Boondock Saints

day 02: your favorite movie: "Boondock Saints" 1999, Troy Duffy

For years, she had professed her favorite movies to be the "Lord of the Rings" saga. The sweeping epic was a feast for her then-young mind, instilling in her a strong desire to visit New Zealand. The plot points were balanced by the battle scenes were balanced by the rolling landscapes. But nothing brought more chills to her spine than the lighting of the beacons.

However, upon recent reflection, she discovered the Oscar-winning films had been supplanted by a much smaller cult film.

It always seems to be the beginnings of things that suck her in, and violent vigilante justice was a far cry from a wondrous fantasy realm.

"Boondock Saints," which had seen a resurgence in popularity at the end of the last year with the release of the sequel, was frequently described by her to be "gratuitous violence with Irish accents." It had been largely a flop when it was originally released in 1999 to a one week run in five theaters, it had grown over the next decade into a huge cult favorite. But that wasn't why she liked it.

It wasn't even the accents, which she openly admitted were sexy.

It was the silly brotherly antics, the bartender with turret's, the real Italians and Russians, the violent gunfights, the fiddle-laced soundtrack. It was the sweeping opening scene, the subtle (and not so subtle) religious undertones, the documentary ending, the hint of a past with a promise for the future. It was the hotel massacre. It was the courtroom speech and a cross-dressing Willem Dafoe.

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not as good as the first one. i had a hard time articulating any specific reason i love that movie. i just do. the sequel was also pretty good, but it had a more convoluted plot than just 'there are bad men that get away with bad things, so let's just kill them.'
the opening scene
the hotel massacre
the trailer
also, the lighting of the beacons