The Holiday is Young

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone. Yes, I watched 1993's The Snapper for it last night. I have to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day for three days because I have to have an Irish movie to blog about on Saint Patrick's Day morning and then I have to celebrate for March 17 when it comes to Ireland and the U.S. It comes earlier here in Japan, and even earlier in Tokyo where, yesterday, there was a Saint Patrick's Day parade. Tokyo started having Saint Patrick's Day parades in 1992 but the holiday is still not widely known outside the big cities.

Colm Meaney in The Snapper has to be the coolest dad in cinema history. His teenage daughter gets pregnant and you can see it's an effort for him to be angry at her. He can't seem to help being supportive.

The cinematography is pretty good for such a low budget film. The night shots outside the hotel and in the pubs are surprisingly pretty.

There's a scene in a shopping mall that's lit like a shipping mall (pretty plainly). But it occurred to me how similar the place looks to a mall in the U.S. or Japan. Globalism has been happening a long time, I guess.

X Sonnet 1925

Congested frogs replaced some teams.
The other groups were sneezy rabbit fans.
A lightning tuber's never all it seems.
The "You" became a storm of graphic bands.
Resulting questions bounce between the hills.
Alive were all the rocks along the ridge.
A prickly tree has needles charging bills.
A jagged ladder 'comes a rusted bridge.
Competing babes were stopped beside the pub.
Decisive sashes claimed the winner's breast.
She raised her glasses, joined the vision club.
Her heart and diamond clashed beneath her vest.
The three of clovers dashed across the deck.
A tiny king was caught in endless check.