I’m not a football fan, but the sport / church parallels were very well done. The look on the bishop’s face at the end was priceless. That kid was me when I was forced to go to church against my better judgement.
@garywagner2466: What was your judgement as a kid? Your comment and the short was very good, both gave me a good laugh and I can't stop laughing. As a kid the way I viewed going to school and church . . . if you stayed home you would have chores.
@@dazedconfused5019, I hated church but my family insisted. I even went to special sessions to help me find the error of my ways. Didn’t work. Eventually just stopped going, and the family left me to the devil. That’s when I really started living. My aunt and uncle are still the biggest, nastiest, most judgemental “religious” people I’ve ever known - in their nineties now. Apparently, God doesn’t even want them.
Good to hear the unmistakable voice of Fergal Sharkey at the end . I cant connect with football either, I just dont have the gene. My kids used to play or watch the dreary stuff on tv all the time, I really tried, but it just doesnt happen. However ...I almost got to my feet when the lad began to take that kick ! It really reminded me of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Tom Courtney's charachter is way ahead of the field in the big event but 20 yards short of the line he just stops, and stares at his 'elders and betters' . The crowd in that scene is something quite extraordinary to watch.
I honestly thought it was a fantasy sequence at the end. Symbolic of him coming through for the “team” and scoring the winning goal by doing so well. Especially with the inner radio commentary Damien heard as he set up for the kick. And the bishop seemed like he was almost cheering…thrilled by the goal. I wonder if this was intended at all.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Growing up in the 80's, the expression of the Kid's Dad. I remember when I was 8yrs old goofing around in bathroom located above the Sanctuary during Christmas Play for a small Church. Flooded all the toilets that soaked through the old floorboards raining on Churchgoers sitting in pews. Grounded for a week and my butt was cherry red.
In real life, I think a spirited sort of boy in that position (someone a bit like me haha) would have put down that metal thing he had to swing about, taken off that frock and then walk out. In the dilemma he was in (his struggle against being forced to be an altar boy vs. his desire to watch football), I think that approach could have worked out quite well. As long as nobody was injured, and he just asserted his right to not do that job each Sunday with a peaceful protest (as in just walk away), I think his parents could have got used to that, after recovering from the initial shock. But then, this is film, and this ending is the most spectacular way they could end it visually on screen. Everything up to that point feels quite realistic; the ending is more comic book. But does make it amazing to watch, and you can get away with this in a short film because the story can just stop/end at that moment.
The pep talk in the vestiare is comedy gold, the most I've laughed for ages. I'm about the same age as the characters would be now, so really strikes a chord. Ace!
My own Dad's name was Finbar and this is the first time I've heard it in a film. There was a St. Finbar's in NYC years ago. Dad hated that kids called him "Finbar, chocolate bar." He would have loved this one.
7:00 -- "And if you keep a clean sheet, you will earn yourself guaranteed first-team selection for noon Mass on Sundays. And if you don't come in, well then, you're pretty much finished in this town." This is not a spoiler, because I don't know whether I'm right or wrong, but here's what I'm thinking the kid is thinking: "OK, if I do well, I'll have to do altar boy duty every frickin' Sunday from now on. And I HATE altar boy duty! All I have to do to get out of it forever is to screw up once today." But he has to balance his hate of being an altar boy against his love of football.
