RATING DOGMA 95 RULES IN IRISH CINEMA!

Never seen this done before but to prove how bad most Irish cinema is let's use the Dogma 95 rules to understand Irish movies' poor quality!

Location shooting
Most Irish films need a few scenes to be filmed in Ardmore for some reason.
Result: Fail.

Location sound
Most Irish films need some sounds added in post production.
Result: Fail.

Hand-held camera
Most Irish films do indeed use hand-held camerawork in some scenes. however it's badly done e.g. Intermission.
Result: ½ Pass!

Film in colour
Most Irish movies are in colour.
Result: Pass.

No filters.
Maybe it's the bad weather or bad filmmaking but almost every Irish movie uses filters e.g. Eden.
Result: Fail.

No superficial action
Most Irish movies use rape, murder, and other attention-grabbing action, even the comedies!
Result: Fail.

No past or future settings
Well, almost every second Irish movie is set from the '50s to '80s. We even have a science-fiction movie set in the '60s!
Result: Fail.

No genre movies
It's long been noted that Irish filmmakers just cannot do genre. Is this a bad thing? Heck, even the ones we invented (Celtic Tiger) were terrible. That doesn't stop us though. Lots of gangster, screwball comedies, horror - all rubbish.
Result: Fail.

35mm format
Most are though some are now getting a digital release.
Result: Pass

Director must not be credited
No matter how bad, mediocre, derivative, unoriginal, uninspiring, TV-like, rubbish, and bland an Irish movie is there will usually be a 'Film By' credit!
Result: Fail.

Overall result is 2½ out of 10 on the Dogma scale for Irish cinema. Yet another reason our films suck BIG TIME!