#Is Brendan Gleeson Married?

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Brendan Gleeson

Physique: Husky Build Height: 6’ 1" (1.85 m)

Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955 -) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA's, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award, five times for a Golden Globe Award and once for an Academy Award. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart, 28 Days Later, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, The Guard, Paddington 2, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and The Banshees of Inisherin for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Gleeson is an incredibly sexy man whose clean-shaven for most roles, but can grow an impressively thick gray, reddish beard within seconds. He can play the fiddle and has a nice gruff voice.

He has been married since 1982 and they have four sons; two of whom are actors (Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson). So I’m going to assume he’s not gay, but wishing he was. And if he was, you know he’d be a versatile top. A genuinely perfect daddy.

A perfect ginger daddy.

RECOMMENDATIONS: (2019) Frankie - Shirtless bed scene. (TV Series) Mr. Mercedes S02-E1 - Missed You (2018) - Open shirt. S01-E4 - Gods Who Fall (2017) - Shirtless bed scene. (2017) Hampstead - Shirtless bath scene. (2016) Trespass Against Us - Shirtless pool scene. (2009) Into the Storm - Shirtless bath scene. Visible ass. (2006) The Tiger’s Tail - Shirtless bed scene. Clothe sex scene. (2000) Mission Impossible II - Shirtless bed scene. (1998) Sweety Barrett - Shirtless bath scene. (1997) I Went Down - Shirtless pool scene.

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Would you mind linking a master list of your hottest and most favorite fan fics you've written? I love your taste in men and the situations you cook up. So hot! Thank you and keep up the great work!

[shipcestuous]

The Banshees of Inisherin

(Reposting this from @shipcestuous-two because I accidentlally posted it there.)

It feels like it has been a long time since I could wholeheartedly recommend something non-canon. But I watched The Banshees of Inisherin recently, and it has a great brother/sister relationship, quite shippable, that place a central role in the story.

The movie takes place in 1923 on one of the smaller Irish islands called Inisherin. It's a small community, probably only a few hundred on the island at the most. The main character is Padraic, played by Colin Farrell. He lives with his sister, Siobhan (Kerry Condon). Neither of them have ever married. Their ages aren't given, but Colin Farrell is in his mid-40s, so I assume the characters are supposed to be in their 30s or 40s as well. We learn that their parents died eight years earlier, and presumably this is the house they grew up in. They share a bedroom, sleeping on two twin beds. I don't know how that worked when there were four adults living in that house, so was there another bedroom, and if yes, why is no one sleeping in it? Hmmm?

Padraic and Siobhan banter a little (and bicker like a married couple about letting their miniature donkey Jenny, which Padraic loves like a dog, into the house) but mainly have a very supportive and loving relationship. Siobhan gets asked why she has never married before, but she doesn't answer. It seems like the most likely explanation is that she doesn't find anyone on Inisherin very appealing, because she later calls all of the men on the island dull. The question of why Padraic has never married is never discussed, but except for one scene when there is a crowd at the pub, she's the only young woman we ever see.

Padraic has a friend, Dominic, who asks him if he has ever seen Siobhan naked, and he says no, and is predictably annoyed by the conversation. Kind of interesting to include that, though to be fair I think it was mainly about Dominic's interest in Siobhan.

The main action of the movie is about the breakdown of Padraic's friendship with one of the other men on the island, Colm (Brendan Gleeson). Here's the trailer:

It was a really good movie – I sat down expecting to watch maybe 30 minutes of it and I finished it. Before I get into spoilers, I do want to add that there are no love interests at any point for either Padraic or Siobhan, nor a single mention of them ever having had one.

So, Padraic is introduced as a very content, happy-go-lucky guy, very kind, who says hell to everyone, but when Colm says he doesn't want to be friends with him anymore – suddenly, one day – it sends Padraic into a sort of tailspin. I kept thinking of it like a scab he couldn't stop picking at. Colm eventually tells Padraic that he doesn't want to be friends with him anymore because he's dull (in the sense of 'boring'). So Padraic turns to Siobhan for reassurance, and she's very sweet and keeps standing up for him. She tells Colm off at least twice. Just to be fair in my description here, Siobhan does think that Padraic is a little dull and not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I think she completely accepts him and loves him as he is and it never would have occurred to her to wish for him to change.

In one of the best scenes for their relationship, Padraic and Colm get into an argument about whether it's better to be nice or to produce a lasting work of art (because Colm wants to spend the time he would have spent with Padraic writing music), and it's Colm's argument that no one remembers people from history for being nice, and Padraic has a great speech which concludes with him saying something really sweet about Siobhan. Dominic went to go fetch her once Padraic started drunkenly yelling at Colm, and she's standing behind him but he doesn't know she's there. And she is really touched by what he said.

Although Padraic is friendly with almost everyone on the island, his only meaningful connections seems to be with Colm, Siobhan, Dominic, and Jenny the Donkey. (And he's not very good friends with Dominic.) So after losing Colm, he's a little adrift, and it's easy to see why he would remain fixated on it rather than just hanging out with someone else.

Siobhan receives a job offer to be a librarian on the mainland. I assume she applied for it. Someone snooped on her letter and says that Padraic will be crucified if she leaves. So everyone knows how much he depends on her. Of course the timing is conveniently terrible, but it's a movie. At first it seems like she might stay, but I think she gets so exasperated with Padraic being unable to leave Colm alone that she accepts, tired of what the community is like on the island.

Padraic does not want her to go, but handles it pretty well for her sake. At first I was like, “Dang, this was great, but of course she had to go and move out and ruin things. Why didn't they even talk about him coming with her? Is she trying to get away from him?” But later she sends a letter in which she mentions that she has a bed for him, and she encourages him to come and live with her, pleads really. So that made it all right. Padraic misses her desperately but refuses to leave the island. We see him lying in his bed, staring at her empty one, pleading with her to come back. (He also mentions in his reply to her letter that he hopes she'll come home.)

In another act of fantastically terrible timing, Jenny the donkey dies as an indirect result of something that Colm did. I think it's safe to say that if Padraic had still had Siobhan, he would have handled this a lot better. But with Siobhan gone, this pretty much breaks him. So he warns Colm he's going to do it, and then sets fire to Colm's house. (He leaves this out of his letter to Siobhan.) Colm survives, but they don't make up. And to make matters even worse, Dominic also dies. (But not because of the fire.) So Padraic really is alone, he lost everyone.

