The Quiet Man (1952)

[Edgy MD]

Mysterious Yank (John Wayne) returns to the Irish country village of his birth, spies comely but fiery lass (Maureen O'Hara) tending sheep. Blarney ensues.

I guess I need to turn in my IA card, but I sat through this for the first time this week.

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[Benjamin Grimm]

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I remember thinking it was pretty good. (Not sure what an IA card is.) I gave it 3.5 stars.

Does your use of the phrase "sat through it" indicate that you didn't enjoy it?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

IA=Irish American.

Schmaltzy, but it has Maureen O'Hara in it and some quotable dialogue. I honestly can't say I've ever watched it from end to end, but I've probably seen all the bits at one point or another when it came on cable tv every St. Patrick's season.

[Edgy MD]

To watch it end-to-end for the first time, it seemed pretty insane.

I'm generally a fan of John Ford, but the guy was clearly more than a little nutters. This film certainly fueled perceptions of pastoral Irish romance for generations, but it had no shortage of malarkey, and it kind of takes a mulligan on the big question it pretends to wrestle with.

[Vic Sage]

i've got that 1-sheet lovingly framed, and though sentimental, schmaltzy and dated (many of Ford's films are all of these), i've watched it many times over the years and it never fails to delight. THis is the movie that made me fall in love with redheads.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Does this mean we have to give our IA cards to Vic?

[batmagadanleadoff]

I've never seen this movie start to finish in one sitting either, though I've seen enough bits and pieces to fool myself into believing that I actually did. I'm glad to see older movies discussed on this forum. I don't go to the movies more than a coupl'a times a year these days, and some years, not even that.

[Edgy MD]

Some good epic kissing, I'll give them that, interspersed with a LOT of uncomfortable manhandling.

Strange that I never realized the ET kiss came from this movie.

[Edgy MD]

I guess I might've felt different if I saw it when I was younger, but I found this to be just nuts. Two stars, for the little subplot of ecumenicalism.

[metirish]

I am sure this is what we thought all Yanks were like growing up in Ireland of the late 70's early 80's....it still pulls in the tourists apparently ...

Mary Kate Danaher, what a name .

[RealityChuck]

Likeable, but it's mostly John Ford highlighting his roots, and it's all very slight.

[Edgy MD]

I saw this the night after watching Arrowhead (1953), and I went from "Boy this is sure is one surprisingly racist movie" to "Boy this sure is one surpassingly misogynist movie."

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Been forever since I saw it but recall my reaction was that it seemed extremely dated, and too heavily dependent on what a huge star John Wayne was at the time.