*Guess the Movie Title*

[JackPutter]

Wow, it is so lovely to log on and see so many people who have knowledge about my country! Hurling is indeed our national sport, or should I say one of our two national sports. We also have a game called Gaelic Football which has very similar rules to hurling but instead of using a small ball and a stick, you use a larger soccer-style ball which you can kick and throw around. (I've been told it's similar to Aussie Rules Football in many ways.) They are both high-scoring, fast-moving sports, I'd encourage anyone to look at a highlights clip on YouTube if you like that kind of thing!

Despite that picture showing the Kilkenny hurling team, the film is actually NOT an Irish film, though a large portion of it was set and shot in Dublin. Here's the title shot, minus the title:



Oh, and it's not Babel!

[Mandle]

And like milkanannan said, hurling is most definitely Irish.

Ah, yes, sorry. I was thinking of the Caber Toss.

[Laura Hunt]

I'm going to be so embarrassed if this does turn out to be a Turkish movie

[Slasher]

Ek Tha Tiger

Ek Tha Tiger was filmed primarily in India, as well as several in other locations in Turkey, Ireland, and Cuba, and was initially scheduled for release in June 2012, before being released worldwide on August 15, 2012.

An Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film directed and co-written by Kabir Khan, and produced by Aditya Chopra.

Sequel: Ek Tha Tiger 2...  Tiger Zinda Hai ( transl. 'Tiger is alive')... 

[JackPutter]

Well done, Slasher! That is exactly right! I hadn't seen any Bollywood movies in this thread so I decided to throw one in. My next picture was going to be from one of the scenes set in Istanbul, just to mess with Laura...

If anyone is looking for an "entry level" Bollywood movie, I can't recommend Ek Tha Tiger highly enough. It's really accessible to western audiences, there's only a handful of moments where they play up the typical Bollywood tropes so it's a great way for newcomers to get accustomed to the style. It's a pretty creative film, it's shot very well, there are some great music themes, it's a little on the longer side but I think it earns its run time. The performances are all solid, though the dialogue is a little clunky sometimes. (That could be down to the translation though.) The action scenes are very thrilling and fun, without being overly silly. On a scale of "realistic" to "preposterous" I think it's somewhere between The Bourne Identity and 2 Fast 2 Furious. Think Goldeneye with a smaller budget and a great big love story thrown in.

It's actually pretty well liked in Ireland, and not just because a good 40 minutes of the movie is set here. It actually does a pretty good job of portraying modern Ireland, I dare say it actually has a more accurate portrayal than a lot of Hollywood movies that try to include Ireland in some way. Plus it's the only movie where you'll see Salman Kahn pursuing baddies through the mean streets of Dublin's inner city...

https://streamable.com/lvede

I only found out that there was a sequel in the past couple of weeks, I'm excited to track it down and give it a watch!

[Slasher]

One of my favorite British gangster films...But which film is it?

[Laura Hunt]

Well done, Slasher! That is exactly right! I hadn't seen any Bollywood movies in this thread so I decided to throw one in. My next picture was going to be from one of the scenes set in Istanbul, just to mess with Laura...

[Mandle]

Carry On In The Mob?

[Slasher]

Sorry Mandle.. Nope

[Quintaros]

"Brighton Rock"?

[Slasher]

Yarrrrr  Quintaros. Your turn 

[Quintaros]

I'd never heard of "Brighton Rock" before but it came up on a couple of lists of best British Film Noirs so now I want to check it out.

Next entry:

[milkanannan]

Maybe you’re picking up on the earlier Ireland talk and have gone with The Dubliners?

[LimpingFish]

Maybe you’re picking up on the earlier Ireland talk and have gone with The Dubliners?

I don't think there is a film called The Dubliners, but there is a film called The Dead, which is from Joyce's Dubliners. And, since they show it on TV every Christmas over here, I've seen it more times than I care to count. Of the top of my head, I don't recall that image featuring, but I could be wrong.

...

Michael Collins?

[Quintaros]

Neither of those

[milkanannan]

The original Dr Dolittle?

Or perhaps The Darwin Adventure?

[LimpingFish]

Is that Christoper Plummer? With a pipe?

Hmm...a Sherlock Holmes pipe?

...

Murder by Decree?

[Quintaros]

Correct LimpingFish.

[LimpingFish]

Okey-doke.

[Mandle]

Wrong Turn?