Anyway, the movie clearly doesn't have a happy ending, but I do think there's hope for Padraic and Siobhan. And they're both single at the end of the movie, and they both want the other to come live with them. That's a pretty good place to be. Padraic has some soul-searching to do, obviously, but if he makes the right decision, he'll choose Siobhan.

I like to imagine that incest – consensual incest between a brother and sister who are in love – is so far from what they could possibly imagine that they've genuinely never really considered that, at least in secret, they could be together. And on the mainland, no one would know them. Plus, I mean, Colin Farrell is a VERY good-looking man. If they wanted the character to not be attractive then they should have cast an ordinary looking man. (And apparently it was written with him in mind for the role.) And Kerry Condon is very pretty too.

Anyway, there it is!

Oh, and apparently Kerry Condon and Colin Farrell were in something together before called Intermission:

[eleanor-bradstreet]

Get To Know Me Tag Game

Rules: Tag 8 people you want to know better (or just because you feel like it).

Thanks for the tag @jo-harrington!

Relationship status: IRL: married to Mr. Bradstreet. In my head: married to Mr. Bridgerton.

Favourite color: My heart of hearts fave since childhood is orange 🧡 but that's hard to wear/encounter. So my day-to-day ride or die is blue 💙

Last song listened to: Here With Me - d4vd. "I don't CAAARREEE"

Last movie watched: The Banshees of Inisherin. Brendan Gleeson is a treasure.

Top 3 shows: Bridgerton, The Last of Us, Succession

Top 3 characters: Benedict Bridgerton, Anthony Bridgerton, Siobhan Roy

What I’m currently reading: A Little Life and I'm quitting halfway 😫 I suppose I'll get the audiobook and force feed it to myself just for informational purposes. Don't like the writing style.

No Pressure Tags: @angels17324 @broooookiecrisp @bridgertontess @faye-tale @colettebronte @fiction-is-life @heeyyyou @makaylan

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D.U.D.E Bios: Rhodri Rhydderch

The Ogre King of C.R.C Rhodri Rhydderch (2020)

Kirby's uncle and the brother of Hywel, Rhodri. An Irish-Catholic living in Wales and a goal-orientated but kind-hearted father. Don't mess with his children, especially not Fionn.

"You want your Shrek quotes, go to Fionn, not me."

Name

Full Legal Name: Rhodri Riagán Llew Cathassach Rhydderch

First Name: Rhodri

Meaning: From the Old Welsh name 'Rotri', derived from 'Rod' 'Wheel' and 'Ri' 'King'

Pronunciation: RAW-dree

Origin: Welsh

Middle Name(s): Riagán, Llew, Cathassach

Meaning(s): Riagán: From Old Irish 'Riacán', probably derived from 'Ri' 'King' combined with a diminutive suffix. Llew: Variant of 'Lleu' (Probably a Welsh form of 'Lugus', which is possibly from one of the Indo-European roots 'Lewk' 'Light, Brightness', 'Lewg' 'Dark' or 'Lewgh' 'Oath'), short form of 'Llewelyn' (A variant of 'Llywelyn' influenced by the Welsh word 'Llew' 'Lion'). Coincides with the Welsh word 'Llew' meaning 'Lion'. Cathassach: Means 'Vigilant' in Irish

Pronunciation(s): REE-a-gan. SHEW. KA-ha-sakh

Origin(s): Irish. Welsh, Welsh Mythology. Old Irish

Surname: Rhydderch

Meaning: From the given name 'Rhydderch' from the Old Welsh name 'Riderch', derived from 'Ri' 'King' and 'Derch' Exalted'

Pronunciation: HRUDH-ehrkh

Origin: Welsh

Alias: Ogre King, Rhodri Rhydderch

Reason: This is Rhodri's ring name

Titles: Mr

Characteristics

Age: 77

Gender: Male. He/Him Pronouns

Race: Human

Nationality: Welsh. Irish-Welsh Mix. Dual Citizenship ROI-UK

Ethnicity: White

Birth Date: December 5th 1943

Symbols: Ogres, Ogresses, Crowns

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Religion: Irish-Catholic

Native Language: Irish

Spoken Languages: Irish, Welsh, Scottish (Scots Gaelic), English

Relationship Status: Married

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Theme Song: 'Tutti Frutti' - Little Richard (1961-)

Voice Actor: Brendan Gleeson

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Tullahought, Kilkenny, Ireland

Current Location: Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales

Hometown: Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales

Appearance

Height: 6'0" / 182 cm

Weight: 172 lbs / 78 kg

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: (Born Blond) Black

Hair Dye: None

Body Hair: An 'Average' Spread

Facial Hair: Clean Shaven

Tattoos: (As of Jan 2020) 20

Piercings: Ear Lobe (Both)

Scars: Surgical scars on his back

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Smoker, Social Drinker

Illnesses/Disorders: None Diagnosed

Medications: None

Any Specific Diet: None

Relationships

Allies: (As of Jan 2020) The Rhydderch Clan

Enemies: (As of Jan 2020) None

Friends: Naoise Rhydderch, Uinseann Rhydderch, Yorath Rhydderch, Bran Rhydderch, Delwyn Rhydderch, Fergus Rhydderch, Hywel Rhydderch, Conall Pritchard

Colleagues: The C.R.C Locker Rooms / Too Many To List

Rivals: None

Closest Confidant: Grania Rhydderch

Mentor: Gearalt Rhydderch

Significant Other: Grania Rhydderch

Previous Partners: None of Note

Parents: Gearalt Rhydderch (R.I.P, Father), Angharad Rhydderch (101, Mother, Née MacMathan)

Parents-In-Law: Arran Kavanaugh (R.I.P, Father-In-Law), Briallen Kavanaugh (R.I.P, Mother-In-Law, Née Mac Ghabhann)

Siblings: Naoise Rhydderch (80, Brother), Uinseann Rhydderch (74, Brother), Yorath Rhydderch (71, Brother), Bran Rhydderch (68, Brother), Delwyn Rhydderch (65, Brother), Fergus Rhydderch (62, Brother), Hywel Rhydderch (59, Brother)

