I'm not so sure what they were going for here. The honestly is refreshing and you see what Shane is really like which is a bit of a bully. A sort of plastic republican IRA wannabe who was born in England whether he likes it or not. The only person who stood up to him was Gerry Adams who is likeable and comes over as wise.
Depp was unbearable and it seemed like he was trying to put on an Irish accent.
Even Brendan Behan softened up as he got older and proclaimed that:
'The older I get, the more I see sense of my grandmother's statement: 'Do you know the difference between having an Irish Republic and being a section of the British Empire?'
'You'll get an eviction order written in Irish with a harp, rather than one written in English with the lion and the unicorn.'
Overall a disappointing film with little to no mention of the Pogues (who were mostly - and thus probably inconveniently - English) who arguably helped solidify him as a legend in the first place.
Depp was unbearable and it seemed like he was trying to put on an Irish accent.
Even Brendan Behan softened up as he got older and proclaimed that:
'The older I get, the more I see sense of my grandmother's statement: 'Do you know the difference between having an Irish Republic and being a section of the British Empire?'
- 'No,' says I, 'what is it?'
'You'll get an eviction order written in Irish with a harp, rather than one written in English with the lion and the unicorn.'
- Confessions of An Irish Rebel, p134 (1965)
Overall a disappointing film with little to no mention of the Pogues (who were mostly - and thus probably inconveniently - English) who arguably helped solidify him as a legend in the first place.