The Snapper

darkdubh · 07-06-2014 12:24pm

Ye ,slu!

Go an shoite!(or was that The Commitments?)

McDermotX · 07-06-2014 12:28pm

'Fcuk off..........no way..........no way................AH,...JAAAYYYYYYSSSSSUUUUSSSSSSS CHHHHHHRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIISSSSTTTTTT !!'

Rosy Posy · 07-06-2014 12:28pm

I reread the book each time I was pregnant. Love it. The film is classic, it does look incredibly dated but great for reminiscence and the dialogue is spot on.

Two things that stand out for me are that there's a lot of heavy drinking while pregnant, in the book more so than the film; and also that there's little or no focus on consent- I think in the book there's about a paragraph where Sharon wonders if it could have been considered rape. I think if it were a modern film these things would have had greater judgement attached to them.

Anyway, sorry to drag down a lighthearted thread. Favourite scene: when she pukes in her handbag then goes to pay for the taxi. Also my first baby weighed 7lb 12oz (small turkey tho) and I believe there was a conga line in the pub to that tune in his honor!

SweetChaos · 07-06-2014 12:29pm

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

There's ten pounds, go buy yourself some sweets....

Do you think im a prostitute Mr Burgess?

Micky Dolenz · 07-06-2014 12:31pm

I suppose a ride's out of the question?

darkdubh · 07-06-2014 12:34pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I suppose a ride's out of the question?

I remember one time after RTE showed it a priest gave out mad about that line saying something to the effect no Irish husband would say that to his wife.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-06-2014 12:34pm

I went to college with one of Sharon's friends. The blondie one who was going 'he's got an ass like two eggs in a hankie' in the pub. She dropped out to become a actress and that was the last any one saw of her (on-screen or off).

It's a brilliant movie though. Gentle humour but enough to make you cry at the same time. I love the shots of the shopping centre in dun loaghaire for some reason, always makes me think of Sharon when I pass it.

Mr Bleedin' Burgess..

Rosy Posy · 07-06-2014 12:39pm

darkdubh wrote: »

I remember one time after RTE showed it a priest gave out mad about that line saying something to the effect no Irish husband would say that to his wife.

Hah, I was knitting by the fire the other night and my Irish husband cracked that one out (the silver tongued devil)...I replied without thinking 'just let me finish my row'!

Micky Dolenz · 07-06-2014 12:42pm

Rosy Posy wrote: »

Hah, I was knitting by the fire the other night and my Irish husband cracked that one out (the silver tongued devil)...I replied without thinking 'just let me finish my row'!

That post is so full of win.

"Husband cracked that one out"
"The silver tongued devil" :eek:

"Just let me finish my row" You could have easily just pulled the wool over his eyes, good job.

anncoates · 07-06-2014 12:48pm

salmocab wrote: »

will I make you some sandwiches?
its the hospital we're going to not the ****ing pine forest

Was it the snapper or the van where a nappy gets deep fried by mistake. Always made me laugh.

07-06-2014 12:54pm

Love when Colm Meaney walks out of the bathroom:

"SHARON! YOU FORGOT YOUR P!SS!!"

Em, urine....

Relikk · 07-06-2014 1:28pm

Would ya ever f... f... f... piss off and leave me alone.

fussyonion · 07-06-2014 2:00pm

anncoates wrote: »

Was it the snapper or the van where a nappy gets deep fried by mistake. Always made me laugh.

The Van. And that's my favourite part too

average hero · 07-06-2014 2:04pm

Great aul flick The Snapper. Really captured parts of Dublin around that time. Really accentuates how Dublin has changed over the past twenty years.

Love the humour in it! Way better than all of these American sitcoms with laugh tracks!

Academic · 07-06-2014 2:43pm

Love it. Great screenplay, wonderful sense of place, and especially brilliant dialog. Proof that you don’t need a Hollywood size budget to make a good movie, so long as you’ve got good writing and good acting.

Cheers,

Ac

Thundercats Ho · 07-06-2014 2:46pm

Sharon: What are ye doin with me knickers ?

Burgess: I was gonna show them to the lads

eisenberg1 · 07-06-2014 3:18pm

The lads in the pub, discussing options for the father of the child

"A sailor you say?"
"Yeah, forren like"
"Oh right, Spanish maybe"
"Yeah, h h h handsome f f f fella, swarty kind of"

"YEAH, with a big hefty langer on him"

Something like that anyway.......

Rory Gallagher · 07-06-2014 3:26pm

The Snapper,I went down and The Commitments are the best Irish films.

Relikk · 07-06-2014 4:49pm

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

I went down

I have this theory, about the women...

Rory Gallagher · 07-06-2014 4:57pm

Relikk wrote: »

I have this theory, about the women...

ye little... in the bath fella.

Look at his face. He'll be lucky if an arab lets him finger his dog's arse for a fiver

Amazing film

jpm4 · 07-06-2014 7:27pm

The bit where Georgie Burgess is trying to flog raffle tickets in the pub for a giant teddy bear always cracks me up for some reason:

Brendan Gleeson: "Here....why don't we buy a few, for Sharon's Snapper wha?"
Barfly 1: "That's a very good idea...." <looks right at Georgie> ".....NO!"
Barfly 2: "Ohhhhh......Give a little.....helps a lot"

07-06-2014 7:32pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I suppose a ride's out of the question?

C'mere, where d'ya learn to do THAT?

Ihatecuddles · 07-06-2014 7:34pm

Hard to believe you get so much sh*te from only the one dog!

Great movie. My family would be real 'dubs' and still go on like that!

Ted_YNWA · 07-06-2014 7:36pm

Have a copy of this somewhere, getting the urge to dig it out.

07-06-2014 7:41pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Sharon: What are ye doin with me knickers ?

Burgess: I was gonna show them to the lads

Burgess: I have your panties Sharon.

Sharon: Panties...? Do you mean me KNICKERS Mr Burgess?

foxy farmer · 07-06-2014 9:36pm

"Close your mouth Mrs Murphy or the birds will start nesting in it."
Always had a soft spot for Tina Kellegher. Very good in Ballykissangel too. Burgess' wife played a schoolgirl in Fortycoats. Some other one of the Curleys neighbours played a witch in it too I think.

Smidge · 07-06-2014 9:47pm

"7lb 12 ounces wha?"
"Is that a baby or a turkey?"
"Its a baby"
"That's a good size baby"
"Ar it is but"
"Small turkey though"

Sunnyisland · 07-06-2014 9:55pm

What about the Commitments :-)

Jimmy Rabbitte: Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.

Failed Drug Buyer: I used to play football in school.
Jimmy Rabbitte: I mean, what instrument?
Failed Drug Buyer: I don't.
Jimmy Rabbitte: What are you doing here, then?
Failed Drug Buyer: Well, I saw everyone else lining up, so, uh - I thought you were selling drugs.

Standard Toaster · 07-06-2014 10:08pm

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I went to college with one of Sharon's friends. The blondie one who was going 'he's got an ass like two eggs in a hankie' in the pub. She dropped out to become a actress and that was the last any one saw of her (on-screen or off).

Deirdre O'Brien?

Sorry to say she passed away in 2007