When I was a little girl , at Tuesday’s evening novena , the alter boy was running late and over filled the incense censer and it was like a smoke bomb..the whole church was cloudy and people were leaving
Absolutely, love the audio editing too. The moment when you just know his adrenaline must go up 20 notches is when he's told by the church guy at 7:00, "If you keep a clean sheet, you will earn yourself guaranteed first team selection for Mass on Sundays". So he faces being condemned to this for the rest of his childhood...if that was me, I'd have just put down that metal swinging thing on the altar, just as he did at that moment, and then walk out. This one hits home for me. When I was nine I was going to a very religious (catholic) school. Mass was every Tuesday morning - a completely overblown affair with the priest and his acolytes marching us, in their full ceremonial gear while holding aloft a big gold cross, across the playground and into the gym. We are then expected to behave perfectly for 40 minutes while they go on and on, humourlessly. One day I couldn't take any more. I didn't do anything like in this film. But me, and my favourite friend for messing around with, had been forced into the very front row. We just started chatting and laughing, right in front of the priest, and we refused to stop. When everyone else was completely silent. We were beyond caring, and we kept up the disruption for the rest of that Mass, no matter how many glares we got from the teachers. After Mass ended the two of us were backed into a wall in the gym and shouted at by the most fearsome teacher in the school. He was absolutely furious and we were both terrified for those 10 minutes or so. And yet, our parents were never informed. As if our defiance was just too embarrassing for the school to even admit that it happened.
As he set the incense down i knew that he was abandoing his position because of the threats. He did not care about being hated by the town. Everything he cared about had already been taken from him. He had nothing left to lose.
@0:50 The man is crossing himself with his left hand - for cinematic purpose, perhaps. But duh, if you are accepting a faith, accept it in toto. There's no sense in 'rebelling' just for the heck of it.
I'm beginning to believe that NITV Shorts was created just for me. I've yet to watch a film I do not like. In the mid 80's there was a small group of folk musicians who would perform at our Parrish during Sunday Mass. Our youngest son was about 20 months old and loved going to the "guitar mass", as he called it. As an infant he had been very colic and I would comfort him at night by walking with him and softly singing songs I knew to distract him until he felt better and could sleep. One Sunday our Monsignor, straight out of the Land of Ire, began to lead us in singing The Lord's Prayer. I was holding my son up so he could see the Monsignor well when he burst out with the opening versus of Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys. The monsignor glared at him and the next Sunday, to my wife's dismay, he was banished to a sound proof room in the back of the church. Of course it was all "his father's fault" as my wife put it.
For those in the comments who say they didn't understand the movie, let's discuss the action and the ending. Beware of spoiler alerts. Here's how I see it: Superficially: Damien didn't want to be an altar boy. If he had done the Archbishop's Mass job perfectly, he was going to be "first team selection" for every Sunday from then on. So he had a choice: do a good job and be stuck as an altar boy for a long time, or do a poor job and not have to be an altar boy again, but also be banned from football by his father. If you look for deeper themes: The whole movie has a football theme more than a religious theme, with the selection of altar boys being like selecting team positions, and the pep talk before the Mass being like something a coach would say to their team before a game. Note the movie is set in 1977 when Liverpool is going to play in the Cup match. Note also that Damien's football poster is of Tommy Smith, who scored the winning goal to win that 1977 Cup match at what was effectively the end of his career. What else do you all have to add? Edited to change alter boy to the correct altar boy. Oops. 😂
I'd like to add that Damien did the perfect choice. Thanks for your analysis and the extra information which those who are not from England don't know ( 1977's Liverpool Cup)
@@marisamoretti7908 I wonder what choice I would have made. Probably I would have made the proper choice and hated every minute and then as an adult complained about it. Ha! Of course in those days girls couldn't be altar boys.
I’m from Detroit, USA. I fully understood the film and would probably understand it no matter where I was from. But, the added insights provided here by Brits enabled me to FEEL it as I watched it again!
HOLY CRAP! I'd die if I was his Mother! Reading the comments... yes as a movie its funny. In real life, if it was your child how would you feel for the blatant unprovoked disrespect?
I'm all for being a rebel....respectfully. IF this was my son, he would never see football again until he moved out. Granted, there was TOO much pressure on the altar boys but....this....never!
When church becomes more about rituals and less about acceptance and love...sadly this happens.. Everyone needs a good church where spirit of Jesus dwells.
Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, I have followed you for 7 years. we are from other countries and English is our second language. there's a bit of a question and we don't understand, how to use "would have been doing"? How do us use these 4 words when they are connected together? For example ： 1 I would have been wearing my red dress if I had washed it. 2 He would have been working in Dubai if he hadn't taken the job in London. (We've watched your video, but there's so little content to understand how to use it.) Looking forward to your reply,thanks
"Would have been doing" is a conditional. Notice how you use "if" later in the sentence. "if" A happened earlier, B "would have" happened next. In this case, A did not happen, so B also did not happen. If you had washed your red dress, you would be wearing it now. You are not wearing it when you spoke the sentence. I hope this helps.
Well, whatever it was, it certainly wasn't Catholic. Our Lord never used Rugby (of as they call it "football" as any kind of symbolism regarding the celebration of Holy Mass. I suppose in a pagan world (especially in Ireland) this passes for humor. To me, it was virtually sacrilegious. And what's with the priest being called "Mr."? Not to mention his insane, unkempt hair. Bah. Go pick on the Baptists!
way to teach kids to rebel.....on the other hand,his father wasn't on the top of his job in parenting....altogether horrific especially seeing the comments approving it
If he did well on the "second chance" they gave him, he would have to be altar boy FOREVER even though he told his dad he didn't want to. So he sacrificed his opportunity to watch the Football Finals so that he was not tied down to misery his whole childhood. Smart kid! Adults should stop selling their souls in this way, too!
Never thought I'd see 'Rats',(Paths to Freedom),turning to religion,it's a far cry from 'The Celtic tiger rap',so it t'is..A great little short film,The Undertones, 'My perfect Cousin',for the outro is perfection.
Unpredictable ending....
Love how the writer executed his mind child. Bravo!!!
And Damian goes on to lead the greatest punk rock band to ever come out of Ireland.
Love the melodrama--'we lost him on a technicality" hilarious
I’m not a football fan, but the sport / church parallels were very well done. The look on the bishop’s face at the end was priceless. That kid was me when I was forced to go to church against my better judgement.
@garywagner2466: What was your judgement as a kid? Your comment and the short was very good, both gave me a good laugh and I can't stop laughing. As a kid the way I viewed going to school and church . . . if you stayed home you would have chores.
@@dazedconfused5019, I hated church but my family insisted. I even went to special sessions to help me find the error of my ways. Didn’t work. Eventually just stopped going, and the family left me to the devil. That’s when I really started living. My aunt and uncle are still the biggest, nastiest, most judgemental “religious” people I’ve ever known - in their nineties now. Apparently, God doesn’t even want them.
Good to hear the unmistakable voice of Fergal Sharkey at the end .
I cant connect with football either, I just dont have the gene. My kids used to play or watch the dreary stuff on tv all the time, I really tried, but it just doesnt happen.
However ...I almost got to my feet when the lad began to take that kick !
It really reminded me of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Tom Courtney's charachter is way ahead of the field in the big event but 20 yards short of the line he just stops, and stares at his 'elders and betters' . The crowd in that scene is something quite extraordinary to watch.
The parallel of the priest's pep talk with a coach's was brilliant.
The moment between the father and son at the end was wonderful
I honestly thought it was a fantasy sequence at the end. Symbolic of him coming through for the “team” and scoring the winning goal by doing so well. Especially with the inner radio commentary Damien heard as he set up for the kick. And the bishop seemed like he was almost cheering…thrilled by the goal. I wonder if this was intended at all.
A wonderful, hilarious short film about following one’s dream. Brilliant! 😊
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Growing up in the 80's, the expression of the Kid's Dad.
I remember when I was 8yrs old goofing around in bathroom located above the Sanctuary during Christmas Play for a small Church. Flooded all the toilets that soaked through the old floorboards raining on Churchgoers sitting in pews. Grounded for a week and my butt was cherry red.
To the film creator: may all your "problems" in life be limited to this scenario.
Oh lord what a wonderful film! Thank you Peter McDonald!