Siblings-In-Law: Too Many To List

Nieces & Nephews: Too Many To List

Children: Fionn Rhydderch (47, Son), Aisling O'Hannigan (44, Daughter, Née Rhydderch), Caoimhe O'Hannegan (41, Daughter, Née Rhydderch), Uilliam Rhydderch (38, Son), Ivor Rhydderch (35, Son), Eithne O'Hannagan (32, Daughter, Née Rhydderch)

Children-In-Law: Unity Rhydderch (48, Fionn's Wife, Née Sauvageon), Keaton O'Hannigan (45, Aisling's Husband), Cadell O'Hannegan (42, Caoimhe's Husband), Whitney Rhydderch (39, Uilliam's Wife, Née Sauvageau), Oneida Rhydderch (36, Ivor's Wife, Née Richelieu), Januarius O'Hannagan (33, Eithne's Husband)

Grandkids: Rachel MacGregor (27, Granddaughter, Née Rhydderch), Bruce MacGregor (28, Rachel's Husband), Queen MacEntire (24, Granddaughter, Née Rhydderch), Coinneach MacEntire (25, Queen's Husband), Pace Rhydderch (21, Grandson), Urve Rhydderch (22, Pace's Wife, Née MacEalair), Odin Rhydderch (18, Grandson), Naomh Rhydderch (15, Granddaughter), Macy Rhydderch (12, Granddaughter), Comhghall Rhydderch (9, Grandson), Kaiser Rhydderch (6, Grandson), Jacinth Rhydderch (3, Granddaughter), Ida Scott (24, Granddaughter, Née O'Hannigan), Cillian Scott (25, Ida's Husband), Hale O'Hannigan (21, Grandson), Briallen O'Hannigan (22, Hale's Wife, Née Sangster), Gabriel O'Hannigan (18, Grandson), Faith O'Hannigan (15, Granddaughter), Eartha O'Hannigan (12, Granddaughter), Dagda O'Hannigan (9, Grandson), Cade O'Hannigan (6, Grandson), Bambi O'Hannigan (3, Granddaughter), Aaliyah Wallace (21, Granddaughter, Née O'Hannegan), Matháin Wallace (22, Aaliyah's Husband), Zayden O'Hannegan (18, Grandson), Yorick O'Hannegan (15, Grandson), Xavia O'Hannegan (12, Granddaughter), Wednesday O'Hannegan (9, Granddaughter), Vance O'Hannegan (6, Grandson), Uhtric O'Hannegan (3, Grandson), Tacey Rhydderch (18, Granddaughter), Sadb Rhydderch (15, Granddaughter), Raeburn Rhydderch (12, Grandson), Quirinus Rhydderch (9, Grandson), Paisley Rhydderch (6, Granddaughter), Olive Rhydderch (3, Granddaughter), Napoleon Rhydderch (15, Grandson), Macdara Rhydderch (12, Grandson), Lalla Rhydderch (9, Granddaughter), Kayleen Rhydderch (6, Granddaughter), James Rhydderch (3, Grandson), Iain O'Hannagan (12, Grandson) Haidee O'Hannagan (9, Granddaughter), Garnet O'Hannagan (6, Granddaughter), Fabius O'Hannagan (3, Grandson)

Great Grandkids: Craig MacGregor (7, Great Grandson), Ceinwen MacGregor (4, Great Granddaughter), Ceridwen MacGregor (1, Great Granddaughter), Donald MacEntire (4, Great Grandson), Dougal MacEntire (1, Great Grandson), Vilija Rhydderch (1, Great Granddaughter), Commgán Scott (4, Great Grandson), Alexandria Scott (1, Great Granddaughter), Orlagh O'Hannigan (1, Great Granddaughter), Gwilym Wallace (1, Grandson)

Wrestling

Billed From: Kilkenny, Ireland

Trainer: The C.R.C Wrestling School, Gearalt Rhydderch

Managers: Grania Rhydderch

Wrestlers Managed: Grania Rhydderch

Debut: 1961

Debut Match: Rhodri Rhydderch VS Gearalt Rhydderch. Double Count Out

Retired: N/A

Retirement Match: N/A

Wrestling Style: Grappler

Stables: The Rhydderch Clan (1961-)

Teams: No Team Names

Regular Moves: Rotating Punch To The Stomach, Backbreaker, Running Knee Lift, Belly To Belly Suplex, Diving Shoulder Block, Dropkick, Gorilla Press, Lariat, Scoop Powerslam, Spinning Spinebuster, Three Point Stance Tackle, Tiger Suplex

Finishers: Boston Crab, Senton, Sitout Gutwrench Powerbomb, High Angle Belly To Back Suplex

Refers To Fans As: The Fans, The Family

Extras

Backstory: Rhodri Rhydderch of the C.R.C (Welsh Wrestling League / Cynghrair Reslo Cymru) owning Rhydderch family. Rhodri has a 1/8th ownership of the promotion and is the 'Ogre Style’ (Grappler) trainer. He’s Half-Irish, Half-Welsh.

Trivia: Nothing of Note

[moon-calvary]

Me when I saw that Michelle Fairley and Brendan Gleeson are married in The heart of the sea: 

my two crushes, married. I AM NOT OK

[streets-in-paradise]

Shout out to Brendan Gleeson for being such an amazing actor that has played two characters I feel so opposite about I can totally see them as different persons.

As Menelaus In Troy, he makes me despise him.

As Hamish in Braveheart? I want to hug him, I would marry him.

[weclassybouquetfun]

BBC One’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel THE PURSUIT OF LOVE has aired with all three episodes available on iPlayer (it will air on Amazon in the near future).  

The mini - adapted by and directed by actor Emily Mortimer -

has proved to be very divisive amongst critics and viewers.  Which I don’t  understand because I found it to be a damn delight.

The mini stars follows the path of cousins - sensible and bright Fanny (Emily Beecham) and lover of love and away with the fairies Linda (Lily James) from late teens to early adulthood

as they both seek to find their own identities, and yes, love, in the shadow of controlling parents (Dolly Wells and Dominic West),

the hurt of an absentee parent (Mortimer as Fanny’s wayward mother nicknamed The Bolter).

The two complaints that are being levied against the mini is tone.  Many are comparing it to a Wes Anderson film due to its quirkiness.  I say it leans more into Sofia Coppola territory - a serio-comedic THE VIRGIN SUICIDES mixed with a bit of Anderson’s THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS and MOONRISE KINGDOM. 

