post by dickens38 on Nov 14, 2020 3:01:13 GMT
Lol. I saw the reaction. To be fair it does look as though they think Ireland is stuck in the 1950s, the accents are terrible and they have used every “Oirish” cliche in the book. I mean the woman wears a shawl at one point and the man is seen using a coracle boat. Holy bejaysus & all his blessed saints I tink they be after makin’ us look like a pack of pure eejits. 😀 *snort!*  |
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Post by mllemass on Nov 14, 2020 3:10:45 GMT
After looking up the plot of the movie, it sounds a whole lot like those Hallmark movies that I watch too much of on tv. I would watch this on tv, if only for the gorgeous setting.
I see that the writer/director also did Moonstruck, one of my favourite movies ever. The non-Italians playing Italians in that were pretty believable. There is a huge glaring error, though, that jumps out at me whenever I watch it. When Cher and her father say, in Italian, that they love each other, they use an expression that means romantic love. It’s creepy, and I cringe whenever they get to that scene. And to this day I still don’t know why the actual Italians in the movie (including Vincent Gardenia, who played Cher’s father) didn’t point out the error.
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Post by queenzod on Nov 14, 2020 6:04:27 GMT
Te amo? What’s the correct phrase?
I need to know b/c I say this to my cat all the time. 😂
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Post by mllemass on Nov 14, 2020 6:19:16 GMT
Te amo? What’s the correct phrase? I need to know b/c I say this to my cat all the time. 😂 Ha! Feel free to speak to your cat that way! It only gets weird with people. The non-romantic expression is “Ti voglio bene”. I found a website with this good explanation of the differences. So, in Moonstruck, Cher and her father should have said “Ti voglio bene” to each other. But later in the movie, Cher’s parents were correct in saying “Ti amo” to each other. |
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Post by queenzod on Nov 14, 2020 7:31:42 GMT
Thank you! 🥰
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Post by ellie on Nov 14, 2020 11:01:23 GMT
It wasn’t until she says something about freezing her eggs that I realized that this is set in present day! Ha! My best friend growing up went back to Ireland each summer, and always returned with the coolest, trendiest stuff that hadn’t come out here yet. And they lived on a ranch while they were there! The movie Mamma Mia was terrible for doing this. They showed everyone living on this modern-day Greek island wearing 1940’s peasant clothes. It made me want to scream when I watched it! And they do that on tv shows all the time - they show someone newly arrived from Italy wearing what looks like folk-dancing outfits. Then they have to be taught to dress properly by the helpful Americans. In reality, any time I’ve been to Italy, everyone (men and women) looks like they walked out of a fashion magazine. No matter how well I think I’m dressed, I always feel dumpy and underdressed when I’m there. Absolutely Mlemass. I have been to Italy lots of times and to many different places there (it’s my favourite mainland Europe country) and, wherever you go, the Italians love their style and fashion. I remember last time I was there looking at the guests arriving for a wedding in the church square and they all looked incredible. But even on ordinary days the Italians take great care with how they dress. I hope I won’t offend any of our US members but I have always found the US to be slightly behind Europe when it comes to fashion. |
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