3:52 song name plz???
I can’t believe he did that after the priest vouched for him 😂😅
In real life, I think a spirited sort of boy in that position (someone a bit like me haha) would have put down that metal thing he had to swing about, taken off that frock and then walk out. In the dilemma he was in (his struggle against being forced to be an altar boy vs. his desire to watch football), I think that approach could have worked out quite well.
As long as nobody was injured, and he just asserted his right to not do that job each Sunday with a peaceful protest (as in just walk away), I think his parents could have got used to that, after recovering from the initial shock.
But then, this is film, and this ending is the most spectacular way they could end it visually on screen. Everything up to that point feels quite realistic; the ending is more comic book. But does make it amazing to watch, and you can get away with this in a short film because the story can just stop/end at that moment.
The pep talk in the vestiare is comedy gold, the most I've laughed for ages. I'm about the same age as the characters would be now, so really strikes a chord. Ace!
Everytime the incense censer comes out at church, I have to stifle a chuckle.
My own Dad's name was Finbar and this is the first time I've heard it in a film. There was a St. Finbar's in NYC years ago. Dad hated that kids called him "Finbar, chocolate bar." He would have loved this one.
Brought a smile to my face. Well done.
I laughed! 😆
Couldn't help it.
Shouldn't force religion down a kid's throat.
7:00 -- "And if you keep a clean sheet, you will earn yourself guaranteed first-team selection for noon Mass on Sundays. And if you don't come in, well then, you're pretty much finished in this town."
This is not a spoiler, because I don't know whether I'm right or wrong, but here's what I'm thinking the kid is thinking: "OK, if I do well, I'll have to do altar boy duty every frickin' Sunday from now on. And I HATE altar boy duty! All I have to do to get out of it forever is to screw up once today."
But he has to balance his hate of being an altar boy against his love of football.
You will never walk alone...
When I was a little girl , at Tuesday’s evening novena , the alter boy was running late and over filled the incense censer and it was like a smoke bomb..the whole church was cloudy and people were leaving
That sounds perfect. The Holy Smoke to raise the dead. 🙂
The more you pressurise something, the more you’ll end up expressing that 😂😂. The audio editing of what recurred in the boy’s mind was amazing!
Absolutely, love the audio editing too.
The moment when you just know his adrenaline must go up 20 notches is when he's told by the church guy at 7:00, "If you keep a clean sheet, you will earn yourself guaranteed first team selection for Mass on Sundays". So he faces being condemned to this for the rest of his childhood...if that was me, I'd have just put down that metal swinging thing on the altar, just as he did at that moment, and then walk out.
This one hits home for me. When I was nine I was going to a very religious (catholic) school. Mass was every Tuesday morning - a completely overblown affair with the priest and his acolytes marching us, in their full ceremonial gear while holding aloft a big gold cross, across the playground and into the gym.
We are then expected to behave perfectly for 40 minutes while they go on and on, humourlessly. One day I couldn't take any more. I didn't do anything like in this film. But me, and my favourite friend for messing around with, had been forced into the very front row.
We just started chatting and laughing, right in front of the priest, and we refused to stop. When everyone else was completely silent. We were beyond caring, and we kept up the disruption for the rest of that Mass, no matter how many glares we got from the teachers.
After Mass ended the two of us were backed into a wall in the gym and shouted at by the most fearsome teacher in the school. He was absolutely furious and we were both terrified for those 10 minutes or so. And yet, our parents were never informed. As if our defiance was just too embarrassing for the school to even admit that it happened.
Loved this hilarious short film! 😂😂😂 Hope it wins the Oscar!
unpredictable ending, makes it a must watch.
"We lost him on a technicality, Who's his replacement", the pre mass warm up...get the football reference now lads?