Mortimer could have just made it a formulaic dramedy, but she inserted such verge and vibrancy coupled with a glam and prog rock soundtrack that your heart can’t help but feel afire like Linda’s. 

The second complaint is born out of this bit a Mortimer interview where she talked about the casting of her family and friends. 

It is hardly shocking that there is nepotism in the entertainment industry, but in Mortimer’s defense her friends aren’t non-actors - she cast great actors who happen to be friends in this bit.  Dolly Wells - Mortimer’s co-created and costar of their former series DOLL & EM

, Dominic West, Freddie Fox (who can play an admonishing, disapproving conceited cad in his sleep) and Andrew Scott are all tremendous actors. 

Scott was so terrific in this.

With the exception of Mortimer’s son Sam, who had a bit more to do, her family were essentially extras. Besides, every actor has to start somewhere. 

Mortimer’s son and daughter Sam and May will also be in a Noah Baumbach film. 

Her husband Alessandro is also a fantastic actor. I would have liked if he had a role. 

People had a lot to say about nepotism in this project but last week saw the release of the film MAINSTREAM

directed and co-written by Gia Coppola, the grand-daughter of Francis Ford Coppola and the daughter of late actor/producer Gian-Carlo Coppola; her leads are Maya Hawke daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, Nat Wolff who is he son of actor Polly Draper and actor/former “The Arsenio Hall Show” bandleader Michael Wolff and features Coppola’s cousin Jason Schwartzman whose late father was a film producer and his mother is actor Talia Shire (ROCKY) and Andrew Garfield got the role because not only is he an amazing actor (in a film that is so-so), but he’s close friends with Gia Coppola and she asked him to do the film because it would help her get financing. 

So if one is to hate on THE PURSUIT OF LOVE let it be because it’s not to one’s liking not because of how the actors booked the gig or even how Lily James and the married Dominic West were cupcaking around. 

If you want to see James in another adaptation of a historical novel THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY is a gem of a film. 

I’m not so sure about her other historical adaptation - that of the romance between Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson Lee.

- On the topic of nepotism there were two recent podcasts I found delightful.  Off-Menu had on Rafe Spall (son of Timothy Spall and who can be seen in the second series of Apple+’s TRYING this Friday) and Domhnall Gleeson (son of Brendan Gleeson and who can be currently seen with his brother Brian in FRANK OF IRELAND on Amazon ).  Domhnall was fun because it’s always a good time hearing him, but Rafe’s was the absolute best guest hands-down. Talk about understanding the assignment. Rafe Spall loves food as much as I love Rafe Spall. 

- Since I’m discussing British shows here’s another - the paramedic comedy BLOODS. Only six episodes and it really needs to be double that. 

BLOODS cast Samson Kayo (also the co-creator), Jane Horrocks, Julian Barratt, Lucy Punch, Aasiya Shaw, Adrian Scarborough, Kevin “K.G” Garry and Sam Campbell. 

[b-m-scott]

Sticky Situation

Domhnall Gleeson x Actress Reader

Around two months ago, I had wrapped up a new project alongside some of the greats. Those names included the likes of Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, and Brendan Gleeson. Along with the greats came some of my close friends, Sophie Turner and Margot Robbie. The time for the press had come along and for once I was actually looking forward to it. I knew I would be paired with my girls and that meant that most of the interviews would just consist of us teasing and joking with one another.

This interview was the last of the day, and that often meant we were a bit more loopy and desperate to keep our energy up. The interviewer had started off with fairly basic questions:

“What was filming like?”

“Did you enjoy working with all your costars?”

“Did you learn anything from this experience?”

“Would you do it again?”

The energy was clearly falling and most of the answers were becoming quite sarcastic. Margot gives me a look that says she feels just as tired as me.

“Well, now I’d like to move to some more fun questions if that’s alright with you?” questions the interviewer. We all nod our heads.

“Of course! We’re always down for some fun questions,” exclaims Margot.

“Out of you three, who’s most likely to get hammered on a night out?” We all let out some short laughs while simultaneously pointing at Sophie.

“Literally the worst holder of booze to ever be born,” I laugh. Sophie rolls her eyes.

“Or maybe I just like to party,” she comments. We all laugh along with the interviewer. She asks a few more questions before asking one final one.

“Do we have any celebrity crushes ladies?” Margot and Sophie both look at me will knowing glances.

“Well, we’re both married, so no?” wonders Margot as she motions towards her and Sophie. Sophie nods along.

“But I did marry mine!” adds Sophie. We all laugh at that. The interviewer turns her attention to me.

“So, Y/N, any celebrity crushes?” I think it over for a few seconds, not really sure if I should answer the question, but suddenly one man pops into my head.

“You know who is actually quite adorable?” They look at me begging for more. “Domhnall Gleeson.” They all laugh clearly seeing the connection between our costar and the actor I just named.

“Really?” questions the interviewer. I shrug my shoulders before continuing,

“I mean have you seen About Time? Like hello, pure father material there!” We’re all laughing now.

“You know what I totally see it!” jokes Sophie. “Let’s make it happen.”

“Have you ever met him?” asks the interviewer. I shake my head.

“No, I haven’t,” I say. “I know his dad though!” Margot and Sophie just roll there.

“I mean that’s perfect, Y/N!” exclaims Sophie.

“I can see it all ready,” jokes Margot. “Hey Brendan, think you could give me your son’s number?”

“Cause I’d love to hook up!” continues Sophie.

“I just think he’s perfect father material!” pitches in the interviewer. At this point, my face is in my hands and I’m regretting even giving an answer. I lift my head up and say directly into the camera,

“OK, guys! That’s all we have time for!” Everyone starts laughing and the interviewer officially signs off.

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About a week later, the press tour has moved from London to Dublin. Brendan and Liam insisted on giving us a true Irish experience. We all agreed and were heading to one of Brendan’s favorite pubs. It felt good to get to spend some personal time with the cast before all the press wrapped up and we moved on to our normal lives. I was getting ready for the night when I heard a knock on my hotel room door. I open it up and Sophie’s there waiting.

“Hey, babe!” she greets. I let her in and head back to finish getting ready. She comes in and sits down on the edge of the bed. “You excited for tonight?” I nod my head.

“Yeah, I feel like it’s been forever since we went pubbing.” She hums in agreeance. As I’m applying some mascara, I can feel her eyeing me.

“Everything OK, babe?” I question. I see her nod in the mirror.

