Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto"

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One of the year's most criminally underappreciated films; it's cratered at the American b.o. Jordan and Cillian Murphy should be getting some of the prizes going to you-know-who. Best needledrop soundtrack in years. I can't wait to read the McCabe novel to pick up the 5-10% of dialogue lost on me.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Yeah that was my biggest problem with the movie. I was DESPERATELY wanting sub-titles (esp. since the speakers in the theater I saw it in were FUCKED) and I'll be eager to see the flick again on DVD. Great soundtrack too. I've never read anything by McCabe, but between this and Spider and The Butcher's Boy he's building quite a nice filmography.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

I found it really grating and didn't see much going on besides the obvious Candide naif stuff (apart from the great soundtrack), which shouldn't have taken 2 and a half hours to get to. Perhaps it did something interesting w/r/t N.Irish/English conflict that was beyond me, but the identity issues seemed to be set-up and knocked down without much exploration.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

I'd see this

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

patrick mccabe didn't write spider, patrick mcgrath did.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Haha okay my bad.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

patrick mccabe didn't write spider, patrick mcgrath did.

Yeah, I was really confused for a minute! (and getting excited about giving Breakfast on Pluto another chance).

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Look novels by people named Patrick with last names starting with Mc have been turned into good movies lately! It still works! Really!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

I thought Butcher Boy was pretty great, so was eager to see this on the basis of that, but missed it at the theaters. I'll probably catch it on DVD though.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander)!

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Love The Butcher Boy, novel and film. Drag and attendant queer 'flamboyance' often grate on me, but this didn't.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I loved The Butcher Boy too. He's had a nice run lately; I really enjoyed The Good Thief too.

I wonder: what's Neil Jordan's obsession with homosexual subversion, whether as text or subtext (Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire)? A few of his short stories touch on it too. By all accounts he's a nice straight man who still lives in Dublin. An artist doesn't exactly choose his obsessions, but it's so incongruous in his case.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I saw this tonight and have returned home feeling lonely and gay. I liked it.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Oh, serious serious serious!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I saw this tonight. The robins look rubbish, didn't they? Still, there were lots of things I liked.

Patrick is a terribly attractive woman.

― steviespitfire (steviespitfire), Saturday, 21 January 2006 23:35 (twenty years ago)

www.ILXOR.com Taking Sides: Transamerica vs. Breakfast at Pluto FITE FITE FITE U TRANSVESTITES

― howell huser (chaki), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:39 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Charmless and coy, in the most hideous fashion. Cillian Murphy's voice drove me batshit by the 70-minute mark. Jordan's pleading for sympathy was skin-crawling.

Stephen Rea had amusing bits. Gavin Friday was really sexy in his Gary Glitter mullet. Bryan Ferry was menacing enough to force me to consider whether he should contemplate a movie career.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:55 (twenty years ago)

Quite rubbish. VERY annoying.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 21 April 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I got this on Netflix, and watched the first half the other night. So far it's been pretty great.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

It's all about Bryan Ferry.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

AWESOME SOUNDTRACK!

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

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