I was chuckling when the priest did the warm-up, knowing it was meant to be like pre-game warm up. 😆
As a top liverpool fan, i found this short film really amazing😂😂😂😂😂
As he set the incense down i knew that he was abandoing his position because of the threats. He did not care about being hated by the town. Everything he cared about had already been taken from him. He had nothing left to lose.
a - ma - zing !!!!! Super enjoyed!
Whirling around my head throughout was the Father Ted theme. Loved it!
Super wurk. Nailed the ending. 🙂
For you Brian... from the biergarten, rest in peace.
A pure joy to watch.
This is how Ramsay Bolton got so messed up, jeeze, it all makes sense now! But seriously good short!
My favorit on the channel!
My mum produced this and was nominated for the orcer
What's an orcer? :)
@0:50 The man is crossing himself with his left hand - for cinematic purpose, perhaps. But duh, if you are accepting a faith, accept it in toto. There's no sense in 'rebelling' just for the heck of it.
Really nice short film. One of my favourites. The boy is so adorable. 👍👍👍
Thanks for uploading. Made my day!
Superb.
I'm American-Israeli Jewish and got it perfectly. It was a great job. I saw the football analogy and everything. Fine job.
Loved it!
That young boy looks strikingly like a young Harry Kane.
Fabulous :-))))))
Love it, Goal in one .............
Thanks.
Have a great day.
fantastic love that kinda spirit definitely be my favourite cousin
“Textbook!”
I want the full version of the Ode to Joy backing track
Wonderfully clever, funny and touching…
Fantastic film! 🎥 What was the biggest lesson you learned while making this film?
simply great,like
I'm beginning to believe that NITV Shorts was created just for me. I've yet to watch a film I do not like.
In the mid 80's there was a small group of folk musicians who would perform at our Parrish during Sunday Mass. Our youngest son was about 20 months old and loved going to the "guitar mass", as he called it. As an infant he had been very colic and I would comfort him at night by walking with him and softly singing songs I knew to distract him until he felt better and could sleep. One Sunday our Monsignor, straight out of the Land of Ire, began to lead us in singing The Lord's Prayer. I was holding my son up so he could see the Monsignor well when he burst out with the opening versus of Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys. The monsignor glared at him and the next Sunday, to my wife's dismay, he was banished to a sound proof room in the back of the church. Of course it was all "his father's fault" as my wife put it.
brilliant !
This is amazing
I'm shrieking! you go, boy!
The boy looks like young Harry Kane. Chubby and cute boy.
Brilliant 🙏
I've watched this a few times, and, knowing a few died in the wool "Pool fans.... priceless.
Now that was funny!
BELLISSIMOO!!!
For those in the comments who say they didn't understand the movie, let's discuss the action and the ending. Beware of spoiler alerts.
Here's how I see it:
Superficially: Damien didn't want to be an altar boy. If he had done the Archbishop's Mass job perfectly, he was going to be "first team selection" for every Sunday from then on. So he had a choice: do a good job and be stuck as an altar boy for a long time, or do a poor job and not have to be an altar boy again, but also be banned from football by his father.
If you look for deeper themes: The whole movie has a football theme more than a religious theme, with the selection of altar boys being like selecting team positions, and the pep talk before the Mass being like something a coach would say to their team before a game. Note the movie is set in 1977 when Liverpool is going to play in the Cup match. Note also that Damien's football poster is of Tommy Smith, who scored the winning goal to win that 1977 Cup match at what was effectively the end of his career.
What else do you all have to add?
Edited to change alter boy to the correct altar boy. Oops. 😂
We saw all that thank you...
I'd like to add that Damien did the perfect choice.
Thanks for your analysis and the extra information which those who are not from England don't know ( 1977's Liverpool Cup)
@@marisamoretti7908 I wonder what choice I would have made. Probably I would have made the proper choice and hated every minute and then as an adult complained about it. Ha! Of course in those days girls couldn't be altar boys.
I’m from Detroit, USA. I fully understood the film and would probably understand it no matter where I was from. But, the added insights provided here by Brits enabled me to FEEL it as I watched it again!