“You know Domhnall lives in Dublin,” she mentions. I roll my eyes while letting out a little laugh.

“Are you still on that?” She laughs along with me.

“I’m just saying, he might be there. Could be your chance.”

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We had been at the pub for about an hour now and we were all having a great time! We were each about two pints in and we were catching up on good times. There had been no sign of Domhnall, something I couldn’t seem to get off my mind since Sophie and I’s earlier interaction. I knew I was being ridiculous, after all, I had said the answer purely as a joke not really thinking anything of it. The drinks were running low, so I offered to go and get refills. The group agreed and I headed to the bar. After ordering the drinks, I stood there until they were finished. I picked up a few of the drinks and said I’d be back for the rest. As I turned to head back to our table, someone ran into me and knocked one of the drinks all over my shirt.

“I am so sorry!” exclaimed a man. I went to respond when suddenly Margot comes running over.

“Y/N, Brendan said his…” she cuts off when she sees the current predicament. She starts to laugh at me, which introduces annoyance to the situation. “Oh babe, you’re a mess.”

“I am so, so sorry! I wasn’t looking where I was going,” apologizes the man once more. Margot and I realize we still hadn’t addressed the man and we both look over at him. Immediately Margot starts to laugh even harder, and the poor man just looks so confused.

“Domhnall, there you are lad! I’ve been waiting for you,” states Brendan. He embraces Domnall in a hug before realizing the awkward energy in the pub. He looks over and sees the mess all over my clothes and then looks back at his son to see the embarrassed look on his face. Brendan shakes his head while letting out a small chuckle.

“Always were good at first impressions, son,” laughs Brendan. “Guess I don’t have to introduce you two anymore.” Brendan laughs slightly at his father’s teasing, but it’s clear he is still very embarrassed. Finally, as if I could finally think again, I realized I still hadn’t said anything and wanted to relieve some of Domnall’s embarrassment.

“It’s really no problem,” I say. “It wouldn’t be the first time I got myself into a sticky situation at a pub.” Everyone around me laughs, though there’s still clear tension around Domhnall as he once again glances over my clothes.

“I’d offer you my shirt, but...” he starts and I let out a little laugh. Brendan joins in,

“Yeah, cause all we need is you running around shirtless!” This additional joke from his father seems to ease the mood a little as well, and Margot suggests we head back to the table as she and Brendan grab the additional drinks at the bar. Domhnall and I still appear frozen in our spots. He snaps out of it first and goes over to the bar and comes back with a towel.

“Here,” he says, “Maybe it’ll make things a little less sticky?”

[solohux]

Hilariously enough, Hux actually does have a connection of sorts to Selkies! Domhnall Gleeson's father Brendan Gleeson voiced a character in an animated film who married and had children with a Selkie! The movie is called "Song of the Sea" and apparently it's quite good.

Oh my gosh, no way! Domhnall is the son of the man who married a selkie, confirmed!!!!!

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Pat Shortt Born: December 12, 1967, Thurles, Ireland Physique: Average Build Height: 5′ 8″  

Patrick 'Pat' Shortt is an Irish actor, comedian, writer and entertainer. His role in the 2007 film Garage led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor. Shortt is known for Killinaskully, The Guard and Father Ted. 

Pat might be my new favorite irish daddy... behind my ginger daddy Brendan Gleeson. And since I'm in lust with him, he's married and has two children. Now if you'll excuse me while I go look for some more stuff with him in it... to j/o to.

RECOMENDATIONS: Frank of Ireland (2021) - Ep. 01x01 - Nude, Butt, Shirtless   Dark Lies the Island (2019) - Shirtless

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The Children of Atreus

Let's talk a bit about the coolest of the mythological Greeks, the children of Atreus - Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxabia. And let me just name three things about them that are guaranteed to make you fall in love with them.

Before that, here is a quick summary of the things that everyone already knows anyway: Menelaus is the famous king of Sparta whose wife Helen’s disappearance sparked the Trojan War. The Greeks’ troops are led by his brother, Agamemnon, king of mighty Mycenae (who, when returning from the war, gets murdered by his wife Clytemnestra). Anaxabia is their sister, and she is married to Strophius, king of Phocis.

Secondly, here are three of the (many) reasons why they are The Best:

 1 - They are the best of siblings.

Obviously, they are called the Atrides (or Atreides) after their father, Atreus, who is the son of Pelops and grandson of Tantalus. That makes them part of the forever cursed family of the Tantalides. That curse manifests itself in their father’s relationship with his brother, Thyest. Atreus and Thyest come to Mycenae after they get thrown out of Elis, the territory around Olympia, for murdering their half-brother. They then quickly gain power and influence in Mycenae and use the majority of it to stab each other in the back - repeatedly and quite literally, as they both end up dead.

With role models such as these (plus the curse that Tantalus brought on his family for murdering and cooking his own son just to prove a point), it is absolutely amazing and quite heart-warming how close the Atrides are. Despite their family history of betrayal and murder, they always, ALWAYS stand by one another and support each other.

I mean, Agamemnon starts a war to end all wars to get justice for his brother, for fuck’s sake (yeah, yeah, there’s that bit about the oath of Helen; I’ll get to that later), and for that ten-year-long war they are practically joined at the hip.

And it’s not just a matter of obvious power-politics either: Agamemnon sends his son Orestes to his sister and brother-in-law in Phocis when he has to leave for war. To entrust his only male heir to them is massive proof of his trust in them, in her. Anaxabia and Strophius continue to raise Orestes as their own, and Orestes becomes best friends (and quite definitely lovers, according to my man Euripides) with their son, Pylades who supports him through thick and thin.

Pylades ends up marrying Electra, Agamemnon’s daughter, while Orestes gets wed to Hermione, Menelaus’s kid with Helen. While for today’s standards this might be a bit too incestuous for comfort, it is further proof how tightly knit that family now (in contrast to previous generations and their fondness for throwing people down wells / dismemberment) is because of the bond of the three siblings.

 2 - They are strategic and diplomatic masterminds.

Agamemnon and Menelaus are often reduced to being one entitled and power-hungry dick and his arrogant but ultimately impotent little brother. While that makes them the perfect cardboard-cut-villain for everyone in need of one (such as grieving Achilles, for one) and while I enjoy Brian Cox and Brendan Gleeson as “Troy”’s villains as well as Sophocles's characterization of them in "Aias" as much as the next guy, it really doesn’t do them justice.

