What have Watchmen and Kells got in common?
Watchmen and The Secret of Kells - the only thing in common is that they are movies… and of course that they feature here today, side by side.
Kells has been getting some great press lately - it closed this years Dublin Film Festival - and this is what those clever folks in the Irish Times had to say:
…the most impressive Irish film at this year’s event was, surely, Tomm Moore’s weird, unclassifiable The Secret of Kells . The animated feature from Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon, which constructs a new myth around the creation of the Book of Kells , has been laboured over with a degree of dedication comparable to that displayed by those ninth century monks (though with more breaks for video games).
Eschewing Christian iconography for nods towards Celtic myth, the filmmakers never employ a lazy or obvious image when they can construct something odd, expressionistic or mind-bending.
And elsewhere - Kells is getting some help from the Movies @ cinemas in Dublin. Those folks that make the decisions have decided to stock the tie-in books for the film - the amazing picturebook and the novel adaptation.
So - on to Watchmen. There is just over a week left to general release - or less than that if you enter the competition on movies.ie… go on! The good news - the Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco) have changed the film classification from 18 to 16. The Film Appeals Board hasn’t sat in almost a year - but I’m glad to see that they have reversed the decision.
I’m a good few years older than 16 but this is one movie everyone should see - especially since the book is being touted as one for reluctant teenage readers.
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