7:46 " Go out there and have the MASS of your lives " Brilliant.
Ha ha! Brilliant!
Makes me smile! That’a boy!
hahhahahha......killed it boy!!!!
🤣
HOLY CRAP! I'd die if I was his Mother!
Reading the comments... yes as a movie its funny. In real life, if it was your child how would you feel for the blatant unprovoked disrespect?
Missed the whole point. Well done.
Wouldn't have proviked it
I'm all for being a rebel....respectfully. IF this was my son, he would never see football again until he moved out. Granted, there was TOO much pressure on the altar boys but....this....never!
Watch til the end.
When church becomes more about rituals and less about acceptance and love...sadly this happens.. Everyone needs a good church where spirit of Jesus dwells.
Good lad 😂😂
Love it!
Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, I have followed you for 7 years. we are from other countries and English is our second language. there's a bit of a question and we don't understand, how to use "would have been doing"? How do us use these 4 words when they are connected together? For example ： 1 I would have been wearing my red dress if I had washed it. 2 He would have been working in Dubai if he hadn't taken the job in London. (We've watched your video, but there's so little content to understand how to use it.) Looking forward to your reply,thanks
Both of your examples are perfect!
@@NITVShorts Can you help me to explain it ?where are you come from?US?
"Would have been doing" is a conditional. Notice how you use "if" later in the sentence. "if" A happened earlier, B "would have" happened next. In this case, A did not happen, so B also did not happen.
If you had washed your red dress, you would be wearing it now. You are not wearing it when you spoke the sentence.
I hope this helps.
There are two types religions in this world: One is God based and the second one is ball based. A.K.A football.
3:52 song name plz
This is based on “Ode to Joy” from symphony no. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
@@afborchert thank you.
By the way where are u from?
@@Shubham-wi6ky From Lonsee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
@@afborchert can I have your Instagram I'd?
Wow 😲
So great!
No body can bend your dream
Yes, you did it, boy! 😃😂😁🤣😁 G-o-a-l! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Papi quiero ser futbolista no monaguillo.. Asi que goooooooooool!!!! 😂
I Love this short film 😊😊
Well, whatever it was, it certainly wasn't Catholic. Our Lord never used Rugby (of as they call it "football" as any kind of symbolism regarding the celebration of Holy Mass. I suppose in a pagan world (especially in Ireland) this passes for humor. To me, it was virtually sacrilegious. And what's with the priest being called "Mr."? Not to mention his insane, unkempt hair. Bah. Go pick on the Baptists!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Not rugby. Football or soccer. I hope you cure your constipation.
way to teach kids to rebel.....on the other hand,his father wasn't on the top of his job in parenting....altogether horrific especially seeing the comments approving it
really really good film
Pleasant ending !!!.♡♡♡
I too did not get it
Didn’t get it
Hello yeal
If he did well on the "second chance" they gave him, he would have to be altar boy FOREVER even though he told his dad he didn't want to. So he sacrificed his opportunity to watch the Football Finals so that he was not tied down to misery his whole childhood. Smart kid! Adults should stop selling their souls in this way, too!
dear oh dear. the plot wasn't sooooooo difficult to follow ??
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😁😁 No disrespect, but Iove the ending.....
Hilarious! Thanks for a lol at 3am!
Ha ha ha....good one kid..😂😂😂😂😂
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Two competing religions. I'm glad that the real one won out in the end.
Make more videos there 👍
with angelic grace, ...boot!
jajaja muy bueno!
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Never thought I'd see 'Rats',(Paths to Freedom),turning to religion,it's a far cry from 'The Celtic tiger rap',so it t'is..A great little short film,The Undertones, 'My perfect Cousin',for the outro is perfection.
🤣🤣🤣 NOOOOO!!!!
Good lad 😂
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Don't do it boy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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We arent even giving ourselves enough ti,e to flush and wash out poopy pants
Too funny