First of all, as for the notion that they are entitled and/or feeble: Both of them are self-made men. Not only are they (as well as Anaxabia) kids of a refugee / man living in exile, after their uncle Thyest overthrows their father and has him murdered, they have to flee from Mycenae and seek refuge in Sparta, with king Tyndareos, their future father-in-law, (step) father of Clytemnestra and Helen. From there, they not only manage to mobilize enough man power to overthrow Thyest and conquer Mycenae. They also turn Mycenae into the most influential and mightiest of all the Greeks’ kingdoms. And by proving himself over and over again, Menelaus inherits the right to the throne of Sparta from his father-in-law, while Anaxabia marries the king of Phocis, a kingdom North of the gulf of Corinth with influential Delphi right in the center.

The Atrides’s influence is not just gained by clever marriage and perseverance, however. Sure, the famous oath of Helen (in which all the kings that asked for Helen’s hand in marriage swore to protect her and her husband-to-be) is thought up by wily Odysseus. But who makes sure (for all those years before Paris) that it would be upheld? It’s not like alliances between Greek kingdoms are all that stable. And yet, the council of kings - including extremely strong-willed characters such as Achilles, Aias, and Odysseus - WORKS and works well for ten years, even under the pressure of a prolonged war. Why? It’s because Agamemnon knows how to choose advisers (such as wise Nestor), knows how to utilize the human equivalent of an eel (I am looking at you, Odysseus) etc. He is a fucking brilliant politician. (And it was his RIGHT (AND a necessity) to demand Briseis from Achilles, however much the Myrmidon may moan about it; but more about that later).

Simple proof in numbers: Three exiled kids with NOTHING; fast-forward a decade or two and you have this: Agamemnon commands the largest of the Greek fleets (100 ships). If you add to those the number of Spartan (60) and Phocian (40) ships as well, that’s a whooping 200, even if you disregard for instance the huge Cretan fleet (80) which is led by their uncle, Idomeneus. Brilliant strategists and politicians.

 3 - They are so highkey EXTRA when it comes to the love department. (Well, the brothers are. Anaxabia rolls her eyes at them.)

Before I talk about the brothers and their highkey Extra relationships to their wives, let me just again go back to Anaxabia. Her marriage to Strophius is delightfully stable and uneventful and no one ends up dead (which is quite rare in Greek mythology, really). It produces delightfully stable and unproblematic children, such as the original bestest of mates, Pylades. Just think of Anaxabia and her husband just looking at each other silently at a family dinner,when her dramatic brothers and their dramatic wives start throwing food (and possibly knives) across the table. Next year, we’re doing a couple’s retreat in Delphi, my dear. I love her.

But the brothers’ marriages are equally fascinating.

Paris kidnaps Helen while Menelaus is attending his grandfather Catreus’s funeral btw - dick move, prince of Troy -, and for some reason THEIR relationship is the stuff of legends? Well, fuck that. While I have all the love in the world for one (1) flamboyant and canonically cowardly favourite of Aphrodite, let’s not forget how superglue-strong Menelaus’s bond with Helen is.

First of all, out of all the suitors for her hand in marriage, she chooses HIM without hesitation - after they must’ve known each other for years, btw considering Menelaus’s time in exile in Sparta.

And when she is suddenly gone, he mobilizes literally every available man in Greece to get her back.

That’s a matter of pride, you say? That’s because - much like Agamemnon when he demands Achilles’s prize of war, Briseis, because he had to give his own, Chryseis, back to appease Apollo - he would lose face and power (and thus massively endangering the stability of his reign and consequently the safety of his country, btw)? Sure, it’s that as well.

But.

It’s not like other kings haven’t “misplaced” a wife before. It’s not like he couldn’t simply have claimed she died. He could have. And you know what? It would have saved him from being both the laughing stock of all of Greece (“Here comes Menelaus who couldn’t hold on to his wife”) and also everyone’s favourite villain for having to go to war for him.

And later, what does he do when he finds her again - either in the ruins of Troy or in far away Egypt? Does he kill her? Does he demand a divorce?

No. They sail back to Sparta together and - and this is the kicker - rule together for many years, quite happily reunited.

He fucking loves her, and she loves him. (Okay, she might ALSO love Paris and that whole war could’ve been avoided if they just got into a poly relationship. I wouldn’t have been opposed to that either.)

The same goes for Agamemnon and his family.

Iphigenia, you yell at me in outrage? Well, the unquestioned villain in THAT story is so clearly vengeful Artemis for demanding her life in the first place. And yes, you may fight me on this.

And okay, I am having a slightly harder time explaining away Agamemnon murdering Clytemnestra’s first husband as a romantic gesture, fine. But my point is, Agamemnon’s and Clytemnestra’s relationship status throughout is clearly “it’s complicated”, it’s ENDLESSLY fascinating. Plus, Clytemnestra is such a fierce and badass (Spartan) woman who without problem competently takes care of Mycenae during the war. They are SO well suited for one another, and their relationship is brilliant, from a storytelling point of view.

 So, in conclusion: Give me Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon, Dominic West as Menelaus, and Oona Chaplin as Anaxabia, and I’d watch the hell out of twenty plus seasons about the Atrides and how they feel rightfully superior to all those other Peloponnesian peasants .

The Atrides are the best. It’s just a fact.

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ROAD TO THE OSCAR MAYER WIENER AWARDS 2K19

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018 (dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)

Nominated for: Best Original Song, Best Costume Design, Best Adapted Screenplay

SPOILER ALERT THAR BE SPOILERS AHEAD ME HEARTIES BE YE WARNED

wowee what a cool film!!  i went into this not knowing much about it except it was directed by the Coen brothers (directors of Fargo and The Big Lebowski) which set real high expectations for me.  these guys are real masters of storytelling and what immediately come to mind when i think of movies that know how to effectively use dark humor.  i also love the kinds of stories they tell in general, how they take subjects and settings that seem kinda mundane and just give them this little extra spark. 

so is this newest film just as good as their other work???  well id say yeah for sure!!!  it reminds me a lot of a film they did shortly after The Big Lebowski called O Brother, Where Art Thou?, because theyre both period pieces AND because they both feature a myriad of eclectic and interesting characters.  the one thing that makes The Ballad of Buster Scruggs really stand out from their other films however is the fact that this is actually an anthology made up of six different stories, all set during the same time period in The Wild West.  its also worth mentioning that this movie was made to premiere on Netflix, which is something ive started to see more and more as the streaming platform becomes the new go-to source of media content.  its very exciting to see such prolific directors go the Netflix route and have great success with it, because it means that the platform really is capable of creating high-quality movies and TV shows and working with big-name talent.  im sure the big hollywood production companies are all quaking in their lil booties cause this means big BIG changes are on the horizon

ok so ive reviewed anthology series before, notably Black Mirror, and with those reviews i ranked the short stories in order of least to most favorite.  so i guess in this case ill do the same, although its hard to really rank these cause i truly enjoyed all of them in different ways.  there was one however that didnt really tickle my fancy much, which was “Near Algodones”.  this one stars james franco as a bank robber who seems to have met his match in a fiery (probably crazy) bank teller.  he gets caught and hung from a tree by the town’s sheriff, but nearly manages to escape death when a Native American tribe swoops in and kills the sheriff and his crew.  james franco is saved by a cattle driver, only to be caught again by the next town’s sheriff for allegedly trying to hawk the cattle (which was not the case at all).  right before they kick the chair out from under him at the hanging, he sees a beautiful woman in blue, who at first smiles at him but then looks unnerved as he stares back at her. 

i think with this one the ending really didnt do much for me, i kinda didnt get it.  i did understand the whole irony behind surviving punishment for a crime he DID commit but getting hanged for a crime he never committed, and the bank teller was pretty hilarious, but everything else about the segment was just ok.  james franco didnt really blow me away (he never really does but thats besides the point), the rest of the performances were fine, and the story just kinda zipped on through.  maybe ill give this one another watch to see if the ending makes any more sense to me, or if theres any sense to be made from it at all

next up for me would be “The Gal Who Got Rattled”, and this segment i have mixed feelings over.  its about this brother and sister who set out on the Oregon trail so that the brother can get his sister to marry his business partner in Oregon.  the sister seems like a kind of wishy-washy, subdued character who just kinda goes along with whatever her brother says without giving much of her own opinion.  i gotta give credit to zoe kazan (who starred in The Big Sick) cause she does a great job with this character, totally spot-on performance.  ok so turns out the brother is a fucken HORRIBLE businessman who screws up all his business deals all the time, and he tragically dies like two days into being on the oregon trail.  he has this annoying-ass dog that barks all the time and everyone else on the caravan is sick of it, so when the brother dies the sister just lets one of the trail leaders put it down.  turns out the sister like did not like her brother at all but was always too afraid to say anything.  now getting back to the bad businessman thing, apparently he had promised the helper boy that is helping move their covered wagon a large sum of money, half of it halfway through the journey and the rest when they get to oregon.  problem is, the sister doesnt have the money, so it was either left in the brothers pocket when he was buried or there wasnt actually any money at all and he lied, y’know, like a bad businessman does.  the trail leader who put the annoying dog down offers to help her, and the two start to get close.  so now its like a pseudo love story thing.  except it ends pretty tragically (the sister dies its a long story and pretty ironic just watch it if u wanna know)

so uuuhhhhh this one was long as shit, like a lot longer than the other segments when it didnt really need to be???  like it just kept  going and going, and again the ending didnt really make up for how long it was.  i really liked zoe kazan in this, but otherwise nothing to write home about. 

number four on my list would have to go to “All Gold Canyon”, which basically just follows the story of a gold miner in the mountains trying to get that money honey.  this segment is the simplest one out of the bunch, but i gotta say its absolutely gorgeous.  what beautiful scenery and cinematography.  it provides a nice contrast to our disheveled, run-down gold miner who is just tearing up the beautiful grassy fields trying to get to this gold.  there seems to be a theme in this one of man’s relationship to nature, and how the gold miner does put in effort to respect it but still takes advantage of it for his own benefit.  and i guess theres a broader theme of greed, or the ruthless and endless pursuit of wealth which can drive people to do crazy and desperate things.  i definitely really enjoyed this one, especially the gold miner character played by tom waits.  but otherwise it didnt stand out as much to me as the other segments im gonna talk about

SPEAKING OF WHICH heres number three!!  “The Mortal Remains” is right up my alley, and has some more mythical elements to it than the other segments ive talked about so far.  so we have a wagon full of passengers all going to this hotel for various reasons, and its a really diverse cast of characters: we have the older wife of a prolific religious lecturer, a rich Frenchman, a trapper, a foppish Englishman, and a cheery laid-back Irishman, the last two seeming to be companions of some sort.  they all get on the topic of the true nature of mankind, and the three characters opposite of the strange pair all have something different to say.  the trapper believes that all people are inherently the same, with the same basic needs.  the older woman disagrees and insists that there are two kinds of people, upright and sinning.  and then the Frenchman says that both of them are wrong, that human existence is much more complicated and nuanced than that; no one persons life is exactly the same as another’s.  and then we have the Englishman and the Irishman, who turn out to be bounty hunters of some sort (is heavily alluded that they are grim reaper-type figures).  they explain their method of completing their kills, and talk about how they enjoy watching their victims “try to make sense of it all” in their death throes.  these two clearly have a much more cold and sinister idea of the nature of mankind, and the rest become very unsettled all the way to the hotel.  no one else even dares to step out of the carriage while the bounty hunters drag their latest victim through the front entrance and up the stairs.

oh man this segment was great!  i think the reason its third on my list is cause i really wish there was more to it, like if the Coen brothers spent more time on this one instead of “The Gal Who Got Rattled” it would be perfect.  Jonjo O’Neill and Brendan Gleeson as the bounty hunters were so enthralling, and i loved watching them play off of each other.  hell, i couldve had a whole movie featuring those two.  and the screenwriting really shines in this segment too.  this segment almost feels like a fable or something, which is really fitting for the time period.  makes me wonder if they had based it off of an actual fable.  but anyway yeah this ones awesome!

i had a hard time choosing between “The Mortal Remains” and this next segment for second place cause i liked them both equally, but in the end “Meal Ticket” gets #2 purely because of the utterly fantastic performance by Harry Melling, who plays a quadriplegic actor in a traveling show run by liam neesons character, an irish traveling entertainer.   the story itself is really simple, we just see this disabled actor be carted from one town to the next, doing the same stage show which is basically just him reciting famous prose throughout the ages.  meanwhile liam neeson is trying to get as much money as he can out of the audience members.  he doesnt interact much with harry melling outside of feeding him and helping him piss and get dressed.  u get the sense that he doesnt really see his disabled actor as an actual person, but more of an entertaining object or a pet.  and this becomes even more apparent when the irishman gets some competition from another traveling entertainer who has a chicken that can do math.  he sees this chicken getting more money than him, so he buys it off of the other guy and takes it with him.  and finally, the poor limbless actor is literally and figuratively tossed aside for the next best thing.

man oh man what a great segment!  harry melling blew me away with his performance, the fact that he was able to get such a nuanced range of emotion out of the few lines he was given (basically he had to recite the same shit over and over again) was so impressive to me.  and his non-verbal communication was really solid too.  liam neeson did really well in his role too.  and again the story itself is really great, simple but effective and really gets the point across without having to beat the audience over the head with its message. OH YEAH ITS REAL GOOD LOVE IT

and finally we have my #1 pick, which i think the directors knew this was the best one out of the bunch too cause its the first segment as well as the title of the whole movie.  “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” has that signature Coen brothers wit and dark humor that i love, it plays off of typical Western movie tropes and is very tongue-in-cheek and i ate that shit up.  tim blake nelson as the titular buster is just so fucken perfect for this role, he really shines in this and its kind of a shame that its one of the shorter segments cause it really is the best one and he knocks it out of the park.  we got some great music in this segment too, which is where that Best Original Song nom comes in.   this one also has some strong fable-y vibes to it, like this story could be amongst the likes of American folklore like Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed.  i wont get much into the plot of this one but i highly recommend watching it, even if you dont wanna see the rest of the segments. 

the segments fit together pretty well overall, although the tone of each of them differs slightly the fact that the setting and time period are the same is enough to firmly knit all these stories together.  its a really unique idea for a movie, and is so far the best attempt at an anthology movie that ive ever seen purely because the stories really all make sense together and play off of each other well.  in other anthology movies ive seen like The ABC’s of Death the segments usually dont have much at all to do with each other, except that they all fall in the same genre.  so overall id say give this a watch, especially if ur a Coen brothers fan, cause theres some real good stuff in here.

well thats all i got for now cowboys!!  i watched Roma the other day and CRIED REAL HARD so get ready for me to kiss that movies ass in a review that should be done in the next few days.  until then go uuhhhhhh lasso a cow or something.  chew some tobaccy.  fondle a barmaids titties.  die of dysentery.  y’know just old west things~

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RELIGIOUS THEMES IN “mother!” BY DARREN ARONOFSKY

Spoilers below!

Synopsis to begin: “Mother” and “Him” live in a secluded house in a bright field. Mother is trying to repair the house from the apparent fire that only Him survived. Him is a famous poet and has writer’s block for his new poem. Strangers, a married couple, bring disruption in their house as Him welcomes them in but Mother is unsure of them.

Ending: God has found disorder and evil in the world and must destroy it to try again. Mother/The Mother Church/Mary creates a fire that explodes “The Garden of Eden”, killing everyone, and Mother/The Mother Chruch/Mary allows God to remove her heart and crush it. The film then begins where we started as Mother wakes up, a new start for God to try and create a perfect utopia without wickedness and sin.

Plagues of Egypt

All 10 plagues are shown or mentioned in the film:

Water into blood///Frogs///Lice///Mixture of wild animals or flies///Diseased Livestock///Boils///Thunderstorm of hail///Locusts///Darkness for three days///and Death of firstborn

Mother (Mother Earth/Mother Church)

Jennifer Lawrence portrays “Mother”, allegedly Mary or the Mother Church. In Roman Catholicism, the Mother Church is also referred to as the Goddess Church, the term Javier Bardem’s character calls Lawrence’s character. The Blessed Virgin Mary and Mother both lose their first child, witness those around them kill their sons, and later witness those who killed their sons “eat” him. At the end of the film, Mother allows Him to take her heart as Mary is continuously compassionate as she is known in Scripture as “Mary, The Compassionate Mother”. Once Mother’s son is born, Him waits to present him to the crowds of people but Mother refuses to let go of the child, aka Jesus.Once Him takes the child away to show the crowds he is immediately praised and taken away by the crowd, signifying him leaving his Mother to preach to other crowds. After the child’s death, Mother is beaten by the crowd, showing her survive the sword of grief that Mary the Mother of Jesus survived after Jesus’s death.

Him

Javier Bardem portrays “Him”, another word that is used to refer to God. It is noted that “Him” is a poet and people travel near and far to hear his word. Towards the end of the film, Kristen Wiig’s character refers to Jennifer Lawrence as the “inspiration” for the book, aka the Bible. In the end of the film, we see Bardem wipe out the population because his plan didn’t work. Bardem wants to “get it right” just as in the Bible, God sent a flood to wipe out the population because of their wickedness. In the film, Bardem explains he “must get ready for the apocalypse”, signifying the end of the population.

The House Heart

The heart of the house is shown becoming decrepit throughout the film and refers to the “Immaculate Heart of Mary” which is the interior life, as the heart in the film is inside the house, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, aka Mother. 

Mud Smear

Signifies Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent where ashes are spread onto believer’s foreheads.

Masculinity

This film is told entirely from Mother’s perspective, as in the Bible the only perspective on the creation of humans is God’s. In the Bible’s tradition, many men have the masculine nature to continue wiping things out and not allowing the wives or women to continue with their work as the males should be the main focus.

The Garden of Eden

God created The Garden of Eden to be a “paradise” in scripture as Mother  states in a scene, “ I want to make it a Paradise.”

Cain and Abel

Domhnall and Brendan Gleeson allegedly play Cain and Abel. In Genesis 4, Cain is jealous of Abel and asks Abel to come to a “field” aka in the film the house located in the field. Cain then kills Abel with a stone which in the film is a doorknob.

Adam and Eve

Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer allegedly play Adam and Eve, the parents of Cain and Abel. Adam’s character appears first, as Adam was created first by God. Bardem’s character chooses to spend lots of time with him because this is his first creation. Eve’s character is extremely cunning, as she has been influenced by the cunning serpent in scripture aa she encourages Mother to sexualize herself to be more appealing to Him. Mother sees Adam and Eve having sex, beginning the spiral towards original sin and evil in the world.